Science & Technology Amoebas to Androids, discuss here. Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:16:14 +0000 Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:16:14 +0000 thePhins.com https://thephins.com/forums/science-technology.20/ Exciting new tech Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:16:24 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/exciting-new-tech.98857/ https://thephins.com/threads/exciting-new-tech.98857/ invalid@example.com (danmarino) danmarino https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/oth...-last-forever/ar-BB1jTizF?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds]]> Greatest Scientific Advancement is our Lifetime Tue, 31 Jan 2023 01:27:54 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/greatest-scientific-advancement-is-our-lifetime.97907/ https://thephins.com/threads/greatest-scientific-advancement-is-our-lifetime.97907/ invalid@example.com (danmarino) danmarino https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-energy]]> 15 3D Printers Sat, 17 Feb 2018 21:43:31 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/3d-printers.92688/ https://thephins.com/threads/3d-printers.92688/ invalid@example.com (Stitches) Stitches
Initially I had...

3D Printers]]> Wow! SSD boot disk. Sat, 02 Dec 2017 03:14:45 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/wow-ssd-boot-disk.92386/ https://thephins.com/threads/wow-ssd-boot-disk.92386/ invalid@example.com (smahtaz) smahtaz
My computer took about 10 minutes to boot to a usable state. Now it takes just over a minute.

Dilly dilly.]]> 2 Windows 10 browser question Mon, 27 Nov 2017 01:47:41 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/windows-10-browser-question.92351/ https://thephins.com/threads/windows-10-browser-question.92351/ invalid@example.com (Unlucky 13) Unlucky 13
Traditionally, many websites will have tabs that open when you hover over them with the mouse. For example, on the far right top corner of the message board, the "location" icon, where it...

Windows 10 browser question]]> A new non-opioid pain killer (not marijuana) Sat, 16 Sep 2017 14:41:09 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/a-new-non-opioid-pain-killer-not-marijuana.89424/ https://thephins.com/threads/a-new-non-opioid-pain-killer-not-marijuana.89424/ invalid@example.com (ckparrothead) ckparrothead
http://www.valuewalk.com/2016/08/new-painkiller-morphine/

Whole thing sounds fascinating as it was this big collaborative effort to go from the ground-up.

Instead of taking morphine...

A new non-opioid pain killer (not marijuana)]]> 8 New Anti-Drone Weapon...I MUST Have One!!! Thu, 07 Sep 2017 17:13:34 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/new-anti-drone-weapon-i-must-have-one.91718/ https://thephins.com/threads/new-anti-drone-weapon-i-must-have-one.91718/ invalid@example.com (CashInFist) CashInFist


Seriously. I want 2.

This is the answer to Doomsday AI scenrios that Hawking and Musk are preaching.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-09-06/kalashnikov-unveils-new-anti-drone-weapon

Kalashnikov Unveils New Anti-Drone Weapon

While most western countries are reverting back...

New Anti-Drone Weapon...I MUST Have One!!!]]> 1 Guys I need help on Evolution. Mon, 31 Jul 2017 16:45:05 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/guys-i-need-help-on-evolution.21644/ https://thephins.com/threads/guys-i-need-help-on-evolution.21644/ invalid@example.com (BuckeyeKing) BuckeyeKing


edit-LMAO stupid google didn't even notice it put in Appropriate.]]> 22 Frustrations with Windows 7 updates Fri, 19 May 2017 15:38:49 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/frustrations-with-windows-7-updates.91170/ https://thephins.com/threads/frustrations-with-windows-7-updates.91170/ invalid@example.com (Unlucky 13) Unlucky 13
My only PC is a four and a half year old laptop. It was one of the very last Windows 7 machines that the store that I used to work at sold when I picked in up in the Autumn of 2012. Yes, its old, and yes I'd like to replace it, but that's not happening right now.

My issue is that for a while now, I've had trouble doing Windows updates. When I attempt to, it will sometimes stay at 0% indefinately before eventually crashing...

