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Swiss Autopsy Robot Comes Online

Virtobot may be helping humanity now, but it’ll know all our weaknesses when Skynet achieves sentience. That’s because it’s the world’s first autopsy robot – and it can examine a dead body inside and out without ever lifting a scalpel. The University of Bern’s Virtobot uses MRIs and computer tomography to take a 3D snapshot…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

America Doesn’t Care About Cell Phone Radiation (But the Rest of the World Does)

When it comes to cell phone radiation, everyone thinks they’re an expert. Recently, however, GQ talked to the real experts, and though there’s no consensus, one thing’s clear: the rest of the world is worried. The U.S. is not. Last week I posted a link to a study of the 20 cell phones that emitted…

Health Kyle VanHemert

When You’re Convinced Your Loved Ones Are Imposters

You’re looking at a woman who resembles your mother. She moves and talks like your mother, and she’s even dressed the same as your mother. In fact, she is your mother. But you’re absolutely certain that she’s an imposter. This is the experience of someone suffering from a Capgras delusion, a rare medical disorder in…

Health Kyle VanHemert

Steve Jobs on Organ Transplant Lists: “I Almost Died” Waiting

When Steve Jobs received his liver transplant, he was considered “the sickest person on the waiting list.” Now he’s speaking out about the faults in California’s current organ donor system which left 400 people dying in wait last year alone: https://gizmodo.com/hospital-confirms-steve-jobss-transplant-denies-he-rec-5301887 “I was fortunate,” he said because he had the ability to fly cross country…

Health Rosa Golijan

Nasal Spray Chills and Saves Brains After Cardiac Arrest

Consciousness lost, breathing stopped, pulse gone. Someone just slipped into cardiac arrest. In order to preserve the precious memories and thoughts at risk right now, we’re gonna have to squirt some perfluorocarbon coolant up a nose and chill a brain. It certainly sounds odd, but by using a device called RhinoChill to spray coolant up…

Health Rosa Golijan

Keep Close Track of Your Friends’ Exercising Habits With RunKeeper Live

Lifehacker’s favorite exercise tool RunKeeper has added a feature that’s as creepy as it is useful. You can now opt to have your location and activity level broadcast live on your RunKeeper profile by using the iPhone app. https://lifehacker.com/hive-five-winner-for-best-exercise-tool-runkeeper-5260956 Initial creepiness aside, this is an opt-in feature and there are benefits to it. It’s described…

Health Rosa Golijan

The 20 Cell Phones That Leak the Most Radiation

Cell phone radiation. Some consider it a heath-hazard of paramount importance. Others couldn’t care less. Whichever camp you’re in, there’s some perverse satisfaction in clicking through CNET’s countdown to see which is the most mind-melting gadget on the market. [CNET] Image credit Pong Research

Health Kyle VanHemert

Magnets and Metal Nano-Particles Can Build You a New Liver

Between alcohol-fueled holidays and everyday health issues, some of us might eventually wind up needing new livers or some other organs. Turns out scientists could build us those new organs using metal nano-particles suspended in a magnetic field. The basic idea is that while researchers have been able to “build” organs in the past, they’ve…

Health Rosa Golijan

Photographic Memory (In Pill Form)

Researchers have discovered that increasing production of a protein called RGS-14 could significantly boost visual memory. They are currently investigating the exact effects on humans, but all I can think is: Photographic memory in pill form. Sure, we don’t really know how the human brain would be affected, but there are certainly great results with…

Health Rosa Golijan

South Korean Scientists Transmit Broadband Signals Through Human Arm

Human skin is apparently a very energy-efficient conduit for transmitting data. A recent experiment achieved a rate of 10Mbps, which may put my Internet connection to shame. The experiment used small, flexible electrodes and took place at Korea University. The finding may lead to a new generation of medical devices that can monitor blood sugar…

Health Kyle VanHemert

The Wii Balance Board Push Up Bar

If you partake in Wii fitness regularly, you probably know that there is only one thing keeping you from having a full-fledged, muscle-building, vein-popping work-out experience: limited range of push-up motion. Thankfully, this push-up bar attachment lets you dig deep. CTA Digital’s plastic push up bar pops onto the top of your balance board, giving…

Health Kyle VanHemert

Miniature Paper Laboratory Diagnoses Diseases With Comic-Book Colors

Costing just a cent to produce and requiring just a single drop of blood to function, this paper chip, designed by chemist George Whitesides, can diagnose HIV, tuberculosis, malaria and more. What substance makes this tiny marvel possible? Comic-book ink. The water-resistant ink pushes the blood into the different paper channels, each of which contain…

Health Kyle VanHemert

Busy Raising Virtual Baby, Couple Lets Their Real Baby Starve

This is upsetting. A South Korean couple was arrested for starving their baby to death, reportedly only feeding her once a day after marathon sessions at an internet cafe. What was keeping them so busy? Their virtual baby. Yeah. The couple, who met on the internet (warning sign?), dutifully raised a young girl named Anima…

