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Thank This Robotic Arm For Your New Hair

2:00AM December 31, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Conventional hair transplant treatments can last eight hours or more. That causes fatigue in even veteran surgeons and you don’t want a tired doctor plowing for follicles on the back of your head. Luckily, the new ARTAS system can do the heavy hair-pulling. More »


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Human Hair Necklaces. Why?

2:00PM July 5, 2011 | Adrian Covert

These necklaces made from human hair are kind of gross to look at to be certain. But according to Kerry Howley, the artist responsible for these, um, things, that’s kind of the point. More »


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These Glasses Were Made With Human Hair

6:40AM June 28, 2011 | Casey Chan

I can’t grow much facial hair so I’ve been compensating by growing my hair long. That’ll show off my manliness! I should get these glasses to complete my look: the frames are made with human hair bound with resin. More »


Software

Make Any Picture Hairy With The Hairrrr App

3:56PM June 24, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Do ever find yourself staring at an image, wondering what it would look like if it was made out of hair? No? Me neither. More »


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Violent Hair Weave Crime Wave Sweeping Nation

11:00AM May 19, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Texas, Michigan, California—states throughout the union are being hit by thieves with a particular target: human hair. Beauty salons and supply shops are being robbed bald. Weaves are getting snatched over flatscreen TVs. More »


Science

Lasers Can Turn Your Hair Into An Hourly Forensic Record

2:57PM April 28, 2011 | Brian Lam

Using delicate lasers to ionise but not burn difference sections of your hair for precise chemical analysis, this new forensic method can theoretically tell what you ate and where you were in the world on an hour by hour basis. (Usually, the entire hair gets mashed up into one vague average sample.) More »


Science

FDA Gives Robots Permission To Sew Hair On Your Scalp

12:40PM April 22, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Balding sucks. But will you trust the machines to repair your scalp? The US Federal Drug Administration does, which is why they approved this piece of robotery to perform hair transplants. It’s name is ARTAS, and it lives in your dermatologist’s office. More »


RIM Employees Growing Moustaches For Charity And Sport

10:00AM October 28, 2010 | Brian Barrett

In Canada, they have no use for Octobeard. Instead, Ontario-based RIM is encouraging employees to cultivate moustaches along with smartphones in Movember. But to what (finely waxed) end? More »


Gadgets

This Hair Dryer Has A Ferrari Engine Inside

6:00AM August 15, 2010 | Casey Chan

The new Conair BaByliss Pro Volare hair dryer packs an “engine” built with Ferrari’s team using real Ferrari parts. I’m hoping that the Volare can dry wet hair faster than a Ferrari can hit 100km/h. More »


Science

Forget Silicon, This Teenager’s Solar Panel Uses Human Hair As A Conductor

1:15PM September 9, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

If eighteen-year-old Milan Karki doesn’t turn out to be the next Tesla or Edison, then I’ll chop off my locks. This kid invented a solar panel which uses human hair as a conductor and could solve an energy crisis. More »