A new noninvasive tool uses electromagnetic waves to measure glucose levels.
To track their blood sugar levels, patients with diabetes typically prick their fingers at least three times a day and feed blood samples into glucometers. It's a tedious and sometimes painful process, and a patient will often need to run a second test due to "insufficient blood" in the first sample. Now, researchers at Baylor University, in Waco, TX, have engineered a thumb-pad sensor that measures glucose levels via electromagnetic waves--no finger pricking required.
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Feb 27, 2008
Feb 22, 2008
Emotiv's headset gives users mind-control over digital objects
Emotive Systems made a demo and showcased their brain signal reader helmet during this week Game Developers Conference, in San Francisco. Emotiv also said that the company is working on a partnership with IBM to integrate the brain control interface technology with IBM's virtual worlds projects.
The headset is designed to fit snugly on a user's head. The data it produces can, in theory, be plugged into a wide variety of software.
Emotive plans to ready the product for this Christmas for about $299. Many regard the product as part of the future of video game industry...
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The headset is designed to fit snugly on a user's head. The data it produces can, in theory, be plugged into a wide variety of software.
Emotive plans to ready the product for this Christmas for about $299. Many regard the product as part of the future of video game industry...
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Feb 21, 2008
Useful tools for Pocket PC
FREE:
Google Maps - Self explainatory.
Map 2 Mobile (www.map24.com) - An alternative to Google Maps
Spb GPRS Monitor - great for monitoring network traffic from mobile device
Divx Mobile - Easier/Better to re-encode divx lower than try and rely on WMV.
PHM Registry Editor - Good, free registry editor
Foxit Reader for Windows Mobile - Better PDF reader than Acrobat, IMHO
PocketSNES - PocketSNES recompiled for landscape support.
NOT FREE:
Opera for Windows Mobile - A decent web-browser.
Spb Pocket Plus - Really useful for filling the holes in the WM5 interface.
Spb Mobile Shell - Enables a better phone based experience using all Pocket PC features..
TJ Pocket Dictonaries - English-English + 12 foreign dictionaries
Google Maps - Self explainatory.
Map 2 Mobile (www.map24.com) - An alternative to Google Maps
Spb GPRS Monitor - great for monitoring network traffic from mobile device
Divx Mobile - Easier/Better to re-encode divx lower than try and rely on WMV.
PHM Registry Editor - Good, free registry editor
Foxit Reader for Windows Mobile - Better PDF reader than Acrobat, IMHO
PocketSNES - PocketSNES recompiled for landscape support.
NOT FREE:
Opera for Windows Mobile - A decent web-browser.
Spb Pocket Plus - Really useful for filling the holes in the WM5 interface.
Spb Mobile Shell - Enables a better phone based experience using all Pocket PC features..
TJ Pocket Dictonaries - English-English + 12 foreign dictionaries
Feb 20, 2008
DreamSpark - Microsoft to give free software to college students...
Microsoft unveiled the DreamSpark student program, which is a software giveaway that will ultimately provide millions of college and high school students worldwide with free access to the latest professional-grade Microsoft developer and designer tools. The program is available to all students whose studies touch on technology, design, math, science, and engineering.
DreamSpark program includes Visual Studio 2008 (professional), Expression Studio and Windows Server 2003.
To register and download: https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com
DreamSpark program includes Visual Studio 2008 (professional), Expression Studio and Windows Server 2003.
To register and download: https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com
Feb 19, 2008
Feb 18, 2008
Brain blanket boosts mind control
Researchers at Albany Medical College, Washington University, the University of Washington, the University of Wisconsin have developed a more effective brain-control interface device, using a sheet of closely spaced electrodes placed over the brain. In recent experiments, five patients learned to control a computer cursor in two dimensions on a computer signals in less than 30 minutes, a performance similar to those achieved using electrodes implanted directly into the screen using their brain.
[ Original article published in newscientist.com ]
[ Original article published in newscientist.com ]
Feb 16, 2008
Machines to match man by 2029
Machines will achieve human-level artificial intelligence by 2029, a leading US inventor has predicted.
Humanity is on the brink of advances that will see tiny robots implanted in people's brains to make them more intelligent said engineer Ray Kurzweil. Mr Kurzweil is one of 18 influential thinkers chosen to identify the great technological challenges facing humanity in the 21st century by the US National Academy of Engineering.
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Humanity is on the brink of advances that will see tiny robots implanted in people's brains to make them more intelligent said engineer Ray Kurzweil. Mr Kurzweil is one of 18 influential thinkers chosen to identify the great technological challenges facing humanity in the 21st century by the US National Academy of Engineering.
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Feb 10, 2008
NIH Curriculum Supplement Series
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