Health Kyle VanHemert

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Headaches Edition

In today’s Remainders: headaches. Microsoft’s browser ballot is a headache for the little guys; CereProc talks about the painstaking process of rebuilding Ebert’s voice; WiMax taxis in Taiwan get me a little steamed; a magical migraine-diminishing wand, and more. Talk To Me Since we first read about the Scottish company CereProc and their effort to…

Health Kyle VanHemert

Electro-hypersensitivity: The Gadget Allergy

A man hassled a neighbor over his Wi-Fi allergies, and we dismissed him as a member of the tin-foil hat brigade. Now we’re reading PopSci’s look at the Electro-hypersensitivity—the real deal gadget allergy—and we’re feeling sorta like assholes. https://gizmodo.com/man-sues-neighbor-becomes-homeless-over-wifi-allergie-5445632 The article opens with an anecdote of Per Segerbäck, a serious electro-hypersensitive who lives in a…

Health Kyle VanHemert

Adidas miCoach Pacer Review: Like Nike+, Only Better

Adidas miCoach is a fitness activity tracking system similar to Nike+, except it gives you more data—including heart rate information—and has a sexy voice to guide you through workouts. Yes, it costs more, but it also does more. https://gizmodo.com/the-adidas-micoach-fitness-tracker-might-actually-talk-5436617 The Price $140 may sound like quite a bit to spend on a fitness activity tracking…

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Fake (But Legal) Marijuana Is Freaking The Kids Out

What’s worse than America’s youth getting stoned out of their gourds on illicit reefer? Kids hallucinating on legal but psychotropic fake weed. And you thought watching hours of Adult Swim and eating an entire box of Ho Hos was dangerous. It’s perfectly legal to buy fauxijuana “incense” blends (heck, you can do so over the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

TV and Internet Are Turning Teenagers Into Loners

A new study found a direct link between the time teenagers spent staring at screens and their inability to have meaningful relationships with their parents and peers. This study obviously was conducted before that Russian kid blessed us with Chatroulette. You’ve likely been at one end of this debate—either you were a teenage TV zombie…

Health Kyle VanHemert

Evict Bacteria With the Cleankeys Touch Sensitive Keyboard

Did you know that your run of the mill keyboard is basically a gigantic apartment complex for bacteria? Gross, no? Thankfully there’s Cleankeys, a keyboard that bulldozes that shit and replaces it with a sleek, sterile touch-sensitive slab. Wiping a standard keyboard with a disinfecting cloth kills about 5% of bacteria. Cleankeys claims the same…

Health Kyle VanHemert

Science Proves 3-D Movies Hurt Your Brain

We knew it: 3-D films are trying to kill you with migraines and crappy vision. A new study proves the relationship between 3-D and headaches. But will this stop Hollywood’s slate of 32 (and counting) upcoming 3-D films? A study at the University of California Berkeley found that 3-D movies can cause eyestrain along with…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Swiss Autopsy Robot Comes Online

America Doesn’t Care About Cell Phone Radiation (But the Rest of the World Does)

When You’re Convinced Your Loved Ones Are Imposters

Steve Jobs on Organ Transplant Lists: “I Almost Died” Waiting

Nasal Spray Chills and Saves Brains After Cardiac Arrest

Keep Close Track of Your Friends’ Exercising Habits With RunKeeper Live

The 20 Cell Phones That Leak the Most Radiation

Magnets and Metal Nano-Particles Can Build You a New Liver

Photographic Memory (In Pill Form)

South Korean Scientists Transmit Broadband Signals Through Human Arm

The Wii Balance Board Push Up Bar

Miniature Paper Laboratory Diagnoses Diseases With Comic-Book Colors

Busy Raising Virtual Baby, Couple Lets Their Real Baby Starve

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Headaches Edition

Electro-hypersensitivity: The Gadget Allergy

Adidas miCoach Pacer Review: Like Nike+, Only Better

Fake (But Legal) Marijuana Is Freaking The Kids Out

TV and Internet Are Turning Teenagers Into Loners

Evict Bacteria With the Cleankeys Touch Sensitive Keyboard

Science Proves 3-D Movies Hurt Your Brain

‘The Mummy 4’ Is Getting the Family Back Together

JD Vance Says UFOs Are Actually Demons

Breville Barista Express Espresso Machine Hits Its Lowest Price of the Year for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, Cut Your Daily Coffee Costs at Home

Amazon Clears Out Govee LED Smart Light Bulbs (2-Pack) at a Record Low, Each Bulb Costs Just a Few Dollars

The First Proper ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Trailer Is a ’90s Anime Fever Dream

JBL PartyBox Club 120 Speaker Drops Back to Black Friday Pricing for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale Only

YouTuber Resolves Fraternal Disagreement With Excavator and Hilariously Large Sword

Should We Be Hyped—or Freaked Out—About Nuclear Microreactors?

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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