Frustrations with Windows 7 updates]]> 3 SQL training/resources Tue, 28 Feb 2017 06:32:50 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/sql-training-resources.90870/ https://thephins.com/threads/sql-training-resources.90870/ invalid@example.com (DevilFin13) DevilFin13
So I wanted to ask the forum if they knew of any good...

SQL training/resources]]> 2 Windows 10 Upgrade Yes or No Wed, 14 Dec 2016 06:27:43 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/windows-10-upgrade-yes-or-no.88769/ https://thephins.com/threads/windows-10-upgrade-yes-or-no.88769/ invalid@example.com (CrunchTime) CrunchTime
It is after all a Microsoft product and my experience is that its better to be one upgrade behind because of all the bugs that are found soon after their latest software release.

I believe its designed for the touch capabilities of tablets .If I dont have a tablet is it even worth it .]]> 9 Robotics and the human brain Tue, 13 Dec 2016 05:07:31 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/robotics-and-the-human-brain.85191/ https://thephins.com/threads/robotics-and-the-human-brain.85191/ invalid@example.com (gafinfan) gafinfan
http://www.military.com/daily-news/...f35-simulator-with-her-mind.html?ESRC=navy.nl

Robotics and the human brain]]> 1 3-D Printing Solar Cells Tue, 13 Dec 2016 04:55:47 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/3-d-printing-solar-cells.88582/ https://thephins.com/threads/3-d-printing-solar-cells.88582/ invalid@example.com (ckparrothead) ckparrothead
http://www.religiousmind.com/2015/12/mass-produced-printable-solar-cells.html]]> 3 Scientists Accidentally Discover Efficient Process to Turn CO2 Into Ethanol Tue, 25 Oct 2016 19:01:25 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/scientists-accidentally-discover-efficient-process-to-turn-co2-into-ethanol.89977/ https://thephins.com/threads/scientists-accidentally-discover-efficient-process-to-turn-co2-into-ethanol.89977/ invalid@example.com (Fin D) Fin D http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a23417/convert-co2-into-ethanol/


Scientists Accidentally Discover Efficient Process to Turn CO2 Into Ethanol]]> 5 Self Healing Fabric Mon, 15 Aug 2016 21:07:28 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/self-healing-fabric.89400/ https://thephins.com/threads/self-healing-fabric.89400/ invalid@example.com (ckparrothead) ckparrothead http://www.fastcoexist.com/3062798/self-healing-clothing-made-from-squid-teeth-can-repair-itself

They isolated proteins in squid teeth which have the ability to go from a liquid form to solid in the presence of water. Then they turned it into a coating which they applied to normal textile fabrics. As a result, apply heat, water and pressure and rips in the fabric heal up.

There are a number of applications they've got in mind for this aside from the textile industry.]]> 1 Seems Promising (HIV Cure?) Fri, 15 Jul 2016 19:10:51 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/seems-promising-hiv-cure.89231/ https://thephins.com/threads/seems-promising-hiv-cure.89231/ invalid@example.com (ckparrothead) ckparrothead
But the virus is never cured because it hides out in infected cells that are virtually impossible to tell from uninfected cells, and these cells function as reservoirs of virus that could be released at any time resulting in widespread infection again.

What they need to be able to do is find a way...

Seems Promising (HIV Cure?)]]> 1 Researchers find game-changing helium reserve in Tanzania Thu, 30 Jun 2016 04:27:42 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/researchers-find-game-changing-helium-reserve-in-tanzania.89177/ https://thephins.com/threads/researchers-find-game-changing-helium-reserve-in-tanzania.89177/ invalid@example.com (jdallen1222) jdallen1222 http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/28/africa/helium-discovery-tanzania/index.html


Researchers find game-changing helium reserve in Tanzania]]> 2 Jetpacks! Or, umm, Jetbikes! I think? Mon, 18 Apr 2016 22:03:25 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/jetpacks-or-umm-jetbikes-i-think.88856/ https://thephins.com/threads/jetpacks-or-umm-jetbikes-i-think.88856/ invalid@example.com (ckparrothead) ckparrothead http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/15/1...acing-jet-powered-flying-hoverboard-interview

[video=youtube_share;KEDrMriKsFM]https://youtu.be/KEDrMriKsFM[/video]

So these guys have already been making a Flyboard Water version for years and you may have seen it. The water version requires tethering to a water vehicle that pumps the water up to the board.

