health
Gadgets
A Gadget To Tell You Your Skin Ain’t Great
5:00AM Adam Frucci | Bandai’s Skin Expert is a device that you hold up to your face and it tells you how healthy your skin is. Finally, a gadget to make me feel bad about my appearance automatically! Thanks Japan! [Hobby Blog via Engadget]
Gadgets
DIY Laser Hair Removal And DIY Botox Markets Expanding
1:20PM Rosa Golijan | I love DIY projects, lasers and chemistry sets as much as the next gal, but the whole do-it-yourself laser hair removal and Botox market boom is terrifying. Untrained individuals shouldn’t be pointing needles and lasers at themselves. More »
Random Stuff
Bill Gates Seeks To Cure Malaria With Lollies
6:00PM Rosa Golijan | Bill Gates is on another charitable streak through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with a $US100,000 investment to find a way to fight childhood malaria with chocolate and gum. More »
Gadgets
The GE Vscan Is Like A Having Ultrasound On A Mobile Phone
9:40AM Mark Wilson | What features do you look for in a mobile phone? Camera? GPS? 3G? Ultrasound? More »
Science
Algernon Lives! (Scientists Develop World’s Smartest Rat)
9:00AM Mark Wilson | Hobbie-J is a genetically engineered rat that can navigate mazes faster and recognise toys better than his peers. We just hope the little guy fares better than Charlie and Algernon. More »
Science
Man Designs And Builds Machine To Fight His Own Cancer
12:40PM Rosa Golijan | For the last 16 minutes and 27 seconds I’ve been watching this video in absolute awe. It’s the story of John Kanzius who designed, built and tested a machine (on himself), all in hopes of curing his leukaemia. More »
Science
This Is What Your Spine Looks Like When The Placebo Effect Kicks In
1:20PM Rosa Golijan | Neuroscientists have conducted a study showing spinal-cord neural activity when individuals were convinced that their pain would be alleviated by a cream treatment. This activity shows where the Placebo Effect occurs and how gullible volunteer test subjects can be. More »
Science
Commandos To Use Plasma Knives For Field Surgery
5:20PM Rosa Golijan | Apparently plasma knives—surgical instruments which have glowing, ionised gas as a blade—have passed Special Operations Command’s field testing and evaluation stages. Great! Now how much longer until this tech can be used to make real lightsabers? More »
Random Stuff
Programming Error Results In Radiation Overdoses
4:00PM Rosa Golijan | In attempt to get better data, a hospital overrode default protocol on a CT scanner over a year ago. Now they’ve realised that they made a little mistake and have been giving people eight times the acceptable doses of radiation. More »
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