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Submission + - Girl's heart regenerates due to artificial assist (www.cbc.ca) 1

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Socguy

on Tuesday August 28, 2007 @04:38PM

Socguy writes: "A 15-year-old girl has become the first Canadian to have an artificial heart removed after her own heart healed itself.
Doctors at the Stollery Children's hospital implanted the Berlin Heart, a portable mechanical device that keeps blood pumping in an ailing heart, so she could survive until a transplant became available.
But over the next few months, Melissa's overall condition improved dramatically, and her heart muscle regained much of its strength. After 146 days on the Berlin Heart, Melissa underwent surgery to have the device removed.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2007/08/28/ artificial-heart.html"

Feed Schneier: Stupidest Terrorist Overreaction Yet? (schneier.com)

From feed by bsfeed on Monday August 27, 2007 @03:52PM

What? Are the police taking stupid pills? Two people who sprinkled flour in a parking lot to mark a trail for their offbeat running club inadvertently caused a bioterrorism scare and now face a felony charge. The competition is fierce,...

Comment Turning the lights out. (Score 1) 729

by GCSjames on Tuesday May 15, 2007 @12:28PM (#19132005) Attached to: A "Bill of Lights" to Restrict LEDs on Gadgets?

that is amazing. First off, almost every LED on equipment does something, and is very useful to troubleshooting equipment issues. secondly, "to make the annoying lights go away," try investing in some electrical tape and cover the LED's. You can even get stylish with colored tape so its not obvious.

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