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	September 27th, 2012 船は Posted 1 day ago by Koichi Mitsui to s a s u r a u 2 往く。 Collagen, the protein that holds us together Posted 1 day ago by Futurity to Holy Kaw! Scientists have made a major step toward synthesizing collagen, the most abundant protein in the human body. “[Collagen] basically is the connective fiber that holds cells together; without it you’d turn into a big puddle,” says Jeffrey Hartgerink, an associate professor of chemistry and of bioengineering at Rice University. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: Hartgerink Lab/Rice University New robot control feels like 1st person gaming [video] Posted 1 day ago by Futurity to Holy Kaw! With a new visual control system, guiding a robot remotely—and precisely—could feel a lot like playing a first-person 3D video game. Embedded media -- click here to see it. "This capability could have numerous applications—especially in situations where directly observing the robot's operation is hazardous or not possible—including bomb disposal, handling of hazardous materials, and search-and-rescue missions," says Georgia Tech senior research engineer Ai-Ping Hu. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: Gary Meek/Georgia Tech African Nightfall by Hougaard Malan Posted about 19 hours ago by Amazing Pics to Amazing Pics via 500px.com Embark (YC S11) transit apps double in reach after iOS 6 update Posted about 19 hours ago by Garry Tan to Y Combinator Posterous 1 Apple’s changes in iOS 6 are already proving plenty beneficial for some of its developers, including mass transit app-maker Embark. The San Francisco-based startup has seen 1.3 million trips routed through its app since Apple decided to ditch Google Maps in favor of its own solution, which lacks integrated transit mapping options. Embarks’ suite of apps, which serve customers across 12 U.S. and international transit systems, have also been downloaded over 100,000 times since iOS 6 arrived, representing a huge upwards spike in traction. Compare that to the startups previous rate of growth: it’s planned over 40 million trips total, but was doing just 2 million trips a month in January of this year. Now, it’s on pace to do around 4 million a month, achieving well over 1 million in the single week since iOS 6 was released to the public. Embark founder David Hodge tells me that the upwards curve of growth has been tremendous since the launch, with clear inflection point at the time of the iOS 6 release. Read the full article on Techcrunch Sent by Posterous. Change your email settings or unfollow. Other questions? We'd love to help.