ScienceHealth

Internet Cafes Have Filthy Mice

And not always of the rodent variety. A new Korean study found that below shopping cart handles, internet cafe mice had the second-largest concentration of bacteria out of a list of commonly touched communal objects. Of the 20 mice tested from 4 cafes, they found an average of 690 Colony Forming Units (CFUs) — compared … Continued

SciencePhysics

World’s Fastest Digital Camera

A group of 20 scientists at the University of Wisconsin at Madison have spent the past five years developing this project. The 8-foot-tall camera can take images at less than two-billionths of a second. The project, called the Regional Calorimeter Trigger, is used to take pictures of colliding particles. This $6 million digicam will finally … Continued

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Portable, Waterproof Electrocardiograph

Ever wanted to take a bath while wearing your electrocardiograph? Or did you ever just want to see how your body reacts to taking the plunge into a tub of cold pudding? Or do you really not care and are reading this instead of doing end-of-year reports? Well, you’re in luck! Fukuda Denshi Co. in … Continued

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VIOlight Toothbrush Sanitizer

There comes a time where you must sanitize some things. Sure, I’ve dropped my toothbrush in the toilet after Mexican night, but did that stop me from using it? Of course not. But when I walked in and saw the rapidly-growing fungus on it three weeks later, I decided that instead of buying a new … Continued

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Halo Breast “Exam”

We know that you all have Xbox on the mind, but this is not the rumored Master Chief lawsuit stemming from that Whitesnake concert “free breast exam” incident back in ’82. This is actually the Halo breast papanicolaou (pap) testing system developed by NeoMatrix, LLC. It uses suction devices to extract nipple aspirate fluid from … Continued

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Eye Protecting LCD Monitors

This one goes out to all of the cubicle warriors out there right now. Day in and day out you are forced to sit and stare at a monitor doing the same thing every day. Well those monitors the company supplied you with aren t exactly working out best towards your health. There is a … Continued

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HeartPOD Helps With Heart Failure Digitally

Savacor Inc. is betting that you have congestive heart failure and that you want to be able to keep control of it digitally. So they bought up every last Handspring Visor from the junkyard they could find and slapped their software onto them. The result is the HeartPOD, a system designed to help monitor the … Continued

ScienceSpace

NASA’s Dancing Space Penis

I love NASA. Space travel++. So they invented a skin that helps robots stay out of the way of humans. Good. So they show it off by playing music from Behind the Green Door and having some woman dance around it in tights. Oh, and the robot they used looks like a penis. So we’re … Continued

ScienceSpace

The Mars Bio-Suit

I don’t know about you, but the planet Mars fascinates me greatly. All those crazy raves and space parties with aliens always look so fun. Plus Val Kilmer went there so it’s gotta be good, right? Well MIT agrees and has developed the Bio-Suit, a suit for exploring the surface of mars and other planets. … Continued

ScienceSpace

Space Cycle

Puke Cycle is more like it. This device is designed to create gravity-like resistance for exercising in space. As anyone who has spent time in the inky blackness of the cosmos or has TiVo will tell you, the muscles of the body atrophy when not met with regular resistance. The Space Cycle will spin around, … Continued

ScienceSpace

Space LED Watch

We covered these lads a few weeks back and they’ve finally launched the Space line of LED watches. These new pieces have a much more bulbous look and are clad in stainless steel. Priced at about $90, they’re available for pre-order. I have the gunmetal version and wear it quite a bit. It’s a good … Continued

ScienceSpace

Rocket Lamp – And I Think It’s Gonna Be a Long Long Time

I used to have this crazy Russian lamp celebrating Sputnik or something that was very sharp and pointy and excellent for kids to play around, I’m sure. This rocket lamp is much more acceptable, with no sharp points and nothing that could suggest the psychosexual nature of 1960s space flight to an impressionable young boy. … Continued