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Angela Zhang is 17

Angela Zhang is 17. That hasn’t stopped her from earning a $100,000 scholarship for designing a nanoparticle that targets cancer stem cells.

Tech of the Future

Corning’s video, “A Day Made of Glass”, may seem like science fiction, but when viewed alongside the other demo videos, it turns out to be an excitingly accurate prediction.

Someone send me a can of Neverwet.

Neverwet is the promise of nanotechnology at its finest.

You gotta try Rainmeter. Seriously.

My friend Paul just hooked me up with an awesome new geek tool called Rainmeter. Rainmeter displays customizable skins, like memory and battery power, RSS feeds and weather forecasts, right on your desktop.

Another HIV Cure?

Gemcitabine & Decitabine have been found to eliminate HIV in mice, and could be in Phase II human trials very quickly.

Get Me One of These!

The ASUS Eee Pad 101TC is going to run Android Froyo or Gingerbread, it’s shipping in Q1 of 2011. I want one.

Awesome Transforming Apartment

Check out this awesome transforming apartment in Hong Kong!

Metal Foam

Could composite metal foam save your life?

My New (cute) Geek Hero is a Pyromaniac

This guy’s name is Everett Bradford, and everything about him is made of win. He designed and built his own FLAME THROWER that looks like something out of Iron Man.

My Thoughts Recent Events

Here’s how I see it.. My thoughts on the topics we’re being forced to think about (and on some topics we actually should).