They made an Air version and it sounds a lot trickier to handle, prone to crashing. They say that you need...

Jetpacks! Or, umm, Jetbikes! I think?]]> 1 3D-printed Rembrandt painting Sat, 09 Apr 2016 03:29:30 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/3d-printed-rembrandt-painting.88792/ https://thephins.com/threads/3d-printed-rembrandt-painting.88792/ invalid@example.com (Fin D) Fin D http://mashable.com/2016/04/06/3d-printed-rembrandt/#s6XdpkuHgqqk

This is a new painting no a recreation of painting that exists.]]> 5 Scientists say they have detected Gravitational waves Fri, 26 Feb 2016 06:06:31 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/scientists-say-they-have-detected-gravitational-waves.88515/ https://thephins.com/threads/scientists-say-they-have-detected-gravitational-waves.88515/ invalid@example.com (jdallen1222) jdallen1222 http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/11/us/gravitational-waves-feat/index.html

Scientists say they have detected Gravitational waves]]> 2 Anyone know how to join MySpleen.org? Mon, 28 Dec 2015 05:08:09 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/anyone-know-how-to-join-myspleen-org.88150/ https://thephins.com/threads/anyone-know-how-to-join-myspleen-org.88150/ invalid@example.com (Bpk) Bpk
Thanks in advance!

Barry]]> 4 Lockheed-Martin Figured Out the Whole Fusion Thing Thu, 19 Nov 2015 06:55:14 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/lockheed-martin-figured-out-the-whole-fusion-thing.83522/ https://thephins.com/threads/lockheed-martin-figured-out-the-whole-fusion-thing.83522/ invalid@example.com (ckparrothead) ckparrothead
Ya know, one less thing to worry about...

http://www.cnet.com/news/lockheed-figures-out-fusion-maybe/#ftag=YHF65cbda0]]> 16 Planet Nibiru Sun, 20 Sep 2015 13:53:19 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/planet-nibiru.87088/ https://thephins.com/threads/planet-nibiru.87088/ invalid@example.com (RickyNeverInhaled) RickyNeverInhaled Apple to Produce Tue, 01 Sep 2015 01:10:46 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/apple-to-produce.86859/ https://thephins.com/threads/apple-to-produce.86859/ invalid@example.com (Galant) Galant "Apple is in talks as part of a possible move into producing its own original programming, Variety reports. According to the publication, the company is looking to start hiring for a new development and production division in the next few months that would go into operation next year, producing content to rival streaming services such as Netflix and...

Apple to Produce]]> Google to restructure into new holding company called Alphabet Tue, 11 Aug 2015 18:32:06 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/google-to-restructure-into-new-holding-company-called-alphabet.86632/ https://thephins.com/threads/google-to-restructure-into-new-holding-company-called-alphabet.86632/ invalid@example.com (MikeHoncho) MikeHoncho http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/10/google-alphabet-parent-company


Google to restructure into new holding company called Alphabet]]> 1 So, what's wrong with Adobe Flash? Sat, 18 Jul 2015 02:08:20 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/so-whats-wrong-with-adobe-flash.86405/ https://thephins.com/threads/so-whats-wrong-with-adobe-flash.86405/ invalid@example.com (Unlucky 13) Unlucky 13 3 Apple sucks Sun, 03 May 2015 22:12:56 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/apple-sucks.75926/ https://thephins.com/threads/apple-sucks.75926/ invalid@example.com (DolPhinPhan7) DolPhinPhan7
I've got a real hate-on for Apple. I use one everyday at work, but I don't pay to use it. 3 times the price for a MacBook Pro compared to a comparable PC. It's not 3 times better, that's for sure.

