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Alligator blood

“We’re very excited about the potential of these alligator blood proteins as both antibacterial and antifungal agents,” says study co-author Mark Merchant, Ph.D., a biochemist at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La. “There’s a real possibility that you could be treated with an alligator blood product one day.”

http://www.physorg.com/news126764714.html

Scalable to 1 Petabyte

A burger in 156 easy steps

"The annual event challenges university teams to come up with machines to perform simple tasks in as many steps as possible."

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080406/LOCAL/804060...

Real time raytracing

Just ask for some computer time on the Blue Gene/L and the matrix is here to stay.

http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13585-matrixstyle-virtual-w...

Neuromarketing

"At McLean Hospital, a prestigious psychiatric institution run by Harvard University, an advertising agency recently sponsored an experiment in which the brains of half-a-dozen young whiskey drinkers were scanned. The goal, according to a report in Business Week, was "to gauge the emotional power of various images, including college kids drinking cocktails on spring break, twentysomethings with flasks around a campfire, and older guys at a swanky bar". The results were used to fine-tune an ad campaign for the maker of Jack Daniels."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/03/news.advertising

Spelling error in your name?

"Some of it is genuine misspelling, some is parents looking for a unique way to spell a name and some is just carelessness."

http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/family/story/0,,2269821,00.html

SMS 2.0

Taking SMS to the next level

  • Send text messages in color
  • Free and ad supported
  • Set the foreground or background color

http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/2008/04/019625.htm

Average? Average!

"Percentage of men who would never skip another workout if… …they could build twice the muscle with half the effort: 40"

http://elitefeet.com/2008/03/30/are-you-an-average-man/

Self watering pots

And enter the Grobal, a self watering pot for plants with water level indicator.

Tangerine

http://www.grobalworld.com/new_home.asp

Shade Pixel

2D surface having 3D pixels.

Shade Pixel Deformable Skin Display

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lGG3SNXhW0

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