• Science

    Kidneys On the Go

    By Posted on 7.18.2008 5 Comments

    For the 1.3 million people who suffer renal failure each year, kidney dialysis is a major undertaking. The lengthy out-patient process requires near-daily trips to the doctor’s office to be hooked up for hours to a massive machine; making it difficult to hold a job or have a normal social life. But Victor Gura of UCLA’s Geffen School of medicine has patented and tested the holy grail of nephrology: a portable, wearable dialysis machine.

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    7.19.2008 at 09:40pm - Comment by Dexter

    ford2go, maybe the portability is not enough, but at least it's a good step towards the solution. the next step should be replacing those chemicals, i suppose. -Dexter-

  • Technology

    Is There Ice On Mars? Apparently So

    By Posted on 6.20.2008 22 Comments

    NASA spent $420 million to send the Phoenix Lander to Mars last year. Festooned with state-of-the-art detection equipment, the rover's task was to scour the red surface in search of elusive Martian ice. And today, the NASA mission finally did uncover some extraterrestrial frost, and it did it with its simplest tool, a shovel.

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    6.22.2008 at 08:21am - Comment by Dexter

    Water has great ability to transfer materials through it, and therefore encourages movement of materials, that will create life. look it up. -Dexter-

  • DIY

    Do I Need to Buy Microsoft Office?

    By Posted on 6.12.2008 6 Comments

    Not necessarily. It’s hard to ignore MS Office, but you don’t need to blow 400 bucks to get your work done. In fact, you don’t need to install any programs at all. Sign up for the free Google Docs (documents.google.com) or Zoho (zoho.com), and you can do everything in a Web browser. The programs look similar to Word, Excel and PowerPoint and offer all the same features (save for a few lesser-used ones like certain spreadsheet formulas). Zoho even kicks in a few extra applets like a Wiki-building tool. Best of all, these applications let you access your files from any computer that’s online. If you don’t have reliable Internet access or are more comfortable installing programs on your computer, there’s no shortage of competition, either.

    6.12.2008 at 11:12am - Comment by Dexter

    i didn't know zoho, glad to find it. thanks :) -Dexter-



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