A new technology lets doctors test out procedures on a simulation of the patient’s anatomy.

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You wouldn’t fly on a commercial jet plane unless you were confident that the pilot had logged some serious time in a flight simulator, preparing for every eventuality. Someday it may be just as inconceivable to undergo delicate [...]

The future of computing may depend on embracing the chaos that defines human thinking.

Kwabena Boahen’s love affair with digital computers began and ended in 1981, when he was 16.
Boahen lived outside the city of Accra in the West African nation of Ghana. His family’s sprawling block house stood in a quiet field of mango and [...]

The world’s largest wind turbine is now the Enercon E-126. This turbine has a rotor diameter of 126 meters (413 feet). The E-126 is a more sophisticated version of the E-112, formerly the world’s largest wind turbine and rated at 6 megawatts. This new turbine is officially rated at 6 megawatts too, but will most [...]

At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data — including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper "laptop".
In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he'll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all.\
Source : Times of India
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Earlier this year Google added a new transit layer to its own mapping application to show transit routes in the 400+ cities where it has data. Now they’ve announced this is available for the New York City transit system including subway maps. The result is an easy way to see nearby bus and train stops [...]

Yamaha's Tenori-on is a unique musical instrument that is pretty expensive with its rather hefty £800-plus price point, but good news to those who are interested – the Tenori-on Orange which will be released in time for Christmas will retail for a more affordable £649. Apart from that, the original Tenori-On will be receiving a [...]

I'd like to say that I do most of my work sitting upright at my desk, but in reality, that's not always the case. You're more likely to find me curled up on the couch working on my computer, or propped up watching a movie in bed. I've also created makeshift work spaces in airports [...]

10 fresh, beautiful, inventive and, hopefully, inspiring blog designs

 Jason Gray Music

Jason Gray’s blog was initially WordPress-based, but it now has a beautiful and original Flash appearance that we just couldn’t pass up.

The Pixel Blog

This exquisite blog belongs to a Web design and marketing company called The Pixel. Amazing graphics in the header and footer, [...]

If you liked the idea of the Sound Egg but not so much its aesthetics, say hello the Martin Emila's Media Chair. It's the same idea: a comfy chair set up with speakers focused right at your head, but one that looks a lot classier. You know, without all that sound-dampening foam stapled in there.

With [...]

Sick of high electricity bills? Well, you know that the phone company is sending a bit of energy through their lines to power phones, right? Why not use that to your own sneaky advantage?

This LED lamp plugs in not to an electrical outlet, but to a phone jack. It then uses that power to light [...]