People who suspect they have been infected will be able to put urine or saliva on to a computer chip about the size of a USB chip, plug it into their phone or computer and receive a diagnosis within minutes, telling them which, if any, sexually transmitted infection (STI) they have. Seven funders, including the Medical Research Council, have put £4m into developing the technology via a forum called the UK Clinical Research Collaboration — via michaelsautter.newsvine.com
Polish-born artist, Olek, loves watching movies and making art; creating these crochet works allows her to do both at the same time. This is definitely not your granny’s crocheted doilies and toilet paper roll covers. Olek turns the traditional craft into something edgy by covering everyday objects with crochet, transforming them into installation pieces. She explains her work this way:
The movies I watch while crocheting influence my work, and my work dictates the films I select. I crochet everything that enters my space. Sometimes it’s a text message, a medical report, found objects. There is the unraveling, the ephemeral part of my work that never lets me forget about the limited life of the art object and art concept. What do I intend to reveal? You have to pull the end of the yarn and unravel the story behind the crochet.
— via Neatorama
Why buy a center-pull yarn ball winder when you can make your own? It may not be the most glamorous-looking contraption, but using tools you made yourself is distinctly satisfying — via CRAFT
Home theater specialists Bowser & Wilkins makes a high-end model of speaker called the Nautilus. They’re pricey at about $60,000 for a set. Alfonso de Rojas wanted some, but didn’t have the money. So he spent 400 hours building a set on his own. The finished product, which you can view at the link, certainly looks like a Nautilus — via Neatorama
Researchers have devised a way to easily detect internet names generated by so-called domain-fluxing botnets, a method that could provide a first-alarm system of sorts that alerts admins of infections on their networks — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Australian governments implementing smart card systems for public transport must include contactless payment methods in their roll-out, according to Visa’s ANZ general manager Chris Clark — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Google could be the biggest threat to the big four banks because of the trust online users place in it and its ability to engage with customers, according to banking executives — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A group of Australian researchers say they have unlocked the secret of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), a condition that kills about 150 Australians a year — via redwolf.newsvine.com
No doubt you’ve heard the news about Krispy Kreme going into administration in Australia.
Many people seemed surprised at the news given it was such a successful launch, which was facilitated almost entirely through PR, word of mouth and without traditional paid-for advertising. But when we look a little closer it’s pretty clear why they failed. They broke a few simple retail rules which are worth considering — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory have fabricated transparent thin films capable of absorbing light and generating electric charge over a relatively large area. The material, described in the journal Chemistry of Materials, could be used to develop transparent solar panels or even windows that absorb solar energy to generate electricity — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Researchers in Switzerland have created mini-versions of the Big Bang – the explosion which scientists say gave birth to the universe almost 14 billion years ago — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Most of the robotic arms now in use by some amputees are of limited practicality; they have only two to three degrees of freedom, allowing the user to make a single movement at a time. And they are controlled with conscious effort, meaning the user can do little else while moving the limb.
A new generation of much more sophisticated and lifelike prosthetic arms, sponsored by the Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), may be available within the next five to 10 years. Two different prototypes that move with the dexterity of a natural limb and can theoretically be controlled just as intuitively — with electrical signals recorded directly from the brain — are now beginning human tests — via redwolf.newsvine.com
An investigation has uncovered an illegal trade in bluefin tuna worth billions of dollars that ignored official quotas to supply the growing global market for raw sushi — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A Manchester corner store clerk is thanking her fast-acting neighbor for foiling a robbery.
Police said Sean Cullen, 25, used a note to try to rob the Hillsborough Market on Lincoln Street.
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The market’s owner said Cullen came in, displayed a threatening note, and verbally told her, Give me your money, or you’re going to die
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
Dating back to the 1880s, Antoni Gaudí devoted over a decade of his life to one of Barcelona’s, and the architecture world’s, most prized structures, la Sagrada Família. The cathedral has remained under construction for hundreds of years as debates concerning whether or not its current state is too far from the original vision continually spark controversy. Yet, this Sunday, as the NY Times reported, Pope Benedict XVI visited the cathedral to consecrate the Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família. The visit spurred hundreds of workers to prepare the church in an effort to highlight the newest “ latest architectural and artistic features” — via ArchDaily
Today, on World Contraception Day, the Surya clinic in Patna city in the Indian state of Bihar will, as always, be full of women, their children and their travel companions, waiting to see the doctors for family planning services. The female doctors are young, many recent graduates of the medical colleges, and sometimes pairing up to counsel clients on contraceptive methods. The government of India has accredited this private clinic run by the Janani network so that women opting for birth control pills, a 10-year IUD, or a three-month injectable contraceptive pay nothing. The government reimburses private clinics offering these services — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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