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It’s a provocative move expected to result in a major legal battle.
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The “#IMomSoHard” duo knows what a family shopping trip really looks like.
Jul 23
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Jul 23
Most audio receivers worth their salt come with a tiny microphone that you can use to automatically calibrate your speakers to your room’s specific setup. Easy.
Jul 23
Dozens Sentenced for Call Center Scam Where Victims Bought iTunes Gift Cards Under Threat of Arrest
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Dozens of defendants were sentenced to prison on a wealth of fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy charges relating to a complex call center scheme operating from India, the Department of Justice announced on Monday. A ring of scammers operating both in India and the U.S. coerced victims, the DoJ says, into…
Jul 23
A record-setting heat wave is the latest weather catastrophe to beset Japan. On Sunday, a weather station outside Tokyo reached the hottest temperature ever recorded in the island nation, and emergency responders have been swamped with requests for help in the searing heat.
Jul 23
The road to NASA’s Commercial Crew — restoring human spaceflight capabilities to the US — has been bumpy, to say the least. And now, it appears that there has been another setback. Ars Technica uncovered a previously undisclosed issue that Boeing’s…
Jul 23
With the new MacBook Pro, Apple is just trying to keep pace with the rest of the computing industry. The biggest upgrade is Intel’s latest CPUs, which have been popping up in PCs since last fall. And there are some other slight hardware tweaks,…
Jul 23
Tesla’s financial woes have been in the headlines for awhile now, and their latest move isn’t exactly one that instills confidence. According to The Wall Street Journal, Tesla has been sending memos to its suppliers asking for retroactive discounts….
Jul 23
Fancy getting your wound healed in double quick time? While none of us happen to have the accelerated healing factor of Wolverine or Deadpool, this does not mean that we cannot get some help from modern day science. The “smart” prefix has made its appearance across various everyday items such as smartwatches and smartphones, but what about a smart bandage? Enter this new kind of medical apparatus that would not only cover your wound, but it can also monitor and medicate chronic wounds without requiring you to check up on it.
Currently a prototype model, the smart bandage will feature its very own microprocessor that allows it to make the right decisions as and when required. Chronic wounds are something that have been proven to be difficult to treat, as a fine line needs to be drawn so that it does not end up getting over-treated. Doing so would subject patients to ingesting more antibiotics than what is required. Hence, a smart bandage that dispenses medication only when it is supposed to.
A research team at Massachusetts’ Tufts University is behind this 3mm thin prototype bandage, where it is made up of transparent medical tape, a heat-activated antibiotic gel, and flexible electronic components. A component within can measure the pH value of the wound, and should it be more than 6.5, it would mean the wound is infected. A temperature sensor will also detect the heat associated with inflammation, while other sensors in the future will be able to measure oxygenation levels, pointing to the wound being healed.
The microprocessor’s job is to analyze the readings from the sensors in order to figure out whether it needs to temporarily activate the integrated heating elements in order to release more antibiotics to the wound or otherwise. Since most of the components are relatively inexpensive, they can be discarded upon removal of the bandage, while the microprocessor can always be disinfected and reused later on.
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