Archives for: January 2009
Wally Mart
January 31st, 2009A friend of mine's dog died just recently. :( She was an older dog, almost 13 but she was a good dog. The thing is, we don't think she died of "natural causes". She seemed to have the symptoms of salmonella poisoning. My friend had just opened a new bag… more »
The Great Experiment: Update 1
January 17th, 2009The Great Experiment has begun! And it's off to a rather dull and slow start. :-/ I've written down lists and lists of projects to start and what steps that I need to take to make them happen but I've hit some timing problems and I didn't finish my works… more »
Farmers With Superpowers?
January 16th, 2009Hack A Day had a post about this suit being developed for farmers. Farmers? Now I have nothing but respect for the profession of supplying food to the rest of us but when were farmers ever supposed to get super human strength?
Lets see what my comics… more »
Is A Brain/Machine Interface On The Way?
January 15th, 2009Actualites EFPL had a press release that talked about using carbon nanotubes as a way to connect to neurons. The interesting thing is that you can connect neurons to neurons or neurons to other devices. The nanotubes connect better than the metal probes… more »
More Complex Organs Being Emulated
January 15th, 2009It seems another sense organ is being emulated with the help of carbon nanotubes. Nanotubes, what can't they do? Seriously, this is another highly complex organ that I thought would not be able to be easily fabricated. There is a technical article on it… more »
How to survive a failing economy
January 1st, 2009I posted earlier on this, but didn't have the time to flesh the idea out. I'd like to write a book that discussed how to get by without a job on a nuts and bolts DIY level in a comfortable manner. This is a tall order but I've been researching this recen… more »
Here come the Cyborgs!
January 1st, 2009Haemair Ltd. is working on a compact artificial lung. Something I never thought I would see, a organ like the lung being built artificially. I always imagined that the lung was something too complex to replicate. What's next? The stomach? Imagine never h… more »
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