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Smart contacts: The future of the wearable you won't even see
Posted in Hardware, Medicine on 24th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
One day, contact lenses could do much more than just correct our vision
Encouraging early results from first human CRISPR gene therapy trials
Posted in Medicine on 20th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
“These data support our belief in the potential of our therapies to have meaningful benefit for patients following a one-time intervention.”
Brainwave study reveals psychedelic DMT produces "waking-dream" state
Posted in Science on 20th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
The new research from Imperial College London capitalized on the short-acting nature of DMT to conduct a temporal investigation into how the drug alters a person’s brain activity across a 20-minute experience.
China Makes Innovation Alliance to Accelerate Extracting Uranium from Seawater
Posted in Science on 15th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
It is estimated that about 4.5 billion tonnes of uranium is reserved in seawater, about 1,000 times of the land proven reserves, but the concentration of uranium in seawater is extremely low.
Lenovo pilots VR as an alternative to general anesthesia for kids
Posted in Games, Hardware, Medicine on 10th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
Lenovo and the Starlight Children’s Foundation have been pilot testing virtual reality headsets as an alternative to general anesthetics for kids, alleviating panic and pain by distracting critically ill pediatric patients from what’s actually happening around them.