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A 26 year old woman who lost her left arm after a motorcycle accident has been fitted with a touch sensitive bionic arm.
The new technique — called targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) — involves re-routing nerves that once controlled the patient’s arm to a patch on the chest, where they grow into muscles. Electrodes on the [...]

Here’s a nifty invention I recently encountered: QR Code. It’s apparently been around for years, and is huge in Japan. While it is often used for inventory tracking, support for QR Code has been included on recent camera phones.
If your phone doesn’t yet support QR Code, here’s a free reader you [...]

Here are some really beautiful shots of offshore wind farms, their construction, and a few that didn’t survive.
Based on data determining that average wind speeds at sea are higher than on land, the modern offshore wind farms promise to be exceptionally energy efficient. When the weather is calm they also look fetchingly beautiful.

Jason Epstein’s $50,000 on-demand book printer was mentioned on CNN’s Fortune Small Business site. From the article:
“Buying a book could become as easy as buying a pack of gum. After several years in development, the Espresso - a $50,000 vending machine with a conceivably infinite library - is nearly consumer-ready and will debut in [...]

Nate True just posted a really nifty lucid dreaming assistance mask design. He includes a schematic, PIC code, and some nice discussion of his previous design attempts.
This is just one of a whole slew of amazing projects made and hosted by the folks over at cre.ations.net.

A few weeks ago the idea hit me. Why [...]