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cancer cure

Guy Invents Potential Cancer Cure With Radio Machine Built Out of Pie Pans... and Hot Dogs

You know, I really love it when (sorta) average guys out-innovate mega-corporate profit machines, like that homemade MRI machine. But this is more amazing: John Kanzius has no background in cancer research but might have invented a real cure. He was diagnosed with leukemia, and struck by the idea that radio waves could kill cancer cells. So he built a prototype machine using pie pans and conducted tests on hot dogs injected with copper sulfate—the radio waves only heat up metal spots, for tactical nuking without nasty side effects. It's now being tested at the University of Pittsburgh and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, where the lead doc says that it "may allow us to treat just about any kind of cancer you can imagine." More »

12:30 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By matt buchanan
25,816 views, 84 comments

Latest by n/a: @rjpoag: I'm just not buying this whole conspiracy plot crap. The Rife theory may sound great and all, but that doesn't mean it actually works. In fact doing the google search turned up plenty of stuff saying that it doesn't more »

innovation

Pico Interface Merges Multitouch and the Physical World


Pico is a computer interface that can move electromagnetic pucks, merging the digital and physical worlds. In this video from earlier this year, see how researcher James Patten has used his unique combination of projection, magnets and computing to help visualize problems such as determining the best place to put a group of cellphone network transmission towers. Imagine the games you could play with this thing! [James Patten]

10:14 AM on Thu Aug 23 2007
By Charlie White
25,552 views, 16 comments

innovation

Smart Scene Carving Resizes Images Without Distortion


Take a look at this smart image resizing algorithm introduced at the SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group: Graphics) convention. Ariel Shamir of the Efi Arazi School of Computer Science in Herzliya, Israel, aims to make images just as dynamically resizable as text is on a web page by using a technique he calls "scene carving." We're also thinking it would make a convenient Photoshop plug-in. We really can't stand looking at stretched images, but this is a smart way to stretch or compress them. Bring it on! [Ariel Shamir, via YouTube]

1:00 PM on Wed Aug 22 2007
By Charlie White
17,860 views, 35 comments

Latest by n/a: I want it, if only because it would let me FINALLY fit still images to 4:3 or 16:9 without cropping them like nuts. Lemme tell ya, there's nothing more annoying than having the perfect pic for that DVD menu and more »

cellphones

Serene: Bang & Olufsen's 'Upside Down' Cellphone

Good ol' Bang & Olufsen is making some noise with the Serene, a clamshell cellphone jointly developed with Samsung. Unlike other cellphones on the market, the screen is on the bottom and the buttons are up top. Try it out with your cellphone and see how it feels. In fact, check the jump for some more glamor shots and a virtual simulation of just how such a cellphone would look like. More »

5:55 PM on Fri Oct 27 2006
By Gizloco
1,528 views, 12 comments

gadgets

Poland, Everyone Else is Better than US in Programming

It's a sad day, friends, but one I saw coming. As you've probably already noticed, technical innovation in the US is fast fading. Most of the stuff we post—the phones, the PCs, the MP3 players—come from smart people very far away. What does the US have? Motorola, Apple, Microsoft, and TiVo. Oh, there are a few others, but those are the folks that are making the biggest waves. More »

10:45 AM on Wed May 10 2006
By johnb
88 views, 12 comments