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US Army Develops Tooth Cleaning Gum 160

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 11, 2010 @12:44AM from the forget-the-brush dept.

pryoplasm writes "To help deal with some of the hygiene issues on the battlefield, the US Army worked on a gum to take the place of brushing your teeth. This might be eventually released and marketed to the public. While there are many gums out there that aren't so detrimental to your teeth, this one promises actually to help them out."

Directed Energy Weapon Downs Mosquitos 428

Posted by samzenpus on Friday February 12, 2010 @04:36PM from the two-pound-hammer-and-ten-penny-nail dept.

wisebabo writes "Nathan Myhrvol demonstrated at TED a laser, built from parts scrounged from eBay, capable of shooting down not one but 50 to 100 mosquitos a second. The system is 'so precise that it can specify the species, and even the gender, of the mosquito being targeted.' Currently, for the sake of efficiency, it leaves the males alone because only females are bloodsuckers. Best of all the system could cost as little as $50. Maybe that's too expensive for use in preventing malaria in Africa but I'd buy one in a second!" We ran a story about this last year. It looks like the company has added a bit more polish, and burning mosquito footage to their marketing.

Zombie Pigs First, Hibernating Soldiers Next 193

Posted by samzenpus on Monday December 07, 2009 @07:06PM from the fattening-up-on-brains dept.

ColdWetDog writes "Wired is running a story on DARPA's effort to stave off battlefield casualties by turning injured soldiers into zombies by injecting them with a cocktail of one chemical or another (details to be announced). From the article, 'Dr. Fossum predicts that each soldier will carry a syringe into combat zones or remote areas, and medic teams will be equipped with several. A single injection will minimize metabolic needs, de-animating injured troops by shutting down brain and heart function. Once treatment can be carried out, they'll be "re-animated" and — hopefully — as good as new.' If it doesn't pan out we can at least get zombie bacon and spam."

Submission + - Android Phone Turned Into Virtual Reality Goggles

Submitted by andylim on Monday October 26, 2009 @06:46PM

andylim writes: After years of hype surrounding virtual reality, including the classic 90's movie The Lawnmower Man, few of us can claim to have experienced virtual reality at home. But what if you could build your own virtual reality goggles without having to spend a fortune? Using an HTC Magic and Google Street View Recombu.com made a simple pair of virtual reality goggles that let you immerse yourself in distant locations. As the article points out you can also use these goggles with augmented reality apps — although you probably don't want to walk around with them all day long.

Supreme Court Weakens Patents 331

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday April 30, 2007 @11:40AM from the any-lawyers-on-the-plane dept.

ajakk writes "The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous opinion, overturned the decades old test for determine whether a patent is obvious. The Court ruled that the Court had looked at obviousness in a "narrow, rigid manner." This should allow patents to be more easily invalidated because they are obvious."

Feed News: Slingbox TV streaming device comes to Mac (macworld.com)

From feed by macworldfeed on Monday April 30, 2007 @11:32AM

Sling Media has released SlingPlayer for Mac, software that lets Mac users operate Slingbox "placeshifting" devices that let you watch your TV or control your home entertainment system from anywhere on the Internet.

Submission + - Google to Buy DoubleClick?

Submitted by

zhang1983

on Monday April 02, 2007 @11:21AM

zhang1983 writes: "Last week there was a slashdot discussion about the potentials of Microsoft acquiring DoubleClick .
Now it appears that Google is also a contender to acquire this web advertisement placement firm.
If Google indeed does buys out DoubleClick, does that mean more chair-throwing? Whatever happened to "Do No Evil"?"

Feed Masturbating woman shakes Michigan Uni frat house (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Monday April 02, 2007 @11:12AM

Bushwhacking intruder makes herself right at home

A Michigan University frat house will throw out two couches tainted by a mystery masturbating female intruder who used the furniture for an extended public self-pleasuring session, The Michigan Daily reports.

Feed Xerox to nab Global Imaging for $1.5 billion (com.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Monday April 02, 2007 @11:12AM

Printing giant expects the acquisition will increase its sales to small and midsize businesses by more than 50 percent.

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