Topic: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*

[BlackNMild2k1]

The next Wii sensor bar could be stickers. http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-scientists-long-lasting-infrared-emitting-material.html

But then what will the orange port be used for!?

Maybe an HD upgrade plug-in?

[MegaByte]

Why, holograms, of course.

[ThePerm]

the first thing they should film is princess Leigha, obviously they should get another actress

[Ceric]

That's cool but, yeah the Framerate needs to be at least 30fps before its more then just a novelty.

[BlackNMild2k1]

I think if anything they need to bump the resolution up significantly before worrying too much about reaching a stable 60fps.

[Ceric]

I think if anything they need to bump the resolution up significantly before worrying too much about reaching a stable 60fps.

In the Signage area the resolution doesn't have to be that great because your not going to be that close.  In that arena the FPS and the power usage would be more critical.

[ThePerm]

http://www.nature.com/news/gene-therapy-can-protect-against-hiv-1.9516

[ThePerm]

http://www.livescience.com/17264-quantum-entanglement-macroscopic-diamonds.html

[BlackNMild2k1]

Cancer curing Sugar!?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228415.200-cancer-cells-poisoned-with-sugar.html

IT'S a heavy price to pay for a sweet tooth. Researchers have tricked glucose-eating cancer cells into consuming a sugar that essentially poisons them - it leaves a "suicide" switch within the cells open to attack.

"Most cancer cells rely almost exclusively on glucose to fuel their growth," says Guy Perkins of the University of California at San Diego. With Rudy Yamaguchi of Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, Perkins found the cells would take up a similar sugar called 2-deoxyglucose. But this sugar physically dislodges a protein within the cell that guards a suicide switch. Once exposed, the switch can be activated by a drug called ABT-263. This kills the cell by liberating proteins that order it to commit suicide (Cancer Research, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-11-3091).

The approach could ultimately spell doom for several types of cancer, including liver, lung, breast and blood. In mice, the treatment made aggressive human prostate cancer tumours virtually disappear within days.

Yamaguchi and Perkins are now hoping to mount a clinical trial at UC San Diego.

Whats the news doc?
i have good and bad news..
whats the good news?
we have cured your cancer
yay! thats fantastic!, whats the bad news?
you are going to die from diabetes.

[Stogi]

It always fascinates me how solving biological diseases is so logical and puzzle like. Who would have thought a cell had a suicide switch, nonetheless one guarded by a protein that could only be dislodged with a trojan-horse like sugar.

Simply fascinating. Now I hope this study gets out so more scientists can replicate it and finally...finally we can put cancer behind us.

[ThePerm]

its like breaking into a safe, and you have to solve all the puzzles to get the prize....its zelda

so 2011 was a good year for curing aids and bunches cancers

[Caliban]

Sugar? I think it's safe to say that we are well into being quite successful about fighting cancer: http://www.ted.com/talks/jay_bradner_open_source_cancer_research.html

[Ceric]

We'll never get rid of Cancer.  Its such a broad term.  Like saying we'll get rid of the Flu.

[Morari]

We'll never get rid of Cancer.  Its such a broad term.  Like saying we'll get rid of the Flu.

Exactly.

Besides, why would you want to get rid of it? Human population has become a huge problem in the past century and is only getting worse by the minute. Longer life expectancies don't help us out as a species if we, nor the planet, can sustain it. If you want to cure everyone of everything, then you need to start cracking down on the breeders and their numbers. Of course, that's not even accounting for the necessary eugenics. See what happens when you allow civilization to replace the basic tenets of survivalism?

[King of Twitch]

I'm so glad you won't be passing your terrible ideas on to the next generation.

[Stogi]

I'm so glad you won't be passing your terrible ideas on to the next generation.

+1

[ThePerm]

I'm so glad you won't be passing your terrible ideas on to the next generation.

+1

+1

[Shorty McNostril]

We'll never get rid of Cancer.  Its such a broad term.  Like saying we'll get rid of the Flu.

Exactly.

Besides, why would you want to get rid of it? Human population has become a huge problem in the past century and is only getting worse by the minute. Longer life expectancies don't help us out as a species if we, nor the planet, can sustain it. If you want to cure everyone of everything, then you need to start cracking down on the breeders and their numbers. Of course, that's not even accounting for the necessary eugenics. See what happens when you allow civilization to replace the basic tenets of survivalism?

It's interesting to hear how cocky people are when they are healthy.  Different story if they get affected themselves.

[ThePerm]

If Rat was still on here he'd be calling all this stuff bullshit

[Stogi]

We'll never get rid of Cancer.  Its such a broad term.  Like saying we'll get rid of the Flu.

Exactly.

Besides, why would you want to get rid of it? Human population has become a huge problem in the past century and is only getting worse by the minute. Longer life expectancies don't help us out as a species if we, nor the planet, can sustain it. If you want to cure everyone of everything, then you need to start cracking down on the breeders and their numbers. Of course, that's not even accounting for the necessary eugenics. See what happens when you allow civilization to replace the basic tenets of survivalism?

It's interesting to hear how cocky people are when they are healthy.  Different story if they get affected themselves.

Exactly. Couldn't have said it better myself.

[Caliban]

We'll never get rid of Cancer.

So what if it can't be ridden of. It can be fought, one individual at a time, but it can be fought.

[BranDonk Kong]

When there is enough money in actually curing cancer, it will be cured.

[ThePerm]

i wonder how far they have gotten at recording audio, they have tapped into the visual part of the brain, but i imagine audio is deeper. Songs for instance stick in my head a lot, and I wonder if it counts as piracy if you can withdraw music from the brain.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Stogi, I'm gonna have to insist that you invest in and use this new gadget.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/07/eyez-720p-video-streaming-recording-glasses-hands-on-video/

[Ceric]

Stogi, I'm gonna have to insist that you invest in and use this new gadget.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/07/eyez-720p-video-streaming-recording-glasses-hands-on-video/

During the whole video I felt like I wanted to look up more.