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Using bacteria as medical robots

Does the idea of turning bacteria into cancer-fighting robots sound like science fiction? Maybe today, but not in a near future. A researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a four-year grant of more than $1 million from the National Institutes of Health to study the feasibility of...

Tags: Mouse, Forbes, Bacteria, Salmonella, Mice, Robots, Hardware, Peripherals, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-03-02

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iFrogz Ear Pollution Timbre earphones - light

Editors' note: The Timbre earphones without the mic have been updated to reflect a slightly higher score because they do not suffer from the cut-out and static issues that the persisted with some MP3 players when using the version with the mic.Speakers made for home audio setups are encased in...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, cord, iFrogz, Ear Pollution Timbre, microphone, speaker

Product reviews 2009-11-13

iFrogz Ear Pollution Timbre earphones - dark

Editors' note: The Timbre earphones without the mic have been updated to reflect a slightly higher score because they do not suffer from the cut-out and static issues that the persisted with some MP3 players when using the version with the mic.Speakers made for home audio setups are encased in...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, iFrogz, cord, Ear Pollution Timbre, microphone, speaker

Product reviews 2009-11-13

Could diabetes fight the obesity epidemic?

Nice one, Dana.When are you going to write something relevant - like IT - on this site?There is no IT in this blog. Just pointing out the obvious.When will you learn to use google?This is among the worst medically releated post you have written. And please stop quoting the...

Tags: Exenatide, diabetes, GLP-1, secretion

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Walmart recalls 4.2 million Durabrand DVD players

12 units out of 4.5 millionand we are in a panic recall? What a nation of chicken littles.Cheap chinese junk sold at Wal-Mart is crappy?Stop the presses.overheating means "catches on fire"And burns the house down, potentially killing people... RE: Walmart recalls 4.2 million Durabrand DVD playersIt's Walmart Quality control. Same...

Tags: DVD, Media players, Consumer electronics, Quality, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Durabrand DVD player, DVD player

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Mysterious virus strikes FBI

Mysterious virus strikes FBICan you please explain ...... what the FBI is doing wrong?thx^o^It's started!ye has just started another nonsense session and as usual it promises to be long, very looooooong.Malware that results from social engineeringDoesn't normally mass-infect computers in a single location. Odds are very good this is a...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Federal government, Operating systems, UNIX, Viruses and worms, virus, Linux, FBI, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-05-22

Swine flu: gaia v. capitalism?

Some blogs are looking at the feverish interest in swine flu and seeing a moral and environmental lesson. For what it's worth FWIW, Mexican officials say they've found no evidence of the current deadly swine flu strain among...well, swine. Meanwhile the flu's alleged death toll rises in Mexico, but...

Tags: Food, Flu, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-04-28

We meat lovers are so screwed

We meat lovers are so screwedCows do not eat meat!It is also a scientific fact that meat protien is a requirement for brain development in any species. Maybe that is why some of us are as stupid as cows?Correlation does not necessarily beget causationHere's an idea. Just live the...

Tags: Food & Beverage, meat, meat lover, food, salad

Discussion threads 2009-03-24

Peanut recall and supply chain worries

As the Peanut Corp. of America scandal rolls on, a new bit of information has thickened the plot: Chinese organic peanuts may have been the source of another Salmonella outbreak at PCA back in 2006.  Now that China is part of the story we have a full blown worst practice...

Tags: China, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Management, Kevin O'Marah

Blog posts 2009-02-19

Greentechies smiling a little brighter today

Courtesy: Foundation Capital. One immediate effects of the Obama Administration's economic plans: it has stimulated optimism among greentech firms and investors. I spoke yesterday with Steve Vassallo, principal at Foundation Capital. They have a range of greentech investments in their VC portfolio. Steve walked...

