One thing that science fiction has taught us is that robots are cool… at least until they take over the world. But some robots are cooler than others. I had the opportunity recently to visit Intuitive Surgical with my alumni group from RPI. Intuitive Surgical is located here in Silicon Valley. They make surgical robots. ...

According to a story reported on by the diet blog: Well, a new study claims that those who pack on more pounds are actually more sociable and less anxious than people who are not overweight. According to recent headlines, research suggests “Fat People Are Extroverts.” A study of more than 30,000 adults aged 40-64 looked ...

As someone who is educated and middle-aged a recent study on how Alzheimer’s effects educated people is not good news “A person with 16 years of schooling might experience memory decline 50 percent more quickly than another person with just four years education.” Studies have shown that the amount of formal education individuals have can ...

I always have an eye out for new wonderful things happening in the world of medicine. This is the most interesting story I have seen in a while: A brain-damaged man who could communicate only with slight eye or thumb movements for six years can speak again, after stimulating electrodes were placed in his brain, ...

In the coolest news I have heard out of the medical community is this story from the Telegraph: A woman fitted with the world’s first “bionic arm” controlled by thought alone has been given back a sense of feeling. The bionic arm: Click to enlarge Claudia Mitchell, 26, a former US marine, regained the ability ...

So jeans are not long just a Silicon Valley fashion statement, they cure cancer. Let’s see a 3 piece suit do that. The dye in your blue jeans could soon be used to kill cancer cells, say scientists. The common dye found in blue jeans and ballpoint pens is called phthalocyanine and is a light-activated, ...

As reality gets closer to science fiction The Washington Journal reports about Claudia Mitchell who has become the first woman to receive a bionic arm: Mitchell, who lives in Ellicott City, is the fourth person — and first woman — to receive a “bionic” arm, which allows her to control parts of the device by ...

Stories that give hope in the war against cancer always make my day: A decline in cancerous cells in the bodies of those with blood cancer was observed after a certain period of time. Three-quarters of the patients taking the green tea extract expressed enhanced response to treatment and one had an improved white blood ...

Some stories about technology are hard to swallow. This story about a camera that is small enough to swallow would be an exception. The camera is designed to work as part of a pill which can be swallowed and flow through your digestive system, or for firing from a rather large syringe.

OK, this is just cool: A team of scientists and surgeons at a Melbourne hospital has developed a method of growing new organs within a patient’s body. read more | digg story