Wait till the full rules and the Terms and Conditions are made available. I would bet that somewhere there will be a clause that says that people who enter sign over any rights they might claim on the design of their robot and Amazon gets to patent anything to do with it that can be patented... in exchange for a prize. Companies like Amazon don't do shit like this based on the goodness of their hearts.

The other question I have is, is this really a cure? It sounds more like a 'permanent treatment' for the individual (which is a good thing). Genetically they still carry the gene that could pass down diabetes to the next generation.

I wonder if the next (or even real) step to proclaiming a cure to a hereditary disease like diabetes is being able to change a person's DNA so that they no longer have the disease and can't pass it on to their descendents.

What, so it's better to just die? My uncle had diabetes his whole life and kept himself fit, ate right, and followed the rules. He died at 80+ years of old age with no 'complications'. Most of the people, if not all, who had complications from diabetes didn't follow the rules. I'm sure that's not always the case, but these things are far from absolutely certain.

There is nothing in that Wikipedia article saying beta cells come from the spleen. Only that people who have their spleen removed may be at higher risk of diabetes.

For instance, who put the current head of the FCC in place, and where and for whom did he work prior? To summarize:

Thomas Edgar Wheeler (born April 5, 1946; Redlands, California)[1][2] is the current Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.

He was appointed by President Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in November 2013. Prior to working at the FCC, Wheeler worked as a venture capitalist and lobbyist for the cable and wireless industry, with positions including President of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) and CEO of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA).

Look dude, the concept isn't that hard but I'll explain it. To a person with no money, stealing food may not be immoral. To the person with money, someone stealing their food is immoral. Morality is often defined by the perspective of the person. Get it? It's all relative, and defined by exigencies (in small words, that is 'defined by needs).

I only eat the ones who lose all their money on instant lottery tickets.

Morality social contract whatever... it's only for those who can afford it. If you need to eat you will whether you have to steal it or make like a South American soccer team. We are in the first world, so generally we can afford higher morales (not necessarily high morales).

A/C or not, that's fuckin' funny.

Probably followed the ITIL methodology. Spent the budget on process rather than building a useful system. ITIL being a British government system and all.

What was that? zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

Drug use and speeding are probably close parallels in that a tiny proportion of all violations of the law are prosecuted, so who gets punished depends more on whom society chooses to scrutinize than actual crime rates.

It could also be 'those who cause the most trouble and infringe on others' rights when they do break the law.' People who smoke drugs... I'm fine with it as long as their fun doesn't impose on my peace. Must be getting mellow, same thing for opiates. Crack and meth and other designer drugs, that's another matter. People who speed are generally caught regardless of who they are. Radar guns can't detect skin tone from a mile away. Speeding I don't mind either... as long as it is on say a stretch of highway that could safely support higher than the posted speeds, which is quite often, but not in residential neighbourhoods. People in the cars in question buy them because they are the 'everyman's' sports car or maybe the 'everyyoungman's' sports car for those who have more nuts than brains. That is likely why they are caught more. And to your reply, any woman who does drugs while high should have her kid taken away and her tubes tied. I'm not politically correct about that. I don't care.

The drivers are black. It has nothing to do with speeding or infractions. Cops don't charge anyone for actually doing something wrong.

How many zeros is a crapload? 4 or 5?

Ha ha! Apple isn't perfect (like anyone not in the cult of Apple already knew). The whiplash into reality is hitting hard I see. Welcome back to the real world.