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New Apple iPhone app translates why the baby is crying

Mike Ferro — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:14:50 +0000

Taking care of a baby can be difficult, especially when you have no idea why the baby is crying. It seems like someone has gone through great lengths to [...]

Ralph Lauren admits to shoddy Photoshop job despite its DMCA takedown letter

Mike Ferro — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:02:54 +0000

Recently some sparks have been flying across the fashion and photoshop worlds when a controversial Ralph Lauren ad surfaced on two blogs. The picture depicted a woman [...]

Internet addiction treatment leads to Chinese teenager’s death

Dave Parrack — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:31:01 +0000

The idea of Internet addiction may seem funny but it has had tragic consequence for one Chinese teenager. After being sent to a clinic to overcome his Internet addiction, he was [...]

Gates: U.S. behind India on accepting ID Cards for Individuals

Mike Ferro — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:06:30 +0000

Bill Gates recently spoke at a conference in India, where he criticized the U.S. for being behind on data privacy, immigration and a centralized method for maintaining an individual’s [...]

Cavitation Technologies uses nanotechnology to improve vegetable oil production

Susan Wilson — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:35:05 +0000

Vegetable oil is used in many foods and for cooking. Cavitation Technologies has developed what [...]

Wii remote could be used for CPR training

John Lister — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:37:09 +0000

Students at an Alabama university are working on a project to teach cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques using the controller from a Nintendo Wii. The project has already attracted $50,000 in funding from the American Heart Association.

Four biomedical engineering undergraduates from the [...]

Toyota working on brain-controlled wheelchair

John Lister — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:43:23 +0000

Toyota has tested a wheelchair that can be partially controlled through thought alone, with no need for body movement. It’s a way of using a new technology which drastically reduces the time it takes for a machine to read human brain waves.

The system [...]

Political suspicions raised as China cracks down on bogus online health info

John Lister — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:24:55 +0000

The Chinese government has imposed tight regulations to ensure accuracy on health advice sites. But particular rules for sexual health sites have raised suspicion that the move is part of wider efforts to control the Internet.

As [...]

Michael Jackson dead – Web beats traditional media to the news

Dave Parrack — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:19:16 +0000

Michael Jackson has died at the age of 50. He reportedly died after suffering from a cardiac arrest and falling into a coma on the [...]

Fake Steve Jobs returns for liver transplant and Apple comeback

Dave Parrack — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:55:54 +0000

Dan Lyons killed off Fake Steve Jobs and the satirical blog, The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, last July when he secured a new job writing for [...]