SCIENCE FICTION TO SCIENCE FACT * NASA takes a core sample…from Mars. bbc.co.uk This year — for the first time — humans saw the true color of Mars when the Curiosity drilled down 64mm into the surface. The samples returned evidence that Mars may have once had a lush atmosphere, including water. In November, the Maven mission was unveiled, which will send a probe to the upper atmosphere of the Red Planet to try to determine what happened to its atmosphere. * Man defies illegal download PSA, creates downloadable car. wired Dubbed the Urbee 2, the futuristic vehicle is created using a spray of molten polymer and weighs in at just under 1,200 pounds once the metal engine is added in. The creators hope to drive the prototype from San Francisco to New York on a single tank of gas. * The world’s first fully mind-controlled synthetic leg goes for a stroll. The worlds first fully mind-controlled synthetic leg goes for a stroll. gizmodo Connected to leg of its owner by two nerves and computer sensors, this bionic leg works in exactly the same manner as a natural leg. With an error rate of just 1.8%, it’s as close to a flawless mind-controlled limb as science has gotten yet. Created by the Chicago Center for Bionic Medicine, the leg is just the latest in the line of future prosthetics.
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