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Travis M. Andrews is a Washington, D.C.-based writer who has written for Salon, The Washingtonian, OffBeat Magazine and reported for several newspapers throughout his native Louisiana. Though he's pretended otherwise since before time, his favorite food is the French Fry. It's time the truth came out. For more about Travis M. Andrews, go to www.travismandrews.com.

You can also follow the Metairie native on Twitter @MetairiesFinest.

Organ-on-a-chip could render animal testing moot

Travis Andrews

Sunday, June 24, 2012 - 3:02pm

The lab-on-a-chip, designed by researchers at John Hopkins, seems like science-fiction lure, but what it has inspired is even more futuristic: living organ-on-a-chip. It's exactly what it sounds like, as hard as that might be to believe: a living organ on a chip.

Get involved in DARPA's new crowdsourced project

Travis Andrews

Sunday, June 24, 2012 - 11:40am

Maybe the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) blew its collective creative power inventing the clothing-sewing robot. Maybe it just wanted to take a week or two off. Either way, it's using crowdsourcing to build its new combat vehicle.

Because thinking up our own passwords is far too taxing

Travis Andrews

Saturday, June 23, 2012 - 1:32pm

Though the Pentagon is attempting to do away with traditional passwords, the rest of us are probably stuck with them for a while. That being the case, who wants to expend all of their brainpower thinking up new passwords? If your answer is, "not me," then go ahead and let Moclay do it for you.

Robots given the power of touch and can feel better than humans

Travis Andrews

Saturday, June 23, 2012 - 10:37am

Robots can do some amazing things, such as playing basketball, but what they can't do is feel the objects they touch. Until now. It might seem like a small point — robots are, after all, non-sentient — but for anyone who has a prosthetic arm, being able to sense texture could lead to greater grip and usability.

Finally, jeans with a special iPhone pocket

Travis Andrews

Saturday, June 23, 2012 - 8:32am

The future is upon us, be it lauded or cursed, and it has come to us in a form unexpected: that of the blue jean persuasion. iPhone lovers, your time is now: Alphyn Industries has sewn together a pair of jeans with a special pocket that allows you to use your iPhone, without ever removing it from the jeans.

Drobo Mini goes mobile with intelligent storage, adds Thunderbolt

Travis Andrews

Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 7:11am

The average computer user's storage concerns are pretty moot, but professionals who deal with photos and video live and die by it. Cue Drobo, a company that doesn't make hard drives, but rather intelligent multi-drive storage solutions. We got to see the Mini, Drobo's first portable device aimed at everyday users.

Skyping in Ethiopia can land you 15 years in the slammer

Travis Andrews

Sunday, June 17, 2012 - 11:23am

As well as Skype seems to be doing these days, the company has recently lost its Ethiopian audience since using the program there (or any other similar services) could land you in prison for fifteen years.

Apple charges 54 percent more for new MacBook battery replacement

Travis Andrews

Sunday, June 17, 2012 - 9:51am

The new MacBook Pro with Retina display has a clunky name but is one heck of a powerful machine. To run it, it requires a stronger battery, which Apple has glued into the notebook and which replacing costs 54 percent more than older models.

Move aside wind turbines: underwater turbine built

Travis Andrews

Saturday, June 16, 2012 - 12:27pm

A few years ago, a 10 million watt wind turbine was built in Norway. Now, heading in the complete opposite direction, Scotland installed a 100-food 1-megawatt turbine under water, off the coast of Orkney.

Mantis shrimp becomes model for military armor

Travis Andrews

Saturday, June 16, 2012 - 10:27am

Any chance to write about shrimp seems like one worth taking, and now scientists are learning from one of the most interesting ones out there: the peacock mantis shrimp, whose "hammer" is being studied to improve human armor.

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Travis Andrews

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Organ-on-a-chip could render animal testing moot

Get involved in DARPA's new crowdsourced project

Because thinking up our own passwords is far too taxing

Robots given the power of touch and can feel better than humans

Finally, jeans with a special iPhone pocket

Drobo Mini goes mobile with intelligent storage, adds Thunderbolt

Skyping in Ethiopia can land you 15 years in the slammer

Apple charges 54 percent more for new MacBook battery replacement

Move aside wind turbines: underwater turbine built

Mantis shrimp becomes model for military armor

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