Could blindness soon be a thing of the past? A California company called Second Sight recently received approval in Europe to sell the Argus II, a $115,000 gadget that can partially restore sight to patients with degenerative eye disease.
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Feed SubscriptionWill the Human, Non-Geminoid Henrik Scharfe Please Stand Up?
How would you feel if you met Danish Professor Henrik Scharfe and then moments later were introduced to another Henrik Scharfe, this time an almost identical android? A new Geminoid bot makes this possible
Read More »Skype Dials for Dollars With In-App Ads
Skype just revealed something new--it's adopting in-app adverts.
Read More »Apple’s iPhone 5 May Get an All-Metal Makeover–Is That a Good Thing?
The iPad 2 is only just out in public, but the iPhone 5 rumors are now ramping up, with hints the new phone may get an all-metal makeover. Does this make good sense
Read More »Sleepy Kochi, India, Gets a "SmartCity"
A 246-acre IT park is to be built in the Southern state of Kerala. Delhi's got its "Cyber city," the area in nearby Gurgaon where the likes of Yahoo!, Deloitte, and other large multinationals reside.
Read More »Carnival cancels port calls in Mazatlan
Carnival has become the latest cruise ship operator to suspend stops in Mazatlan, citing violent incidents in the Pacific coast resort city.
Read More »Welcome to the All New, Official Philippe Matthews Show Website!
We have realized our Q1 goals by the redesign and release of our new interactive website that seamlessly features our Blog, TV and Radio show! We have added and made significant change to the new Philippe Matthews Show website and ...
Read More »Web-Based Live Chat: Good for Business?
Depending on how you deploy it, live chat on a company website can be a boon for business or a terrible calamity. For some, it’s like adding a crack team of ace deal-closers who contribute directly to the bottom line. For others, it’s like hiring a surly, inattentive sales clerk who sends customers fleeing for the virtual door
Read More »Gowalla to Launch "Groupon or Living Social-type" Rewards at SXSW
"I started swearing to myself four or five years ago that I would never launch another product at SXSW," says Josh Wiliams, founder and CEO of Gowalla, the Austin-based check-in service. "That's never come true--my success record on that promise has just not been good." Already gearing up to make a splash at this year's SXSW, the company today launched Gowalla 3 for Android, creating a "freshly baked" port of the popular iPhone app.
Read More »The Four-Day Work Week
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today. Work less
Read More »Skippy peanut butter recalled over Salmonella fears (Complete product info)
Recall involved reduced-fat peanut butter spreads distributed in 16 states
Read More »Circumcision: Beneficial or genital mutilation?
One man claims circumcision is genital mutilation, while experts say it provides several health benefits
Read More »Microsoft Chases Google, Ups Bing Search Speed to Instant
The next stage in the search engine wars has arrived: Microsoft is boosting its Bing system with a similar " instant results " feature to Google 's, bringing a pseudo-real time feel to search that aims to speed up the process significantly. Google introduced "instant" search feedback recently to increase the speed and efficiency of search--the system pops up a suggested list of search query matches as you're actually typing, just in case the results meet your needs before you go through the tedious business of typing out a complete search string. Now Microsoft, which is busy expanding Bing's search engine into a very serious rival for Google, is trying something very similar
Read More »Exoskeletal Arm Gives Everyday Laborers Superhuman Strength, Endurance
Try holding your arm in front of you for 10 minutes. It probably starts to shake pretty quickly. Now imagine how much more effective dentists, surgeons, jewelers--anyone who holds out their arm all day for work--could be with an arm that never gets tired.
Read More »Egyptian Protesters Raid State Security, Post Government Secrets to Facebook
Egyptian rebels stormed the headquarters of the feared State Security Intelligence Directorate this weekend. They stole files indicated that secret policemen spied on Facebook accounts, harassed Coptic Christians and had advance knowledge of terrorist attacks.
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