Apple v Samsung dispute ‘ridiculous’: judge

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25 July 2012
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Samsung and Apple’s patent dispute over wireless transmission technology is ridiculous and might be best settled in mediation, the judge overseeing the case in Australia said.

Samsung sued Apple claiming the maker of iPhones is infringing three patents covering data transmission over the 3G wireless spectrum. The suit was in response to Apple’s claim that Samsung stole its design ideas for computer tablets and phones.

A trial scheduled to run for three months began yesterday before Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Physios to get prescription powers in England

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24 July 2012
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Physiotherapists and podiatrists in England are to get the right to prescribe medicines by themselves.

Ministers agreed to the change in the law after carrying out a consultation, but it will be 2014 before it is fully rolled out.

When physios and podiatrists do start prescribing they will become the first in the world to be given such powers.

And it will mean patients do not have to go back to GPs to get drugs such as anti-inflammatories and painkillers — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Hepatitis C Can Now Be Totally Cured By Newly Discovered Nanoparticle

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24 July 2012
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While Americans worry every year about getting a flu shot or preventing HIV/AIDS, the deadlier silent is actually Hepatitis C; killing over 15,000 people yearly in the US since 2007 and the numbers continue to increase as the carriers increase in age. While there is no vaccine, there is hope in nanoparticle technology.

The breakthrough came from a group of researchers at the University of Florida, creating a nanozyme that eliminates the Hep C 100% of the time; before now, the six-month treatment would only work about half the time. The particles are coated with two biological agents, the identifier and the destroyer; the identifier recognises the virus and sends the destroyer off the eliminate the mRNA, which allows Hep C to replicate — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Make It Right Duplex / Frank Gehry

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24 July 2012
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Make It Right is proud to announce the completion of the Frank Gehry-designed, New Orleans’ duplex in the Lower 9th Ward. The colourful, LEED Platinum home is part of an affordable and sustainable community that is currently being developed by Brad Pitt’s Make It Right foundation within the NOLA neighbourhood most devastated from Hurricane Katrina — via ArchDaily

Late Victorian House / Oldbury

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23 July 2012
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On the face of it, this late Victorian nine-bedroom house in Oldbury, Bridgnorth, Shropshire doesn’t need a lot of work. But go inside and you’ll see it needs more than just a lick of paint.

Not massively more though — and you do get an awful lot of house for your cash. Described as substantial, this detached property is situated in one of Bridgnorth’s best residential areas and sat within two acres of grounds. Yes, your very own estate.

If you want it, offers of around £650,000 are invited — via WowHaus

Artificial jellyfish built from rat cells

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23 July 2012
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Bioengineers have made an artificial jellyfish using silicone and muscle cells from a rat’s heart. The synthetic creature, dubbed a medusoid, looks like a flower with eight petals. When placed in an electric field, it pulses and swims exactly like its living counterpart.

Morphologically, we’ve built a jellyfish. Functionally, we’ve built a jellyfish. Genetically, this thing is a rat, says Kit Parker, a biophysicist at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who led the work. The project is described today in Nature Biotechnology1 — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Lego Bridge / Martin Heuwold

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22 July 2012
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German graffiti artist, Martin Heuwold aka MEGX, has painted a bridge with an area of 250 square meters to look like it was made from Lego. The project took Heuwold four weeks to complete, with the help of city officials — via Megx

Permission to Live: How I lost my fear of Universal Health Care

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22 July 2012
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When I moved to Canada in 2008, I was a die-hard conservative Republican. So when I found out that we were going to be covered by Canada’s Universal Health Care, I was somewhat disgusted. This meant we couldn’t choose our own health coverage, or even opt out if we wanted too. It also meant that abortion was covered by our taxes, something I had always believed was horrible. I believed based on my politics that government mandated health care was a violation of my freedom.

When I got pregnant shortly after moving, I was apprehensive. Would I even be able to have a home birth like I had experienced with my first 2 babies? Universal Health Care meant less choice right? So I would be forced to do whatever the medical system dictated regardless of my feelings, because of the government mandate. I even talked some of having my baby across the border in the US, where I could pay out of pocket for whatever birth I wanted. So imagine my surprise when I discovered that Midwives were not only covered by the Universal health care, they were encouraged! Even for hospital births. In Canada, Midwives and Dr’s were both respected, and often worked together — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Google buys Sparrow for improvements to Gmail

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22 July 2012
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Google announced on Friday that it had acquired Sparrow, the popular email application for iOS and OS X for an undisclosed amount.

According to CNN Money, a Google spokeswoman said that the search giant will keep Sparrow up and running, and thought it will continue to support the application, it doesn’t plan to offer any significant updates in the future.

The Sparrow deal is Google’s fifth this year and will add engineering talent that’s sure to be useful to Google, Information Week reported.Sparrow’s co-founder and CTO Hoa Dinh Viet used to work for Apple, on iCal and iSync, and for Amazon, on its Kindle e-reader.

The five employees at Google will work on new projects for Gmail — via redwolf.newsvine.com

No-frills NBN provider aims for the tech savvy

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22 July 2012
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A group of telco consultants and engineers in Victoria is planning to launch a not-for-profit internet service provider in an attempt to provide cheap access to the National Broadband Network for like-minded people.

The nascent group, dubbed No ISP, gained cooperative status under Victorian law earlier this month, enabling them to recruit members and provide services without the financial requirements of a standard company structure.

It will offer plans on the NBN with minimal margins, facilitated by near-zero costs, non-existent staffing and none of the support or service structures now commonplace in the telco and ISP industries.

In effect, No ISP plans to offer NBN as a utility, rather than a service — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Rupert Murdoch resigns as News International director

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22 July 2012
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Rupert Murdoch has resigned from a string of directorships controlling his News Corporation’s UK newspapers.

Mr Murdoch, 81, quit directorships at NI Group Ltd, NewsCorp Investments and Times Newspaper Holdings on Friday.

News Corp plans to split into two firms, separating its newspaper and book publishing interests from its now dominant TV and film enterprises.

Mr Murdoch is expected to chair both businesses but to be chief executive only of the TV and film side.

News International has sought to play down the significance of the resignations — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Voyagez Tambour Chronograph Edition II / Louis Vuitton

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22 July 2012
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The Louis Vuitton Voyagez Tambour Chronograph Edition II is available in 44 mm steel or rose gold (limited edition of respectively 888 and 88 copies) and features a triple-circle tachymeter scale. The small subdial at 3 o’clock is the normal time seconds; the larger red centre-set hand is the chronograph seconds; the small red central hand marks chronograph minutes — via Perpetuelle

Hanoi Museum / gmp Architekten

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21 July 2012
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The Hanoi Museum [gmp Architekten] is embedded in a park with ample water features, where visitors already encounter exhibits from the history of Hanoi and reconstructed traditional Vietnamese villages on entering the museum landscape.

Within the square building, a central circular atrium links an entrance level with the three exhibition levels. These are arranged as terraces projecting further outwards on each higher floor, forming an inverted pyramid — via ArchDaily

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