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Doctors Will Use Dell Streak Tablets For Treating Patients

5:08PM September 15, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

At five inches, the Streak is a lot more portable than the iPad – but still not quite as pocket-friendly (lab coat-friendly?) as the iPhone. Nonetheless, that’s where Dell wants to place its tablets, ramming it with a healthcare software app. More »


Elderly Japanese Would Rather Be Tended To By Robots Than Foreigners

1:00PM May 18, 2010 | Adam Frucci

Japan’s looming population crisis combines lots of old people with not many workers. Many of the potential nurses to tend to said old people happen to be from neighbouring Asian countries. Not so fast! What about robots?! More »


Robots Will Be Taking Care of Your Grandma in Five Years

4:30PM March 26, 2009 | Elaine Chow

The Japanese government is planning to put robots to practical use in Japanese households in as soon as five years, and has already begun formulating the political agencies needed to oversee robot safety standards.

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Geek Out

Anti-Static Shoes Will Make Sure Rich Bachelors Cling to You

3:20PM January 20, 2009 | Elaine Chow

All you entrepreneurial gold-digging nurses out there, listen up. Your efforts to marry that rich, sick dude are for nothing if you don’t have this handy object in your repertoire: anti-static shoes. [Japan Probe]

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