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Interview with Jeff Bezos

January 9th, 2005 at 11:56 pm » Comments (0)

When Jeff Bezos was launching Amazon.com a decade ago, conventional wisdom held that 300,000 titles would be plenty; the largest physical bookstores couldn’t sell enough volumes to justify half that inventory. Bezos took what he calls “the bold, stupid path” and stocked his shelves with a million titles.



On the Path To Artificial Muscles

January 9th, 2005 at 11:44 pm » Comments (0)

Researchers at the NanoTech Institute at The University of Texas at Dallas have been awarded a $750,000, 20-month grant to develop artificial muscles that convert chemical energy to mechanical energy.



Proof: Smoking Cannabis Linked to Psychosis

January 9th, 2005 at 11:32 pm » Comments (0)

The most nostalgic of the 1968 emotionally scarred generation still believe that there is no association between cannabis and psychosis.



Inventing the Breast Compression Device

January 9th, 2005 at 12:11 am » Comments (0)

Capsular Contracture commonly occurs as a result of breast implant surgery. The body forms a matrix of scar tissue around the breast implant that eventually shrinks with time, which causes the implant to deform and misshape the breast. Graphic illustration.