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I suppose that they should have really called it an "artifical Isles of Langerhans", but that's pretty clumsy.
Sorry but still incorrect. The Islets of Langerhans produce all the hormones and not just insulin. Even the specific type of Islets that produces insulin produces another hormone.
Beta cells producing insulin and amylin
What you call pedantic others call accurate. It is unnecessary to hype a significant advancement by over stating what it is.
The pancreas produces several hormones. The automatic insulin pump deals with only one. Therefore an automatic insulin pump is not a replacement for a pancreas. The heart moves blood and that is all. An artificial heart replaces that function. The other think is that artificial hearts are not a permanent solution. They get replaced with organic hearts.
That may not seem like a big deal to you,
I never said it was not a big deal.
It is an improvement but is not a replacement for a pancreas.
Since it does not produce it's own insulin it is not an artificial pancreas. It is an automatic insulin pump. It still has to be refilled with insulin periodically. It is an improvement but is not a replacement for a pancreas.
How about you read the thread before you reply. The poster stated we should not use signatures.
I *don't* want them to have my signature.
I was asking what he thought was an alternative. As I said, a signature is not an alternative to a signature.
A signature is not an alternative to a signature.
You missed the point. Requiring a signature does not inevitably lead to requiring DNA which is similar to your statement. Both ideas are untrue.
By the way, what is your alternative?
Perhaps you might look into what slippery slope actually means. A slippery slope fallacy argues that if A happens then B will inevitably happen. In this case your premise that requiring picture will inevitably lead to requiring DNA is the slippery slope fallacy. Pictures do not lead to DNA. By the way, we already require pictures on driver's licenses. The GP was refuting your slippery slope argument not making one.
Nothing is perfect
How about some of my DNA, hair and skin samples, and fingerprints too? Store it all on your super secure networks.
Classic meaningless slippery slope argument. By that logic we should not give banks our signature because there will eventually ask for DNA.
Perfect is the enemy of improvement. The crime of kidnapping/murder is far more serious than pick pocketing or card cloning. A lot fewer people will try the more serious crime.
From the summary
The developed models include an acetone-degradable version, which allows the entire robot's body to vanish in a liquid.
From the paper;
acetone-degradable model whose entire body (except magnet) dissolves in acetone.
The company was having trouble in 2013 so it laid off some employees without compensating them as required by French law
Had they compensated the employees correctly there would have been no lawsuits and no judgement to pay.
The employees who were laid off in 2013 sued and won
Where is the evidence that the lawsuits were filed after 2014. If they were filed before 2014 the fact that the company did better in 2014 is irrelevant.
Had the company had compensated the employees according to law it would not have had to pay lawyers and probably court costs and may have survived.
Most likely because they already had some pink Styrofoam lying around.
If you actually look at the idea you will see that there is pink paper taped to white foam.
Obstacle detection with lasers is already a solved problem,
If all the obstacles have to be pink to be detected that might be an issue.
Is there a reason why all the obstacles are flat, low and pink? Can the lasers only see pink objects? What happens with higher/lower objects? What happens with irregular objects? What happens with different coloured objects? What happens on irregular ground?
Those who can, do; those who can't, write. Those who can't write work for the Bell Labs Record.