As an avid Android user, I can only guess that a person that loves the iPhone is someone that's so technically limited in knowledge that they need Cupertino to tell them how they should use their product. The lack of customization in...

Apple sucks]]> 77 Google Chrome help Thu, 23 Apr 2015 13:55:26 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/google-chrome-help.85760/ https://thephins.com/threads/google-chrome-help.85760/ invalid@example.com (Unlucky 13) Unlucky 13
What I've never liked about Chrome is the way that it does bookmarks though....

Google Chrome help]]> 3 Has Stanford University found a cure for Alzheimer's disease? Tue, 03 Feb 2015 18:36:43 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/has-stanford-university-found-a-cure-for-alzheimers-disease.84735/ https://thephins.com/threads/has-stanford-university-found-a-cure-for-alzheimers-disease.84735/ invalid@example.com (ckparrothead) ckparrothead http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/sci...sity-found-a-cure-for-Alzheimers-disease.html

Has Stanford University found a cure for Alzheimer's disease?]]> 4 It's possible to build a full size car that gets 200 mpg Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:24:19 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/its-possible-to-build-a-full-size-car-that-gets-200-mpg.84532/ https://thephins.com/threads/its-possible-to-build-a-full-size-car-that-gets-200-mpg.84532/ invalid@example.com (Drifty) Drifty Check out this info.

"Running Your Car on Gas Vapor - Stop Getting Screwed at The Pump"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58IkmPK6ikc

http://fuel-efficient-vehicles.org/energy-news/?p=1310

the truth about gas and vapor part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqKEQLBg6a8

the...

It's possible to build a full size car that gets 200 mpg]]> Groundbreaking Technology Transforms Green House Gasses Into Plastic Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:11:53 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/groundbreaking-technology-transforms-green-house-gasses-into-plastic.83894/ https://thephins.com/threads/groundbreaking-technology-transforms-green-house-gasses-into-plastic.83894/ invalid@example.com (Eshlemon) Eshlemon http://news.yahoo.com/groundbreakin...-products-dangerous-greenhouse-201232147.html

Groundbreaking Technology Transforms Green House Gasses Into Plastic]]> 7 OSU Invents “World’s First Solar Battery” to Run on Light and Air Tue, 11 Nov 2014 19:18:23 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/osu-invents-%E2%80%9Cworld%E2%80%99s-first-solar-battery%E2%80%9D-to-run-on-light-and-air.83635/ https://thephins.com/threads/osu-invents-%E2%80%9Cworld%E2%80%99s-first-solar-battery%E2%80%9D-to-run-on-light-and-air.83635/ invalid@example.com (Eshlemon) Eshlemon OSU Invents “World’s First Solar Battery” to Run on Light and Air]]> 9 Possible Alternative to Antibiotics Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:28:47 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/possible-alternative-to-antibiotics.83766/ https://thephins.com/threads/possible-alternative-to-antibiotics.83766/ invalid@example.com (ckparrothead) ckparrothead http://phys.org/news/2014-11-alternative-antibiotics.html

Scientists have been creating artificial nanoparticles made of lipids, called liposomes, and injecting them into infected hosts. The liposomes closely resemble the membrane of host cells and so they function as decoys to which bacterial toxins can attach. Without the bacterial toxins, the bacteria are rendered defenseless against the host immune system.

Scientists infected mice with a lethal dose of septicemia and then...

Possible Alternative to Antibiotics]]> 4 Trying the Mac OS X and... Thu, 30 Oct 2014 20:26:51 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/trying-the-mac-os-x-and.82815/ https://thephins.com/threads/trying-the-mac-os-x-and.82815/ invalid@example.com (MikeHoncho) MikeHoncho

The OS?

