The fantasy of buying a Slurpee with nothing more than a dramatic wave of your iPhone 5 seems to be coming true. But like hydrogen cars and hoverboards, electronic wallet technology has a long, long way to go
Read More »Tag Archives: news
Feed SubscriptionParalyzed bride-to-be trains for wedding march
Canadian car crash victim overcoming injury, plans to "walk" down the aisle -- with some assistance -- at April wedding
Read More »Kirstie Alley: Can "Dancing" gig bring sexy body?
Former "Fat Actress" star says strenuous dancing will help
Read More »Video: Home Safety
National family safety expert Alison Rhodes demonstrated products that can prevent falls and injuries in the home.
Read More »Benlysta approved: Which lupus patients will benefit?
First new lupus drug in 50 years cleared by FDA, but it doesn't help everyone
Read More »Where Are The Talking Robots? (preview)
Sulla, the world’s first talking robot, was so adept at conversation--in four languages, no less--that a human visitor to the laboratory in which she was created refused to believe she was not a real person. Alas, Sulla was not a real robot, either, but a character in Karel Capek’s 1921 play R.U.R. , which introduced the word “robot” to the lexicon.
Read More »Scrivener to the Stars: Keeping Tabs on All the Exoplanets
Name: Jean Schneider Title:
Read More »She’s 11, Going on 2,500: What an Average Ancient Greek Looked Like
DNA from a mass grave found in Athens in the mid-1990s helped experts identify typhoid fever as a possible source of the plague that killed off one quarter of the city’s population in the fifth century
Read More »iFive: AOL Job Cuts, SpaceX Expands Facility, Apple-Canon Partnership, UAV Automatic Refuelling, Pop-Up Apple SXSW Store
1. AOL is expected to lay off between 400 and 500 people in the U.S. today (about 8-10% of its staff), as part of its push to make itself more profitable
Read More »Pfizer faces losses as Lipitor patent set to expire
Pharmaceutical giants facing extreme economic pressure as big name patents run out, few new drugs in the pipeline
Read More »Blue Carbon: An Oceanic Opportunity to Fight Climate Change
Mangroves are tangled orchards of spindly shrubs that thrive in the interface between land and sea. They bloom in muddy soil where the water is briny and shallow, and the air muggy
Read More »Benlysta wins FDA approval as lupus treatment
Scientists spent 15 years developing injection, which is the 1st new drug to treat immune disorder in 50 years
Read More »2011 Lemelson M.I.T. Student Inventor Prizes Offer a Glimpse of the Future in Medical and Security Screening Tech [Slide Show]
The Lemelson–M.I.T. Program recognized four student inventors Wednesday poised to make a profound impact in the areas of disease diagnostics, drug development, assistive devices such as wheelchairs, and security screening for explosives
Read More »Tiger’s caddie has become quite the frequent flyer
No other caddie has traveled so far to work so little than Steve Williams.
Read More »How the Penis Lost Its Spikes
By Zo
Read More »