If you think 3D printing’s overhyped, you clearly haven’t seen this.
Health & Science
Timelapse: Landsat Satellite Images of Climate Change, via Google Earth
From Las Vegas to Arctic glaciers, navigate through time and space as you explore changes to Earth’s surface over the last three decades.
‘Smart’ Nanoparticles Can Now Control Blood Sugar in Diabetics for ‘Days at a Time’
What if diabetics only had to inject themselves with a special insulin cocktail once a week?
Jawbone’s Fitness Future: A Platform and an Acquistion
The Bluetooth audio maker is letting other apps and services talk to its Up band, and adding BodyMedia’s products to the lineup.
LISTEN: What Did Alexander Graham Bell Sound Like?
Contemporary listeners have never been able to hear what telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell sounded like — until now.
Should Toddlers Use Tablets and Smartphones After All?
New research suggests that using screens may in fact yield slight benefits to very young children when it comes to learning
Finally, Tattoos That Let You Control Objects with Your Mind
Science hasn’t been easy on the paranormal, routinely deflating fantastic claims by hucksters purporting psychic abilities. So wouldn’t it be ironic if scientists were on the verge of making paranormal-like abilities a reality?
We Can Almost Print New Organs Using 3D Stem Cells
File this under unexpectedly cool: organs you don’t harvest, but instead print using an honest-to-goodness printer, just as you might words on paper, except in this case, the “words” are actual stem cells that could save someone’s life.
Why Facebook Makes You Feel Bad About Yourself
No surprise — those Facebook photos of your friends on vacation or celebrating a birthday party that can make you feel lousy.
Firefighters Pop High-Tech Pills to Monitor Vitals Wirelessly
Firefighters in Oz take the red pill because it might save their lives.
Beam Toothbrush Connects to Your Smartphone, Can Tattle to Your Dentist
The Beam Brush looks like a chunky vibrating toothbrush, but the chunkiness merely makes way for a AA battery and a Bluetooth chip that wirelessly reports your brushing habits to your smartphone.
Basis Health-Tracking Watch Sports Serious Sensors, New Android App
While there’s certainly no shortage of wearable health gadgets these days, the $200 Basis watch packs enough fancy sensors that you’d probably look like the hypochondriac version of Robocop if you wore them all separately.
