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The Artificial Womb Is Born(bioengineer.org)
3 points by graeham 12y ago|0 comments
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Without Drugs, What's the Point of Bitcoin?(theatlantic.com)
4 points by graeham 12y ago|0 comments
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by graeham 12y ago
This is a cool application, but 3D reconstruction of DICOM images isn't that new. For example, there is the Mimics commercial package that is on version 17, and similar things are actually quite commonly used by radiologists. (see h
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by graeham 12y ago
Or you can just use two regular nuts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam_nut
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We Have Entered the Golden Age of Hardware Hacking(techcrunch.com)
2 points by graeham 12y ago|0 comments
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First graphene-based flexible display produced(eng.cam.ac.uk)
1 points by graeham 12y ago|0 comments
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by graeham 12y ago
Bioengineering researcher here, who works mostly on analysis of vascular imaging. Imaging in general is a field in medicine of increasingly growing importance - and as the article suggests its increasingly limited by resolution of the image
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Patents that kill(economist.com)
61 points by graeham 12y ago|52 comments
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Russia extends Snowden residency by three years(bbc.co.uk)
207 points by graeham 12y ago|184 comments
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by graeham 12y ago
The effects are pretty cool, but I can't help but wonder how much better it would be if done with a bit of intention and knowledge of what these algorithms are actually doing. "We found that while the raw data makes no music, the
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by graeham 12y ago
Any formula of real-world data would have to be an approximation of some sort. It is always possible to make some model (function), but the actual question is how accurate and useful is it. It isn't possible to answer your question wi
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Universal Calorie Counter Within Reach?(gereports.com)
1 points by graeham 12y ago|0 comments
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Decade-old Superconductor World Record Beaten (eng.cam.ac.uk)
2 points by graeham 12y ago|0 comments
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by graeham 12y ago
Tesla is a public company, Musk is reported to have a 32% stake [1], so is responsible to the other shareholders. If the decision didn't make business sense, he would expect to be replaced as Chairman and CEO. There may be altruism an
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by graeham 12y ago
Sounds to me like the "in good faith" clause is to retain the patents for a defense should someone try to come after Telsa for infringing. Quite an interesting business move and pretty unprecedented as far as I know, at least for
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by graeham 12y ago
If you find this interesting, check out the Design for Patient Safety Handbook - http://www-edc.eng.cam.ac.uk/medical/downloads/report.pdf Its the result of a multi-institution look at applying design thinking to
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by graeham 12y ago
Agreed, the original method seems very inefficient to me. (I think you would want a low-pass filter though? And probably a mode-filter rather than a mean filter?)
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Samsung launches first Tizen phone(bbc.co.uk)
5 points by graeham 12y ago|1 comments
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Why tech giants owe huge thanks to the United Kingdom(edition.cnn.com)
2 points by graeham 12y ago|0 comments
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by graeham 12y ago
And further, skilled pilots can be recognised by their landings, particularly in making soft ones in stormy conditions. Perhaps also in their customer service with witty commentary over the PA. Divergent, but any skill I can think of will
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by graeham 12y ago
Medicine is like any other profession - it shouldn't be surprising that some doctors are better than others, like some lawyers/engineers/teachers are better than others. There are a lot of challenges with healthcare metrics.
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by graeham 12y ago
It depends on how 'exact' exact is. For a brain, there are a finite number of neurons with a finite number of dendrites and axons. A quick search suggests 2.5 pentabytes (2.5 million GB) of storage http://www.scientif
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by graeham 12y ago
Probably an uploaded brain would require simulation to prevent this 'dark can syndrome'. I'm sure if we have the ability to upload a mind, we would be able to find ways to stimulate it from boredom. Perhaps this would be as
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by graeham 12y ago
The impossibility of an "uploaded mind" relies on the assumption that there is something special about the mechanisms behind the human brain's function that cannot be replicated in a machine (including an artificial, organic
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by graeham 12y ago
Possibly I am using a jargon term that you aren't familiar with - assistive devices have a special meaning in this kind of context. They are designed and marketed to give renewed function or rehabilitation to someone with some impairm
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by graeham 12y ago
Cool project, but the $42,000 prosthetic probably has only $50 in materials as well, the expensive part is the engineering, fitting, and assembly. Not really a fair comparison. Models like this are quite exciting - assistive devices and pr
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by graeham 12y ago
Commercial divers functionally live underwater for up to weeks at a time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturation_diving
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Chinook Jargon(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by graeham 12y ago|0 comments
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by graeham 12y ago
I'm a biomedical engineer and have been working with surgeons for a few years. I'm always impressed with their perspective given the situation of surgery. To the surgical team, its just another day in the office. To the person o
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3D printing: The shape of things to come?(eng.cam.ac.uk)
1 points by graeham 12y ago|0 comments

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