Capsule transmits live gas reports from inside the gut
• gizmag.comWe've already heard about swallowable capsules that can transmit video from within the digestive tract. Pictures will only tell you so much, though.
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Study Finds There Are Too Many Studies
• http://sacramento.cbslocal.comA growing number of scientific studies is making it harder for researchers to keep track of all their content.
Docs Perform First Successful Penis Transplant
• http://news.sky.comA 21-year-old man who lost his penis after circumcision regains all function within four months of surgery.
OSU researchers create fast robot modeled after birds
• kgw.comResearchers at Oregon State University have built a robot that's the first of its kind. Its name is Atrias.
Tony Stark Gives Boy A Bionic Arm [Video]
• popsci.comIn real life
Soon, Your Laptop Will Need Just This One Cable
• popsci.comYou'll have no excuse not to clean up your office
This Woman Wants to Take Common Folk to Space--In a Balloon
• Wired.comJane Poynter has a mesmerizing way of describing what it will be like to be shuttled to the ends of the Earth in the souped-up space balloon being developed by her company, World View.
Machine automatically assembles complex molecules at the microscopic level
• gizmag.comThe synthesis of complex small molecules in the laboratory is specialized and intricate work that is both difficult and time-consuming.
Non-invasive Alzheimer's treatment restores memory using ultrasound
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Colin JeffreyAlzheimer's disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that most often begins in people over 65 years of age.
Fallacies in Modern Medicine: The HIV/AIDS Hypothesis
• By Donald W. Miller, Jr., MDModern medicine has spawned great things like antibiotics, open heart surgery, and corneal transplants. And then there is antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS.
Processed Oils Including Canola, Soybean and Corn Oil Linked to Lung Disease
• arcleinWe now know that an increase in asthma coincides with a switch from butter to certain oil-based diets. A large new Northwestern Medicine study ties the increasing consumption of supposedly healthy vitamin rich oils ?" canola, soybean and corn ?"
Tungsten Cathode Completed Focus Fusion
• arcleinAfter carefully testing and measuring the cathode, the LPPFusion team expect to install it in the FF-1 plasma focus device and begin experiments during March. The tungsten electrodes (the anode is already installed) are expected to totally stop vapor
The internet of things goes extraterrestrial
• https://gigaom.com, by Kevin FitchardAs the internet of things grows to encompass many more "things," so are the number of wireless ways to connect them.
Rocket Scientists Are Arduino at Heart
• http://makezine.com, By Alasdair AllanThis is the story of a group of college students who moved to the Mojave Desert, bought a house, painted it white, and turned it into a makeshift lab. Then they went out to launch rockets.
Google Ventures and the Search for Immortality
• http://www.bloomberg.com, by Katrina BrookerBill Maris has $425 million to invest this year, and the freedom to invest it however he wants. He's looking for companies that will slow aging, reverse disease, and extend life.
Gerbils Replace Rats' as Main Cause of Black Death
• arcleinThey compared tree-ring records from Europe with 7,711 historical plague outbreaks to see if the weather conditions would have been optimum for a rat-driven outbreak. He said: "For this, you would need warm summers, with not too much precipitat
A Tiny, 3-D Printed Garden You Can Gobble in One Bite
• Wired.comChloé Rutzerveld is the Michael Pollan of 3-D printed food.
Driverless Cars in 30 US cities; Death of Cars? Convenience vs. Cost; Comfortable Predictions
• globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.comI remain amused at skepticism towards driverless cars and trucks. Most believe the idea is at least a decade off.
NANOBOMB CREATES MASSIVE EXPLOSION ON TINY SCALE
• http://www.popsci.com, By Kelsey D. AthertonBUCKMINSTERFULLERENE BUCKYBALLS BECOME BUCKYBOMBS
THIS TINY SCULPTURE IS PERCHED ATOP A HUMAN HAIR
• http://www.popsci.com, By Heather HansmanFINE ART AT THE MICROSCALE
The Biosensors of the Future Can Be Drawn on With an Ordinary Ball-Point Pen
• motherboard.vice.comThe biosensors of the future could come ?courtesy of a ballpoint pen.
The Biosensors of the Future Can Be Drawn on With an Ordinary Ball-Point Pen
• motherboard.vice.comThe biosensors of the future could come ?courtesy of a ballpoint pen.
What Does Shipwrecked 170-Year-Old Beer Taste Like?
• http://www.popsci.com, By Mary Beth GriggsBottles found under the sea sampled
Podo wireless camera can be stuck on any surface
• gizmag.comIf you've got the urge to take a selfie, then there's a number of ways you can go about it.
PiJuice gives portability to Raspberry Pi
• gizmag.comOver the three years since its original launch, we've seen the small but mighty Raspberry Pi put to use in numerous projects.
World's first fully digital radio transmitter built purely from microprocessor technology
• gizmag.comFor the first time in history, a prototype radio has been created that is claimed to be completely digital,......
Mining The Asteroids: Who Decides?
• http://www.space.com, by Donald GoldsmithOur civilization--and presumably any civilization with a technological capacity at least as advanced as ours--runs on energy and raw materials.
The Lesson of Fukushima ?" Nuclear Energy is Safe
• arcleinThe nuclear fraternity worldwide should have celebrated after the Fukushima drama. The world watched the entire saga, second by second…and what was the outcome? Answer: total people killed by radiation, zero. Total injured, zero. Total privat
Why do we sleep?
• http://www.ted.com, Russell FosterRussell Foster is a circadian neuroscientist: He studies the sleep cycles of the brain.
Scientific Model Determines Where You Should Hide In The Zombie Outbreak
• http://www.popsci.com, By Kelsey D. AthertonRun for the hills; or better yet, live there already
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