"What is genomics? How will it affect our lives? In this intriguing primer on the genomics revolution, entrepreneur Barry Schuler says we can at least expect healthier, tastier food. He suggests we start with the pinot noir grape, to build better wines."

Youtube - "Scientists are engineering e-coli bacteria to behave in a way that will one day allow living cells to be programmed to act logically, just like a computer."

srsly good tune.

BB: Through gesture recognition techniques we detect different kind of fingers-touch and associate them with different sounds. In the video we used two different audio synthesis techniques: 1-... more inside

**SPOILER ALERT** This is the end of the movie The Time Travelers from 1964. After a nuclear holocaust, a group of scientists travel to the future and find a world in tatters, where the human survivors... more inside

"The Chinese sustainable building company, Broad Group, has yet attempted another impossible feat, building a 30-story tall hotel prototype in 360 hours, after building a 15-story building in a week earlier in 2011. ... more inside

Here's how they do it!

See... totally doable. This is my friend Matt's research! Here is his paper on the ArXiv... http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.3090 Here is an explanation of the physics... http://videosift.com/video/Quantum-Racetrack-Exp... more inside

C.G.P. Grey does an in depth analysis of the possibility that the world will end on December 21, 2011.

YouTube Description: Earth's landmasses were not always what they are today. Continents formed as Earth's crustal plates shifted and collided over long periods of time. This video shows how today's... more inside

A nonprofit community cafe where your labor supports the business.

IBM's 5 of 5

Rick Mercer does another parody of the "Heritage Moments" PSAs, this time mocking Canada for ignoring its Kyoto commitments, six years before pulling out.

Just landed in our inbox: a link to this excellent documentary on connectivity, sponsored by Ericsson and entitled ‘On The Brink’. Picked up earlier by GigaOm, the 21-minute documentary features... more inside

Susan Calvin is my favorite Isaac Asimov character. She is a sharp tongued, cool, intellectual engineer. Here is a live action robot story featuring Susan Calvin. It concerns a robot in which the 3... more inside

Ten minutes of your whole life.

YouTube Description: TOYOTA Fun-Vii image movie introduced at 2011 Tokyo Motor ShowToyota Global Website: http://www.toyota-global.com/Tokyo Motor Show Topics Page:http://www.toyota-global.com/tokyoms2011/car/index.ht... more inside