Speech jamming gun freezes any talker mid-sentence
Posted by admin in Design, Medicine, Science on 02. Mar, 2012 | 0 Comments
Want to be the kind of person who causes entire rooms to fall silent when you enter? Researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Tskuba and Ochanomizu University in Japan have created a speech jamming gun that takes the words right out of speakers’ mouths using a clever trick of [...]
Scientists use stem cells to generate human eggs in the lab
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 28. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
The conventional line of thinking says that women can produce only a finite number of egg cells over their lifetimes. Some researchers dispute this, but a new study suggests that it might not matter. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital claim they have isolated stem cells from human ovaries and used them to generate egg cells [...]
Scan your food for bacteria with your cell phone
Posted by admin in Electronics, Medicine, Mobile technology, Wearable electronics on 24. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
Have you ever been tempted to order steak tartare but decided against it for fear of getting sick? This little cell phone scanner can take a look at it for you and let you know if it does in fact harbor any E. coli bacteria. E. Coli Scanner: the device attaches to a cell phone [...]
Wirelessly powered medical implant propels itself through the bloodstream
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 24. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
With the wait still on for a miniaturization ray to allow some Fantastic Voyage-style medical procedures by doctors in submarines, tiny electronic implants capable of traveling in the bloodstream show much more promise. While the miniaturization of electronic and mechanical components now makes such devices feasible, the lack of a comparable reduction in battery size [...]
Beam toothbrush reports your brushing habits to a smartphone via Bluetooth
Posted by admin in Hi-tech, Medicine, Mobile technology on 17. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
From heart monitors to cooking thermometers, almost any piece of tech seems to be equipped with Bluetooth and an accompanying smartphone app these days. Now it looks like even the simplest of items can get their own high-tech upgrade, as evidenced by Beam Technologies’ upcoming Bluetooth-enabled toothbrush. The Beam Brush will monitor a person’s dental [...]
