Amazon has big plans for the Kindle
The Kindle has been a huge success. With that success, some copycats have emerged. Some of those plan to have a larger screen. So, to keep up, Amazon is planning to develop another Kindle according to the WSJ. Supposedly this comes from people who have seen a version of [...]
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Amazon Developing Larger Screen Kindle
Students Using Social Media Shown to Do Poorly on Exams
68% of students who use Facebook have a “significantly” lower grade
Fresh research has confirmed what many parents and teachers already feared: social networking sites are damaging students’ academic
performance.
Bad Moods Help Us Focus, Improve Recall
Bad moods are not always a negative
People grumbling their way through the grimness of winter have better recall than those enjoying a carefree, sunny day, Australian researchers have found.
Professor Develops Inhalable Chocolate
Can Chocolate get any better?
A Harvard professor and Illinois Institute of Technology graduate has developed inhalable chocolate.
The product, called Le Whif, will make its debut in the United States at next month’s All Candy Expo, a huge confection-industry gathering at McCormick Place. Its inventor, David Edwards, who helped develop inhalable insulin and is working on [...]
Designer Hussein Chalayan – Wearable, Portable Architecture
Is it fashion or is it furniture?
Twice awarded Designer of the Year, UK native Hussein-Chalayan doesn’t have the typical background you’d come to expect of a fashion designer – in fact, he’s a tech geek who’s translated his knowledge into fashion and that certainly comes across in his unique designs.
On exhibit now at the Design [...]
Microchip In Pills That Tells The Doctor You’ve Taken Your Meds
Microchips in medication
Microchips in pills could soon allow doctors to find out whether a patient has taken their medication.
Stem Cell Breakthrough Can Produce New Eggs In Infertile Women
Close up of a stem cell
Hundreds of thousands of infertile women could be given hope of becoming mothers after doctors discovered a way to create eggs using stem cells.
Botox: The Hunt To Find The Next Blockbuster Medical Use
Botox is injected into the larynx to treat vocal cord problems.
Dr. Mark Stillman, the director of the Center for Headache and Pain at the Cleveland Clinic, has a treatment for people with frequent migraines: he injects Botox around the head and neck.
Tweenbot: An Experiment About Human Nature And Robots
Tweenbot
The tweenbot, a cardboard-bodied, cheerful little bugger, is equipped with a flag stating its intended destination. Since it can only move forward, it depends on the kindness of strangers to guide it and remove obstacles. (Video) (Pics)
