#TECH: "Brief Takes: Tech Stories You Should Know About"

#ROBOTS: "Co-Robots to Bring Jobs Back to U.S.)

#CURE "Intel, Microsoft and Autodesk Creating Life" #cancer #hybrid #semiconductor #medical #GMO

#SOLAR "Simple Paint-on Coating Doubles the Electrons Per Photon"

#GESTURES "3-D Gesture Control For Just $2 Per Device"

#IoT "World's 1st Internet of Things App Store for IoT and Wearables" #DRONE #ROBOT

The world's first Internet-of-Things (IoT) App Store opens today by the makers of the most popular version of Linux, Cananical's Ubuntu. The company is giving away the Ubuntu Core--a stripped down version of Linux with no graphical user interface (GUI)--for anyone making IoT or wearables, will handle auto-updating devices, guarantees bullet-proof security and will allow developers to use their cloud to test apps, list them in their store, or help IoT or wearable maker to put up their own cloud-based store: R.Colin Johnson @NextGenLog Google+ and EE Times

Robotic quadcopter produced using Canonical's Ubuntu Core.

Cheap $35 Odroid robot controller board wors with Ubuntu Core.

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#AUTOMOTIVE: "Ford Self-Driving Cars Will Be Cheap" #SELFDRIVING #CARS #GOOGLE

Ford funded researchers have found a way to make self driving cars that use a single camera. Google or Ford or someone with deep pockets will first have to send survey cars around to create 3-D maps, similar to the maps your Garmin already has produced. R.Colin Johnson @NextGenLog, Google+ and EE Times

Three Ford Fusions have been adapted to autonomous self driving by the University of Michigan.

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#MEDICAL: "Electronic Spine Cures Paralysis"

Spinal injuries need not cause paralysis anymore with this electronic spine installed. It already works on rats and is being rushed through human trials to cure paralyzed people soon: R. Colin Johnson @NextGenLog and EE Times

Biocompanitble implant has a silicon substrate that is covered with cracked gold electric conducting tracks that can be pulled and stretched without damage.

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