Power of Nanotechnology

Nano technology is an amazing invention. There are a lot of nice features of nano technology in this video. The main feature is that the equipment or the material which is made by nano tube is more reliable to use and more stable to work with it. The YouTube video link is here. This video submitted by Prabhjeet Kaptaan and it already watched more than 400k times worldwide.

Plastic from Grass: A Biodegradable Polymer

Researchers at Metabolix in Cambridge, Massachusetts, are genetically engineering switchgrass to produce a biodegradable polymer that can be extracted directly from the grass.

At present, Most of the plastics which are sold worldwide come from petroleum and they are not suitable for our healthy life. In many countries Plastic Shopping bags are banned for it's harmful effect to the environment. So, a biodegradable polymer can be more helpful and more useful in every sphere of our life and researchers are trying to get a good solution. Researchers at Metabolix in Cambridge, Massachusetts, are genetically engineering switchgrass to produce a biodegradable polymer that can be extracted directly from the grass.

Metabolix already sells such a polymer, but it’s produced by bacteria that feed on plant sugars in expensive fermenters.

Cockroach may help to search in Future

By fitting cockroaches with microphones and speakers, rescuers may be able to detect voices of people in trapped buildings.

Researchers at Nort Carolina State University say that they have developed a tracking system by which  cockroaches are used and they may actually perform search and rescue. They plotted a Parabolic path for cockroaches and tracked them using Microsoft's motion-sensing Kinect. The sensor help them to control their path to go according to the researchers decision. 

Researchers nudged the roaches into motion with wires attached to the bugs' sensory appendages, and they steered the roaches by sending small electrical impulses to wires attached to the bugs' antennae. The old-fashioned horse and whip are just so crude by comparison.