There are some books that are simply too delicate to crack open -- the last thing you want to do is destroy an ornate medieval Bible simply because you're curious about its contents. If MIT has its way, though, you won't have to stay away. Its scient...
In 1974, Stephen Hawking put forward a hypothesis suggesting radiation can escape the light-sucking grip of a black hole. This week, and over forty years later, newly published research claims to have observed "Hawking radiation" (as it is known) in...
The standard thinking about black holes shows us that they are gravitational hubs and that not even light escapes their grasp. Everything gets virtually sucked into the core of the black hole.In the...
Traveling deeper into space may carry some unanticipated health risks. Scientists have published a study noting that Apollo astronauts have died of heart disease at an unusually high rate -- of the 7 that passed away during the study, 43 percent fel...
Traveling deeper into space may carry some unanticipated health risks. Scientists have published a study noting that Apollo astronauts have died of heart disease at an unusually high rate -- of the 7 that passed away during the study, 43 percent fel...
It feels like Wearable’s Week here on Yanko, with us talking about the happiness measuring Zenta wristband just yesterday. Today’s fitness wearable, unlike the Zenta, targets a niche audience, but it isn’t about your fitness, per se. The Birthstone (that’s what it’s called) is a wearable that is essentially a medical device, but through virtue of design, aims at becoming a desirable piece of tech… for a good reason, obviously.
The Birthstone is for expectant mothers. Its primary function is to alert mothers when they are too close to a source of electromagnetic-radiation. Radiation can have profound effects on growing fetuses, and the Birthstone allows mums-to-be to distance themselves from anything that may pose a threat to their child’s well-being. The ‘Stone’ sits within a stylish looking silicone band. It can be removed and fitted easily into a band of another color. The idea of glamorizing medical devices to help them become a widespread phenomenon isn’t a new one. I personally think it’s a wonderful way to coerce people into accepting and leading a healthy life… and the Birthstone embraces that idea beautifully!
Toshiba is showing off a robot that will be performing a task that no human can safely do themselves. Sometime next year, this big crane-like robot will be lowered into the cooling pool of Japan’s Fukushima reactor 3 building where radiation levels are too high for humans to go.
Once there the ‘bot will use its arms to pick up debris and remove fuel rods from the radioactive water inside the chamber. The robot has two arms designed to pick up and cut debris along with a third designed to grab fuel rod assemblies. The robot has multiple cameras to give operators different angles to view the work area with. It’s not clear now the radiated robot and the debris it collects will be disposed of after the job though.
The need to clean up Fukushima, and the fact that the area is too highly irradiated for humans to work has led to a big boom in robotic development to aid in this sort of situation.
You don't want to stand in front of an X-ray machine for any longer than necessary, and scientists have found a clever way to make that happen: the Kinect sensor you might have picked up with your Xbox. Their technique has the depth-sensing camera m...
Cancer won't stop former president Jimmy Carter from teaching Bible class. According to CBSNews.com, Carter taught two Sunday School classes on Aug. 23. One was at Maranatha Baptist Church in...
Breast cancer patients are mostly treated with small doses of radiation for a long period of time. But this is not the most efficient method available. A new study, published in the medical...
There are some books that are simply too delicate to crack open -- the last thing you want to do is destroy an ornate medieval Bible simply because you're curious about its contents. If MIT has its way, though, you won't have to stay away. Its scient...
In 1974, Stephen Hawking put forward a hypothesis suggesting radiation can escape the light-sucking grip of a black hole. This week, and over forty years later, newly published research claims to have observed "Hawking radiation" (as it is known) in...
Traveling deeper into space may carry some unanticipated health risks. Scientists have published a study noting that Apollo astronauts have died of heart disease at an unusually high rate -- of the 7 that passed away during the study, 43 percent fel...
You don't want to stand in front of an X-ray machine for any longer than necessary, and scientists have found a clever way to make that happen: the Kinect sensor you might have picked up with your Xbox. Their technique has the depth-sensing camera m...
