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			<title>Dragonfly Drone Takes Flight</title>
			<description><![CDATA[BionicOpter can fly in all directions, hover in mid-air and glide without beating its wings.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Nic Halverson</author>						<category>Tech</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:49:13 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Robot Ants Mimic a Real Colony</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Robotic ants show how living ants find the best routes without a mental map of the terrain.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Jesse Emspak</author>						<category>Tech</category>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:57:45 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Bat-Robot Sheds Light on Flapping Flight</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Experiments with robo-bats shed light on how the animals fly, and might mean flapping robots are in our future.   -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Jesse Emspak</author>						<category>Tech</category>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 09:18:47 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Mussels Inspire Sensitive Tooth Treatment</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Mussels -- and a chemical in the brain -- inspire better ways to treat sensitive teeth.]]></description>
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			<author>Jesse Emspak</author>						<category>Biomimetics</category>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:07:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Five Big Innovations Predicted to Hit Home</title>
			<description><![CDATA[IBM researchers predict technological breakthroughs that will augment our five senses.]]></description>
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			<author>Jesse Emspak</author>						<category>Biomimetics</category>
						<category>Computer Hardware</category>
						<category>Computer Software</category>
						<category>Computers</category>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:22:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[IBM researchers predict technological breakthroughs that will augment our five senses.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Porcupine Quills Inspire Medical Devices</title>
			<description><![CDATA[By learning how barbs on porcupine quills work, scientists may be able to design needles that hurt less.]]></description>
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			<author>Emily Sohn</author>						<category>Animals</category>
						<category>Biomimetics</category>
						<category>Science and Technology</category>
			
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:15:37 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Porcupine Quills Inspire Medical Devices</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[By learning how barbs on porcupine quills work, scientists may be able to design needles that hurt less.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Hagfish Slime Makes Super-Clothes</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A research team has harvested hagfish slime, dissolved it in a liquid and then spun it like silk.]]></description>
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			<author>Eric Niiler</author>						<category>Animals</category>
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						<category>Genetic Science</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:33:04 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Artificial Brain Mimics Human Abilities and Flaws</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A new software model called Spaun is able to play simple pattern games, draw what it sees and do arithmetic.]]></description>
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			<author>The DNews Editors</author>						<category>Biomimetics</category>
						<category>Brain-Computer Interface</category>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:22:32 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Water Bottle Self-Fills from Air: DNews Nugget</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Using a special coating, this water bottle can suck the humidity from the air and fill itself up.]]></description>
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			<author>Trace Dominguez</author>						<category>Animals</category>
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						<category>Oceans</category>
			
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:29:34 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Water Bottle Self-Fills from Air: DNews Nugget</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Using a special coating, this water bottle can suck the humidity from the air and fill itself up.]]></media:description>
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			<title>Walking Bio-Bot Made WIth Cells, Gels</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A robot built of muscle cells and gels from a 3D printer walks on its own.]]></description>
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			<author>Jesse Emspak</author>						<category>3D Printing</category>
						<category>Biomimetics</category>
						<category>Robots</category>
						<category>Tech</category>
						<category>Tissue Engineering</category>
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:02:14 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Walking Bio-Bot Made WIth Cells, Gels</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[A robot built of muscle cells and gels from a 3D printer walks on its own.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Tiny Dragonfly UAV Flies and Hovers to Spy</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A bioinspired dragonfly robot is readied for gaming, aerial photography, and straight-up spying.]]></description>
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			<author>Alyssa Danigelis</author>						<category>Biomimetics</category>
						<category>Flying Robots</category>
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						<category>Stealth Technologies</category>
						<category>Surveillance</category>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 08:18:03 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Tiny Dragonfly UAV Flies and Hovers to Spy</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[A bioinspired dragonfly robot is readied for gaming, aerial photography, and straight-up spying.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Fish Can Cloak, Become Invisible to Predators</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Silver-colored fish, such as herring, sardines and sprat, alter the way in which light reflects off their bodies, rendering them invisible to predators.]]></description>
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			<author>Jennifer Viegas</author>						<category>Marine Life</category>
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						<category>Animals</category>
						<category>Animal Behavior</category>
						<category>Oceans</category>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2012 14:07:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Fish Can Cloak, Become Invisible to Predators</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Silver-colored fish, such as herring, sardines and sprat, alter the way in which light reflects off their bodies, rendering them invisible to predators.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Robo-Bee To Get Brain for Autonomous Flight</title>
			<description><![CDATA[By simulating a bee&#039;s brain, researchers hope to program smarter robots.]]></description>
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			<author>Jesse Emspak</author>						<category>Biomimetics</category>
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						<category>Computer Software</category>
						<category>Computers</category>
						<category>Flying Robots</category>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:42:58 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Robo-Bee To Get Brain for Autonomous Flight</media:title>
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			<title>Robot Tentacle Grips Gently</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Powered by compressed air, this robotic tentacle grips in several directions without crushing.]]></description>
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			<author>Jesse Emspak</author>						<category>Biomimetics</category>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:44:32 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Robot Tentacle Grips Gently</media:title>
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			<title>Shrew&#039;s Whiskers Get Robotic Touch</title>
			<description><![CDATA[This robot doesn&#039;t need fingers to have a sense of touch.]]></description>
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			<author>Jesse Emspak</author>						<category>Biomimetics</category>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:36:52 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Shrew&#039;s Whiskers Get Robotic Touch</media:title>
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			<title>Squishy Robots Change Color, Glow</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A squishy robot inspired by the octopus and squid can change color and even glow in the dark.]]></description>
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			<author>Jesse Emspak</author>						<category>Tech</category>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:43:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Squishy Robots Change Color, Glow</media:title>
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			<title>Robot Earthworm Inches Forward</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A robot with a form based on worms can squeeze into small spaces -- and survive a hammer.]]></description>
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			<author>Jesse Emspak</author>						<category>Tech</category>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:01:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Robot Earthworm Inches Forward</media:title>
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			<title>Artificial Jellyfish Made From Rat Cells</title>
			<description><![CDATA[When put into a container of salt water and hit with an electrical current, the artificial creature started swimming.]]></description>
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			<author>Jesse Emspak</author>						<category>Biomimetics</category>
						<category>Microbiology</category>
						<category>Synthetic Biology</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:08:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Artificial Jellyfish Made From Rat Cells</media:title>
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			<title>Future Displays Made of Water and Air</title>
			<description><![CDATA[An optical display is inspired by the lotus flower.]]></description>
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			<author>Nic Halverson</author>						<category>Tech</category>
						<category>Nanotech</category>
						<category>Nanomaterials</category>
						<category>Biomimetics</category>
						<category>Design</category>
						<category>Imaging</category>
			
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 02:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Mexican Jumping Bean Robots Rock and Roll</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Mexican jumping bean inspires engineers to build robots that jump and roll.]]></description>
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			<author>Jesse Emspak</author>						<category>Biomimetics</category>
						<category>Computer Software</category>
						<category>Robots</category>
						<category>Tech</category>
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Mexican Jumping Bean Robots Rock and Roll</media:title>
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