Tags: Window, Grid, Ozone, EnerNOC, Vassallo, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-18

Cybercrime cost $1 trillion last year, study

Cybercrime cost $1 trillion last year, studytrillionTell Obama, make laws, Presidential executive order on it, save money, oh wait, he does want to save money, never mind :)And McAfee would also tell you...............the sky was falling as per chicken little, but we can save you..............dah what dribble..............The salmonella outbreak cost...

Tags: cybercrime

Discussion threads 2009-01-29

Toward future cross-protective vaccines?

Winter is approaching and millions of people will use this year's flu vaccine, different from last year's one, and only able to fight a few strains. Wouldn't be nice to use a vaccine able to fight a vast variety of bacteria? Two teams of U.S. researchers from the University of...

Tags: Vaccine, UCSB Team, Healthcare, Roland Piquepaille, Strain, UCSB

Blog posts 2008-10-22

London Stock Exchange website reports incorrect prices

London Stock Exchange website reports incorrect pricesMicrosoft Technology at its finestSince Both NASDAQ and the London Stock Exchange were MS case studies about how great Windows is, guess Windows really is the POS we all thought it is.Funny how they never had these errors on previous systems and now with...

Tags: Investment, Operating systems, Web site, Microsoft Corp., London Stock Exchange Plc., stock, London Stock Exchange website, incorrect price, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Why does Safari stink?

I started my day with several calls from our Special Ed folks who suddenly couldn't access their student information portal (e-Sped). I could access it without problem, our Special Education administrators could access it, but several teachers and counselors were discovering (since this was the first student day back...

Tags: Apple Safari, Web Browsers, Portals, Desktops, Internet, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Mobile broadband modems (Gallery: 10 most annoying hardware headaches)

Mobile broadband modems (Gallery: 10 most annoying hardware headaches)This why I buildObviously I can't build my own peripherals, otherwise I would. And if there was a standard format for laptops I'd build those too. Because when you can pick and match the components you get a really stable...

Tags: Modems, hardware headach, Mobile broadband modem, mobile broadband, laptop computer, Gallery, hardware, modem, mobile

Discussion threads 2008-06-13

Medical Codes - IDC-9-CM, IDC-10, and DSM-IV codes in one convenient book. Search by category, alpha (Mobile)

Medical Codes - IDC-9-CM, IDC-10, and DSM-IV codes in one convenient book. Search by category, alphabetical, keyword, combination of keywords, and by code.The Book Includes: ICD-9-CM Volumes 1 and 2 - Diagnosis Codes, International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification ICD-9-CM Volume 3 - Procedural Codes, International Classification of...

Tags: Infection, Mobile, Biology

Software downloads 2008-01-14

Photos: 'Tricorder' device developed at Purdue

It doesn't resemble the 'tricorder' from Star Trek but the Mini 11 can identify substances ranging from salmonella to cocaine.

Tags: Star Trek, substance, photograph

Image galleries 2007-02-28

U.N. delegates: English isn't good enough

U.N. delegates: English isn't good enoughhuh?"Divina Frau-Meigs, who teaches at the University of Paris III (Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle), called for 'setting up a culture whereby you can use your own language, and that will be considered part of your human rights.'""human rights"?I would be nice to have DNS...

Tags: INTERNET, Linux, Domain names, Web browsers, character set

Discussion threads 2006-11-01

Extra passengers scheduled on Atlantis

NASA's Atlantis next mission, which is scheduled for August 27, not only will carry human astronauts to the International Space Station ISS, but several kinds of microbes. In "Microscopic Passengers To Hitch Ride On Space Shuttle," the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University writes that these microbes have been identified...

Tags: microbe, NASA, Fluid Processing Apparatus, Group Activation Pack

Blog posts 2006-08-25

Tracking food products with Internet

It seems that there is not a single day without a new threat about our food and our health: mad cow disease, genetically modified crops, and now avian flu. Would we feel safer if we knew for sure the geographic location of the products we eat? This is the goal...

Tags: EU-funded GeoTraceAgri, food, food product, geographical traceability, traceability

Blog posts 2006-02-12