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What's cooler than a hover-capable, electric-powered, super-quiet personal VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft? If you answered "absolutely nothing," do read on, because NASA is preparing to oblige you. The space agency's Puffin aircraft design will be officially unveiled tomorrow, showing just how far personal, electrically propelled flight could change the ways we live and get around. The Puffin is something of a personal V-22 Osprey, complete with vertical-takeoff and landing...

First Effective Way to Produce Graphene Sheets Could Usher in the Future of Electronics Moore's Law provides the axiom that the number of transistors that can be placed on a circuit will double every two years, but as we reach for smaller and smaller tech, silicon and other transistor materials are reaching their physical limits. Lucky for Moore, a European research group has produced graphene of a size and quality that can be practically developed for eventual commercial use. Graphene has...

A New Kind of Body Armor, Courtesy of Bottom-Dwelling Snails Original post by Popsci Crysomallon squamiferum Otherwise known as the scaly-foot gastropod. JAMSTEC via Science Blogs A snail might not sounds like an ideal inspiration for a defense system, but one unique, deep-sea dwelling mollusk could serve as the model for a new kind of body armor, based on its ability to repel crab attacks. The scaly-foot gastropod, discovered a decade ago living near thermal vents nearly 8,000 feet below...

Siftables, the Amazing Computerized Toy Blocks, Are Coming To a Store Near You (Hopefully Soon) Original Post in Popsci Sifteo Blocks: via Sifteo Sifteo, makers of Siftables, the ingenious cookie-sized computer blocks that play together in infinitely interesting ways, has today officially gone from MIT Media Lab research project to actual company. They're now open for business, but you'll have to wait a bit longer to actually get your hands on some. Nonetheless, we're excited. Siftables,...