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Scientists Create Chimera Sheep/Human

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:16:55 GMT

clipped by: Cielerella
clipper's remarks: For organ transplanting, but could go terribly wrong...

Now scientists create a sheep that's 15% human

Chimera: sheep have 15 per cent human cells and 85 per cent animal cells

Dr Patrick Dixon, an international lecturer on biological trends, warned: "Many silent viruses could create a biological nightmare in humans. Mutant animal viruses are a real threat, as we have seen with HIV."

Tags: science

Wedding rings made from couple's bones

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:27:21 GMT

clipped by: Cielerella

Clip Source: www.iconoculture.com

Biojewelry: Wedding bands made from the happy couple's bone tissue

"With this bone, I thee wed." Five U.K. couples recently sealed their vows by exchanging rings made from their own bone tissue, grown in the lab from sample cells.

Scientists harvested the cells from tiny slivers extracted from the couples' jawbones, then grew new tissue in bioglass scaffolds that mimic human bone structure. Artists fused the pure white bone with silver to create the unique rings.

Tags: weird

Worlds Smallest RFID Tag

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:29:07 GMT

clipped by: Cielerella
clipper's remarks: These tiny RFID tags could be worked into any product; combined with RFID readers built into doorways, theft of consumer goods would be practically impossible. It's not clear from the references provided, but even if this chip needs an external antenna, the attached antenna would be a tiny ribbon of wire more narrow than a human hair and only a fraction of an inch long.

These devices could also be used to identify and track people. For example, suppose you participated in some sort of protest or other organized activity. If police agencies sprinkled these tags around, every individual could be tracked and later identified at leisure, with powerful enough tag scanners.

Remember in the Mission Impossible movie when the female operative put a tracking tag on the shoulder of a computer programmer? The prop they used in the movie was MUCH bigger than this baby.

Clip Source: www.technovelgy.com

RFID 'Powder' - World's Smallest RFID Tag

The previous record-holder, the Hitachi mu-chip, is just 0.4 x 0.4 millimeters. Take a look at the size of the mu-chip RFID tag on a human fingertip.

Now, compare that with the new RFID tags. The "powder type" tags are some sixty times smaller.

The new RFID chips have a 128-bit ROM for storing a unique 38 digit number, like their predecessor. Hitachi used semiconductor miniaturization technology and electron beams to write data on the chip substrates to achieve the new, smaller size.

Hitachi's mu-chips are already in production; they were used to prevent ticket forgery at last year's Aichi international technology exposition. RFID 'powder,' on the other hand, is so much smaller that it can easily be incorporated into thin paper, like that used in paper currency and gift certificates.

Tags: technology

Choices Aren't Always Good

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:04:55 GMT

clipped by: Cielerella
clipper's remarks: Amazing lecture on how choices can make us unhappy.

Clip Source: youtube.com

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Tags: video, human, mind

Scary Statistics Video

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:52:45 GMT

clipped by: Cielerella
clipper's remarks: Eye Opening Truths.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Tags: video, human, computers

What We Are

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:19:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Puts things in perspective.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Tags: video, human, animals

Pulitzer Prize Photo of Horror

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:38:28 GMT

clipped by: Cielerella
clipper's remarks: Kevin Carter took this photo of a starving baby stalked by a vulture, then walked away. 3 months later he committed suicide, as well he should have for being such a HORRIBLE HUMAN BEING.

Clip Source: farm1.static.flickr.com

Tags: photography, death, horror, human rights, hunger