The Ultimate Phonecam: Aydogan Ozcan’s $10 Cellphone Microscope Back in November, the New York Times covered the invention by UCLA electrical engineer Aydogan Ozcan of a $10...
Nanowire E-Skin to Help Robots Feel Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed a nanowire material that may provide a sense of touch for robots. Unlike...
America’s Next Teen-Mental-Health Panic? Self-Embedding! CNN has a fairly level-headed post by Elizabeth Landau on something called self-embedding behavior, in which “teens” shove things...
“Gothic Kittens” Are Not Cute In researching the oh so hilarious comedy bits for an upcoming post on the extinctions of bats, I ran...
Mind-Reading Machine Used to Tweet This Machine Has No Brain. Originally uploaded by Thomas Roche Researcher-grad student Adam Wilson at the University of Wisconsin...
Transgenic Animals as Human Life Support Machines This article at Inventor Spot made me do a double-take on several levels: Animals As Life Support Machines: Is...
RIP Ben Underwood: Echolocating Teen RIP Ben Underwood: Echolocating Teen Originally uploaded by Thomas Roche There was a funeral today for Ben Underwood at...
Wishing You a Happy Bedford Day Cryonic Preservation Originally uploaded by Thomas Roche Upon his death 41 years ago today, on January 12, 1967, Dr....
real elf ears body mod instructable Real elf ears = real elf fears. This Instructable has lots of unusual body modification advice, and shows step-by-step...
someone elses’ hands: first double arm transplant The world’s first double-arm transplant has been successfully performed in Germany — a 54 year old man now has...