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Medicine Jet Injector Less Painful, More Awesome than Needles
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If Ian Hunter and his team at MIT have their way, the serial killers and torturers of the future will have one less tool to brandish and freak out their victims. Hunter and his colleagues have engineered a jet-injection system that can administer drugs with less pain and more accuracy… |
May 25th, 2012
Docs “Rewire” Paralyzed Man’s Hands, Restoring Limited Movement
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Doctors and researchers are putting intense effort into researching fixes for people who have paralyzed arms and legs from accidents or degenerative conditions. A team of doctors has been able to “rewire” the hands of a 71-year-old man who lost most use of his arms after an accident that left… |
May 16th, 2012
Battery-Powered Portable X-Ray Machine: Your Insides Have Nowhere to Hide
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If you’ve ever been asked to have a radiograph of your body taken, then you know that X-ray machines are quite large and even the portable ones are carried by large vans. Until now. Japanese company Mikasa recently introduced a battery-powered X-ray machine that’s small enough to be carried by… |
April 29th, 2012
“Elephant Nose” Sniffs for Genetically Modified Stuff in Your Food
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Genetically-modified foods are becoming more common as world crop production falls while the population continues to balloon.… |
April 21st, 2012
Space Invaders Masks Keep Dust Invaders out of Your Nostrils
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I’ve seen the Space Invaders featured on everything from waffles to cutting boards to underwear – but this is honestly the first time I’ve seen those pesky alien invaders on a dust mask.… |
February 26th, 2012
uPixie USB Massager Works Out the Kinks While You Work
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When the firm I work for takes on new projects, we engineers are the ones who get stressed out the most. Maybe it’s psychological, but a whole lot of aches just suddenly manifest themselves: headaches, stomach aches, neck aches, back aches – even handaches (if these even exist.)… |
January 31st, 2012
Nike+ FuelBand: A Jawbone UP That Actually Works?
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I was pretty happy that I held off purchasing a Jawbone UP wristband because users have reported massive failures. Since then, Jawbone has had to offer full refunds to anyone who made a claim. The Nike FuelBand reminds me of the UP, but unlike the UP it might actually work.… |
January 20th, 2012
Vioguard Self-Sanitizing Keyboard is Now FDA-Approved
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Keyboards can get pretty filthy. It’s the one part of your computer that you probably come into contact with the most, aside from your mouse.… |
January 9th, 2012
Microsoft Working on Blood Sugar Monitor Contact Lens
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While we still may be a long way off from heads-up displays built into contact lenses, Microsoft Research is hoping to sort this technology out at some point in the not-too-distant future. Beyond the Terminator-like augmented reality ideas we all envision, Microsoft Reasearch and The University of Washington are working… |
December 30th, 2011
Autom The Diet Robot Now Shipping, Keeps You from Cheating (on Your Food)
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Autom is a little robot that is designed to help you lose weight by being a good buddy and coach. The robot will talk to you every day and get to know your habits, then react accordingly. Don’t worry, it won’t call you “fatty” or crack wise in order to… |
December 15th, 2011
