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Author Archives: StevenTorresRamos
Connecting Cape Town: Inside South Africa’s TV white spaces experiment
In 2011, a United Nations commission came to a powerful conclusion: access to broadband internet is a basic human right, matched by the likes of housing, sustenance and healthcare. Arguments can be made that widespread access has transformed entire economies … Continue reading
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Skype for Outlook.com preview now available in the US
Americans waiting for the Skype for Outlook.com preview can stop twiddling their thumbs — the test release is now available in the US, complementing existing access in Brazil, Canada, France, Germany and the UK. As in other countries, stateside users … Continue reading
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ASCE President’s Note, Civil Engineering magazine, Jul/Aug 2013
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “The future depends on what you do today.” Preparation for the future was the impetus behind The Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025, a report that ASCE developed to answer two questions: what will the world … Continue reading
Regenerated human heart tissue beats on its own, leads towards replacement hearts and other organs
Extremetech.com Regenerated human heart tissue beats on its own, leads towards replacement hearts and other organs http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/163889-regenerated-human-heart-tissue-beats-on-its-own-leads-towards-replacement-hearts-and-other-organs
These Glow in the Dark Rabbits Will Help Cure Diseases One Day
Glowing bunny rabbits aren’t just for Sherlock Holmes reboots and acid trips anymore. Scientists from the University of Hawaii recently collaborated with a team from Istanbul, Turkey, where a couple of bright green lab rabbits were just born as part … Continue reading
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Future finally arrives as Martin Jetpack approved for manned test-flights
Every morning, we wake up knowing that the writers of the ’60s, who promised us pill-sized meals and flying cars by the year 2000, had lied to us. But now, a New Zealand-based avionics company has been granted permission to … Continue reading
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Microsoft confirms Windows 8.1 launching October 17th
Microsoft has announced that Windows 8.1 will be arriving on October 17th well, in the US, anyway, confirming an earlier rumor of a mid-month launch. For some reason, the companys specified an exact release time of 12am on October 18th … Continue reading
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Scientists Just Grew Human Heart Tissue That Beats With Total Autonomy
Coming fresh on the heels of the news that scientists are successfully 3D printing live, working, mini human kidneys, a new report in Nature is giving another burst of hope to the future of organ transplants. For the very first … Continue reading
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Of Course Florida Might Deploy Drones To Combat Mosquitoes
Take any completely outlandish idea and put the word Florida in the same sentence and all of a sudden it makes a lot more sense. The state, known for its roaming gangs of blood-sucking mosquitoes, is hoping to take to … Continue reading
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Scientists Have Created a Malaria Vaccine Thats 100% Effective
For the first time in history, scientists have completed successful human trials of a malaria vaccine that provides 100% protection against the often fatal disease.Currently, we have no truly effective method of protecting against malaria. Even the World Health Organization … Continue reading
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