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Light-powered bionic eye invented to help restore sightA retinal implant - or bionic eye - which is powered by light has been invented by scientists at Stanford University in California.
"Such a fully integrated wireless implant promises the restoration of useful vision to patients blinded by degenerative retinal diseases."
- Researchers at Stanford University in California |
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Share your status – and your lungs. Facebook tool promotes organ donationFacebook on Tuesday unveiled an initiative to use the vast social network to connect organ donors with people who need life-saving transplants. |
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Bar Codes Apps Allow Consumers To Make Socially Conscious Choices
via Triple Pundit |
Fri April 27, 2012 |
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Saving Right Whales? There’s an app for that.A new app relies on whale calls to help mariners avoid hitting endangered right whales. |
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New technologies detect seizures, and could possibly even eliminate them
via GizMag |
Thu April 12, 2012 |
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Floating wind turbines to produce low cost renewable energy
via GizMag |
Wed March 28, 2012 |
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Device invented that can detect infectious disease in minutesInfectious diseases can spread very rapidly, so quickly identifying them can be crucial to stopping an epidemic. However, current testing for such diseases can take hours and days. But not for much longer. |
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American Scientists Make Great Leap in Battery TechnologyEnvia Systems, a battery maker based in California, announced on Monday what it called a “major breakthrough” in lithium-ion cell technology that would result in a significant increase in the energy density — and a sharp reduction in the cost — of lithium-ion battery packs |
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New system could eventually ‘eliminate’ batteriesResearchers at the University of Bedfordshire have developed a technique for powering electronic devices using only radio waves, which they claim could eventually eliminate the need for conventional batteries. |
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Digital tools ‘to save languages’Facebook, YouTube and even texting will be the salvation of many of the world's endangered languages, scientists believe. |
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Transplant jaw made by 3D printer claimed as firstA 3D printer-created lower jaw has been fitted to an 83-year-old woman's face in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind. |
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The Cleanweb Takes OffThis past weekend in New York, a group of high tech companies, venture investors, hackers, college students held the second Cleanweb Hackathon -- a gathering where software developers and serial entrepreneurs, fueled by coffee and burritos -- or similar fare -- stay up one, two or more nights writing code for apps that just may change the world. |
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Personal medicine is a little bit closer: Sequence your genome for under $1000
via Technology Review |
Mon January 16, 2012 |
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New plasma “brush” may mean painless cavity fillingWe've been keeping an eye on efforts to make the dreaded dentist's drill a thing of the past for some time, and now there's more good news on the horizon for the cavity-prone (and pain-phobic). Engineers have successfully lab-tested a plasma "brush" that can painlessly clean and prep cavities so well, there's no need for mechanical abrasion prior to filling. |
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Artificial Intestines near realityScience has given us working artificial hearts, hips, limbs and bladders, and even a trachea. But no one has successfully created an artificial intestine, until now. |
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Science news headlines
- Light-powered bionic eye invented to help restore sight
- Share your status – and your lungs. Facebook tool promotes organ donation
- Bar Codes Apps Allow Consumers To Make Socially Conscious Choices
- Saving Right Whales? There’s an app for that.
- New technologies detect seizures, and could possibly even eliminate them
- Floating wind turbines to produce low cost renewable energy
- Device invented that can detect infectious disease in minutes
- American Scientists Make Great Leap in Battery Technology
- New system could eventually ‘eliminate’ batteries
- Digital tools ‘to save languages’
- Transplant jaw made by 3D printer claimed as first
- The Cleanweb Takes Off
- Personal medicine is a little bit closer: Sequence your genome for under $1000
- 2012 Doomsday Predictions Debunked by NASA
- New discovery could lead to better artificial hips
- New plasma “brush” may mean painless cavity filling
- First Earth-sized planets spotted
- Artificial Intestines near reality
- Yoav Medan: Ultrasound surgery—healing without cuts
- Harnessing desert sun to power Europe
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