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HP’s Firebird with VoodooDNA gets official

HP is unleashing two new PCs going after the creative professional and gamers alike. Called the HP Firebird with VoodooDNA, there will be two models: the 802 and the 803. Gadgetell got an early look at the HP Firebird a couple of months ago and we’ve got some information you won’t find in the press releases. We spoke to the CTO for HP’s Global Gaming Business, Rahul Sood, extensively about the Firebird.

Excuse me, I need to check my DNA on my cell phone

I’m not certain whether we are at the point where everything is visible on a genetic test, but in case you don’t know, those DNA tests are pretty complex. Fortunately, some scientists at Berkeley have created a technique that uses something called electrostatic tech.

All a user has to do is put their DNA sample on a microarray surface. Then these negatively charged things called microspheres are spread across the surface, which can push themselves into clumps as they move away from the like-charged DNA and RNA areas.

These clumps are apparently easy to see, so easy that they can be recorded by an ordinary cell phone camera.

Google invests in Genome project; continues world domination

Google has continues to invest in projects other than what advertisements to post when someone searches for LOLcats by throwing the weight of it’s giant stacks of cash at Harvard’s George Church. Dr Church plans to spend $1 billion to tie DNA information to each person’s health history in an attempt to create a database more »