MRAM
It has the potential to revolutionize personal computing devices - it has the potential to make PCs boot up like the lights when you flip the switch. MRAM (magnetic random access memory) has been under development by IBM since the 1970s, and recently, IBM and Infineon AG, which formed the joint venture, Altis Semiconductor, announced plans to start commercializing MRAM. The speed at which computing technologies have been hitting the market implies that you could see MRAM products hitting the market as early as 2004, with computer manufacturers replacing DRAM with MRAM soon after. IBM has received massive funding from DARPA to get some of this work done. The defence department is interested in having computing devices that retain its memory after the power has gone off. The possibilities of the technology are limitless.
Inner Cow
This has got to be one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen. Researchers cut holes into the sides of cows and insert an cannula, which allows access to a live animals stomach. These holes are so big, you can actually see what's going on inside -- literally, reach into the stomach of a cow. Cows stomach have millions microbes that aid in digestion, and surprisingly, cannulated cows are usually the healthiest of the herd. You would think that walking around with a hole in your stomach would be bad for you, but apparently not. Some farmers apparently keep cannulated cows in their herd so they can serve as microbe donors to sick cows. Just bizarre. [Source: Oddity Central ]
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