1. Ion Torrent CEO and chairman Jonathan Rothberg holds a
semiconductor sequencing chip that will be used in the new Proton
semi-conductor based genome sequencing machine in Guilford, Connecticut,
January 5, 2012. After years of predictions that the “$1,000 genome” – a
read-out of a person’s complete genetic information for about the cost
of a dental crown – was just around the corner, a U.S. company is
announcing January 10, 2012 that it has achieved that milestone and
taken the technology several steps ahead. The new genome-sequencing
machine is 1,000 times more powerful than existing technology, says
Rothberg.
2.The new NIKE FuelBand, an innovative wristband that tracks and
measures everyday movement for, what Nike says, motivates and inspires
people to be more active, is seen on display in New York January 19,
2012. The Nike Fuelband will be available for pre-order starting January
19th in the US at Nikestore.com for a suggested retail price of $149.
3. An employee demonstrates a “Police Pad” at the Algorithm factory
in Tbilisi January 11, 2012. Five thousand police officers will receive
portable field computers, equipped with features that will assist them
with their work, assembled at this factory, according to local media.
4. A pedestrian passes the Reichstag building, seat of the German
lower house of Parliament Bundestag, on a cold winter day in Berlin
January 31, 2012. Picture taken with a thermal camera.
5. Katharine Ng zooms in to Paris on panoramic Google Maps screens
at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles, California
January 13, 2012. The 100,000 square-foot campus was designed by
architect Frank Gehry, and includes an entrance through an iconic pair
of giant binoculars designed by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.
Around 500 employees develop video advertising for YouTube, parts of the
Google social network and the Chrome Web browser at the site.
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