Category: Longevity & Health
Man Receives New Bionic Hand With Electronic Opposable Thumb
Written by: Peter Murray 2 days ago
On January 12 Matt Razink received a prosthetic hand equipped with an electric opposable thumb. The Michelangelo Hand has given [...]
Another First For 3D Printing – Woman Receives Jaw Implant
Written by: Peter Murray 3 days ago
An 83-year-old woman suffering from a lower jaw infection became the first person to receive a jaw implant manufactured with [...]
The Current State Of Wind Power — 2012 Should Be The Biggest Year Yet
Written by: David Hill 9 days ago
When Barack Obama ran for President back in 2008, one of the ‘changes’ that he set forth was a New [...]
SkyLight Adapter Connects Microscopes To Smartphones
Written by: Peter Murray 14 days ago
The SkyLight is really a simple device derived to solve a simple problem: how to keep your smartphone still enough [...]
iRobot CEO Discusses Their New Robot AVA
Written by: Peter Murray 15 days ago
We found this video from CNNMoney, about AVA, iRobot’s latest personal assistance robot. We’ve covered AVA before, how it’s basically [...]
Embryonic Stem Cells Used To Improve Vision Of Blind Patients
Written by: Peter Murray 15 days ago
Macular degeneration had left Sue Freeman, 78, legally blind. She couldn’t go for a walk by herself, she couldn’t go [...]
Police Are Making A Scanner To Detect Concealed Weapons 80 Feet Away (video)
Written by: Peter Murray 16 days ago
The New York Police Department is working with the Department of Defense to develop a scanning device that would allow [...]
On the Internet of Things IBM Tracks Your Pork From Farm to Fork. Starting with China
Written by: Aaron Saenz 18 days ago
IBM has set out to prove it can revolutionize the food industry with data, starting with China. Six industrial slaughterhouses [...]
Daniel Kraft Gives You a Peek of the Future of Medicine at TEDMED
Written by: Aaron Saenz 24 days ago
Modern healthcare is sick, but Dr. Daniel Kraft knows a little something about the cure. At the 2011 TEDMED conference [...]
India Finds Cases Of Tuberculosis Completely Resistant To Drugs
Written by: Peter Murray 24 days ago
This is scary. A report out of India identifies four new cases of tuberculosis that are completely resistant to drug [...]
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Hold Off On That Glass Just Yet – Red Wine Researcher Charged With Falsifying Data
Written by: Peter Murray 25 days ago
The next time you toast a Cabernet Sauvignon to your heart health, you might be better off just toasting Tim [...]
Doomsday Clock Brings Us One Minute Closer To The Apocalypse
Written by: Peter Murray 28 days ago
Did you know there was a Doomsday Clock? Well, it’s not a real clock that ticks down the remaining moments [...]
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Senstore Wants To Make A Tricorder That Monitors The Entire Body
Written by: Peter Murray 29 days ago
What a great place that Singularity University is. Smart, motivated people coming together to make the world a better place [...]
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Hmmm.... *looks at Watson* *imagines 1000^2 times more powerful computer* *imagines Watson becomes as good as other things as he is with natural language* effectively this date gives computers after the [...]
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Seems quite possible. But will it be AI? Or will it be a well-programmed machine that understands native English? Still impressive, but there's a [...]
turtles_allthewaydown
How does the first question mostly made of 0's? There are clearly more 1's (especially if one distinguishes between o and 0)