I kinda like it. It's not bad. I'll be returning to linux in a week or so, but it's not a bad OS, from a user experience / usability perspective.]]> 6 Breakthrough in Organic-Inorganic Solar Conversion Thu, 09 Oct 2014 19:28:43 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/breakthrough-in-organic-inorganic-solar-conversion.83447/ https://thephins.com/threads/breakthrough-in-organic-inorganic-solar-conversion.83447/ invalid@example.com (ckparrothead) ckparrothead http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/hybrid-materials-could-smash-the-solar-efficiency-ceiling

Typically solar cells work by having a photon hit the solar cell material, which could be organic (e.g. pentacene) or inorganic (e.g. silicon), producing an exciton.

But there are two types of exciton. One, typically made by inorganic solar materials like silicon, is a spin-singlet exciton. It has one electron and is easy to harvest as electrical current.

The other is what they call a...

Breakthrough in Organic-Inorganic Solar Conversion]]> 3 Tankless Underwater Diving Fri, 03 Oct 2014 19:30:17 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/tankless-underwater-diving.83400/ https://thephins.com/threads/tankless-underwater-diving.83400/ invalid@example.com (ckparrothead) ckparrothead http://www.cnet.com/news/one-spoonful-of-this-stuff-could-turn-you-into-aquaman/#ftag=YHF65cbda0

Scientists have been able to replicate a crystalline structure of cobalt that is able to absorb oxygen in a concentration 160 times larger than the concentration of oxygen in the air around us.

They're experimenting with different method of releasing the oxygen from the crystal, be it by temperature, atmospheric pressure or even light.

On the cool side, the crystals could actually...

Tankless Underwater Diving]]> 2 Were the Apollo Moon Missions Faked? Sat, 06 Sep 2014 22:42:48 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/were-the-apollo-moon-missions-faked.44174/ https://thephins.com/threads/were-the-apollo-moon-missions-faked.44174/ invalid@example.com (FatFreddy) FatFreddy "Apollo 15 flag waving".

Who has a theory on why the flag moves?]]> 70 Looking for the BEST BIG bluetooth speaker Fri, 05 Sep 2014 02:36:11 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/looking-for-the-best-big-bluetooth-speaker.82909/ https://thephins.com/threads/looking-for-the-best-big-bluetooth-speaker.82909/ invalid@example.com (Nappy Roots) Nappy Roots
http://www.amazon.com/ION-Block-Rocker-Bluetooth-Auxiliary/dp/B007WCJVH2#cm_cr_dpwidget

That size, with the volume able to get high. Would like to get close to or the BEST on the market. A couple reviews on this makes me wary. With one of the reviews saying the Bass isnt adjustable, so when played at high volumes(which it would be), it over powers the song. People saying things like that scare me away.

Anyone have any experience in this type...

Looking for the BEST BIG bluetooth speaker]]> 5 Thrusters that break the laws of physics? Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:40:56 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/thrusters-that-break-the-laws-of-physics.82471/ https://thephins.com/threads/thrusters-that-break-the-laws-of-physics.82471/ invalid@example.com (ckparrothead) ckparrothead http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/space/improbable-thruster-seems-work-violating-known-laws-physics/

I just thought this was really neat.

Some dude with nothing more than a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering claims he's invented an engine which breaks the law of conservation of momentum. NASA decided to test it. They designed one they thought would work and one they thought would never work. Both achieved thrust.]]> 8 BBC staff ordered to stop giving equal air time to climate deniers Fri, 01 Aug 2014 13:13:40 +0000 https://thephins.com/threads/bbc-staff-ordered-to-stop-giving-equal-air-time-to-climate-deniers.82210/ https://thephins.com/threads/bbc-staff-ordered-to-stop-giving-equal-air-time-to-climate-deniers.82210/ invalid@example.com (MikeHoncho) MikeHoncho Link

BBC staff ordered to stop giving equal air time to climate deniers]]> 13