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Alligator blood
Posted April 9th, 2008 by zeger“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.”
Scalable to 1 Petabyte
Posted April 9th, 2008 by zegerA burger in 156 easy steps
Posted April 9th, 2008 by zeger"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
Posted April 4th, 2008 by zegerJust 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
Posted April 4th, 2008 by zeger"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?
Posted April 4th, 2008 by zeger"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
Posted April 4th, 2008 by zegerTaking 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!
Posted April 4th, 2008 by zeger"Percentage of men who would never skip another workout if… …they could build twice the muscle with half the effort: 40"
Self watering pots
Posted April 4th, 2008 by zegerAnd enter the Grobal, a self watering pot for plants with water level indicator.
www.zeger.nl
