An IR camera which projects a processed image back onto the patient's
arm allows easier IV needle insertion:
http://www.gizmag.com.au/go/6860/
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign produces a material similar
to microscopic chainmail with 0.5mm links:
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn11220-microscopic-chainmail-could-link-wearable-gadgets.html
An interesting addon for Firefox that lets you zoom image sizes with
text, and zoom images for closer inspection:
http://imagezoom.yellowgorilla.net/
A bug in Vista is causing users to have to reactivate the OS when they
change device drivers or some hardware. You have 3 days to comply:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/3C047397018A1F49CC2572900017A59B
Ubuntu's "Feisty Fawn" release is now frozen for anything other than
bugfixes. 3D Desktops were not considered stable enough for default use:
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Ubuntu_Feisty_Fawn_a_step_closer/0,130061733,339273880,00.htm
A usable graphene transistor is developed that is only 10 nanometres
wide and one atom thick:
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn11276-atomthick-carbon-transistor-could-succeed-silicon.html
And finally. Chinese scientists implant brain electrodes to develop the
first remote-controlled pigeons. Presumably the US will develop hawks..:
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/02/cyborg_flying_r.html
News collated from various sources by Vik Olliver for Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. The views presented in this document are the personal opinion of the collator, and should not be taken as any more than that.