Hasta La Gadget!

Researchers at the University of Twente in the Netherlands have developed an extremely small microfluidic chip that simulates chemical reactions commonplace in the human body, for testing drug reactions. The device is around a thousand times smaller than the usual electrochemical cell (the volume of the chip’s main fluid channel is a mere 9.6 nanoliters) and uses electrodes to control the chemical reactions. It’s already been used to conduct tests on Amodiaquine, an anti-malarial drug, with more studies sure to follow. While this is great news for medical science, we have to wonder what the small army of slackers, malingerers, and college students are going to do when they’re no longer able to make money as human guinea pigs. Become bloggers?

[Via PhysOrg]

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Researchers in the Netherlands develop a microfluidic chip for testing drug reactions originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We already knew that Daimler was looking to Tesla for its battery know-how within the electric Smart, and evidently the two have already put together a working prototype. Our best buds over at AutoblogGreen have hosted up a video and photo gallery of a Tesla-powered Smart fortwo which was recently spotted at a heretofore unnamed automotive show. Amazingly, the vehicle was actually outfitted with the motor and gear box (version 1.0) from an original Roadster, though the incommodious nature of the show floor made it impossible to peel out and really cause a scene. Check the read link for all the multimedia goodies.

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Tesla-powered Smart fortwo gives rides, ignites imaginations originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Some researchers at UC San Diego, teamed up with Microsoft Research, have a novel new method in the works to let your computer save on power in sleep mode while still keeping up with IMs and whatever other network activity you pesky folks might be up to. Dubbed “Somniloquy,” the USB dongle acts as an external networking card, and takes over most of the communication duties, with its own embedded OS and flash memory (similar to the Killer NIC). When the computer goes to sleep, Somniloquy maintains IM connections, ongoing downloads and torrents, and keeps your computer present on the local network and wireless LAN. If an activity arrives that needs the full computer, Somniloquy wakes up the computer and patches it through — going so far as to buffer downloads into flash memory, and then dump it periodically on to the hard drive. The wake-on network activity concept is nothing new, but Somniloquy really runs with it, and boasts up to 60 to 80 percent overall energy savings based on the person’s usage habits. The device is currently in prototype stage, and in the future all its functionality could be integrated into a PC’s network card — and hopefully won’t just be for the pros this time.

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Somniloquy external networking card lets PCS “sleep talk” essential connectivity functions originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on January 11, 2008 by CyberNet.

At next year’s CES, I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if they ban bloggers, at least Gizmodo! The video below explains why.  Gizmodo calls it the “meanest thing” they did at CES, and I kinda have to agree, although it is funny as well.  Apparently they got their hands on TV-B-Gone clickers. The device essentially allows someone to turn off nearly every TV from just about every brand out there.  As you can imagine, there are all kinds of TV displays set-up at CES and so Gizmodo decided to have some fun:

On their site, Gizmodo actually apologized and said that they realized they made some people’s jobs harder: “We shut off a TV. And then another. And then a wall of TVs. And we just couldn’t stop. (And Panasonic, you’re so lucky that 150-incher didn’t have an active IR port.) It was too much fun, but watching this video, we realize it probably made some people’s jobs harder, and I don’t agree with that (Especially Motorola). We’re sorry. “

Anybody else think that Gizmodo may have a hard time getting in to CES next year? If they had just stuck to turning off the TVs that weren’t part of a presentation, it wouldn’t have been so bad.  But that poor guy trying to present during the Motorola presentation, that was just over-the-top. Now that they’ve confessed that they were the ones who did it, I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a lawsuit or two headed their way. And next year, I’m thinking everybody will be covering up the infrared ports of the TVs so they don’t even have to worry about somebody else attempting the same prank.

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Crave: Those on a diet who can’t resist the temptations lurking in the refrigerator will appreciate the Homer Simpson Talking Fridge Guard. Meant to sit on one of your fridge shelves, Homer will recite one of his six canned phrases (“Uh oh. Someone’s gonna have a tummy ache!” “Mmmm…fattening”) every time you open the door.

Aside from giving guests a good laugh, this battery-operated gadget will shame you when trying to reach for that soda or cheesecake while trying to lose weight. There’s nothing quite like the world’s most famous slob to remind you to stay disciplined.

Homer Simpson will protect your food from you [Crave]