I have said it before; I was very surprised at how good Pacific Rim was. I think many people were just as impressed, and a second film in the franchise is in the works already. If you are a fan of Pacific Rim, you might want to pick up this 18-inch Gipsy Danger deluxe action figure. It’s not a pristine toy version of the giant robot, this one has battle damage.
It has a light-up head, chest, and Plasmacaster cannon for a hand, and a removable sword on the other. The toy has 14 points of articulation and power for the lights comes from five LR44 batteries.
The action figure has small parts so it’s not for children under three. It’s recommended for kids 14 or older. This will look good on the shelf with your other action figures; you can get one for $99.99(USD) at ThinkGeek now.
More often than now, a blood sample is required when it comes to diagnosing a slew of diseases, and I would like to think that this is a necessary evil. After all, being jabbed with a needle is not everyone’s cup of tea for sure, and children are not the only ones averse to this. In addition, obtaining blood samples would require the presence of trained staff in the vicinity, which can be a rare commodity in underdeveloped nations. A bunch of Australian researchers with Simon R. Corrie of the University of Queensland at the helm have come up with a skin patch which could soon open the doors to an easier and pain-free method of obtaining blood samples to diagnose a particular medical condition.
OS31, a British design firm, has managed to win the bid to construct a restaurant. However, what makes this hotly contested winning bid all the more interesting would be the location of this particular restaurant, since it is meant to be located in one of the coldest places worldwide. Those living in Manitoba, Canada, would know how it can be too cold to do anything outdoors during winter, but OS31 has been tasked to come up with a pop-up restaurant on a frozen river during winter. This is one of the most ambitious plans to date, and we would like to think that the success of setting up a proper building over a frozen river is an engineering feat worth applauding – and celebrated.
When it comes to the presence of intracranial neoplasms, those do happen to carry a negative reputation by the simple fact that they are extremely notorious to “kill”. One of the major issues would be the problem of delivering chemo drugs to the brain. At the moment, one of the most common methods would be to inject such compounds into the blood stream, and fingers crossed that the injected compounds would arrive at the targeted area to do its job – while minimizing the amount of damage to the body. The blood-brain barrier is another obstacle that prevents maximum effectiveness for chemotherapy to “attack” intracranial tumors, but all of this could be relegated to a thing of the past soon. Researchers from MIT, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Johns Hopkins University have come up with small, implantable capsules which are capable of releasing chemo agents straight into the brain.