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New Ultra-Flexible, Waterproof LEDs Can Be Implanted Under Skin

9:00PM October 19, 2010 | Alasdair Wilkins

LEDs are, on small scales, the cheapest, most reliable and most technologically powerful light sources out there. But their true potential is finally being unleashed. A new generation of LEDs can go anywhere – even into your body. More »

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Microsoft Imagine Cup 2010: Students Take On Big Problems With Tech

2:00AM April 28, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

The US finals of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup, an annual competition that encourages students to tackle big problems with technology, were held yesterday. One winning solution: combining cameraphones and powerful software to detect diseases in developing areas of the world. More »

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Doomsday Clock Moved Back One Minute

3:20AM January 15, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

The Doomsday clock, a measurement of the threat posed by nuclear weapons, biotechnology and climate change, has been moved back one minute, to six minutes before midnight, signalling a more “hopeful state of world affairs”. More »

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Reality-Augmenting Terminator Vision Contact Lenses Nearly Here

9:00AM September 2, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Amazing and terrifying all at once, reality augmenting contact lenses are nearly real. Like, they’re almost here. Circuits and antennas and LEDs in a contact lens, generating virtual imagery, Predator style. In your eyeball. More »

CMU’s Robotic Arm Helps Medics Assist Wounded Soldiers Without Being in the Line of Fire

12:00PM February 4, 2009 | Gizmodo US Edition

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a robotic arm that can be controlled remotely and help medics assist wounded soldiers that can’t be carried off the battlefield.

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