Document written by former US ambassador in Cairo to Secretary of State Clinton reveals Egyptian President Mubarak ‘has a visceral hatred’ for Iran, sees Syria and Qatar as sycophants to Tehran
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Though not offering the sort of stark, terrible beauty (or the gore) of The Act of Seeing with One’s Own Eyes , Sectra’s Visual Imaging Table will let you perform a “virtual autopsy,” by using CT and MRI scans to place 3D recreations of a patient’s body on a large, multitouch table. What’s more, the body can then be examined — and even cut with a “virtual knife.” And it’s finally available “to the masses,” as one company rep put it in an email this morning (although we sort of figure that if you have an MRI machine you probably aren’t one of “the masses”). Check out the PR after the break, or hit up the source link to get one for yourself. Continue reading Sectra virtual autopsy table available now, Stan Brakhage nonplussed Sectra virtual autopsy table available now, Stan Brakhage nonplussed originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Click here to view this media John McCain is never going to admit it was a mistake or apologize for unleashing Sarah Palin on the rest of us. He continued to defend her on this Sunday’s State of the Union program on CNN. Someone needs to tell Candy Crowley that he’s never going to read her book either. CROWLEY: I have less than 30 seconds here. But I have to ask you about Sarah Palin. New book out that you’re going to read sooner or later. She’s going to Iowa, she’s going to South Carolina. The big game is, is she going to run for president, isn’t she going to run for president. You know her probably better than any politician who does. How do you read what’s going on? MCCAIN: I read I think she’s keeping her options open, and I think she should. I think she is an incredible force in the American political arena. CROWLEY: And a divisive force, would you agree? MCCAIN: I think that anybody who has the visibility that Sarah has is obviously going to have some divisiveness. I remember that a guy named Ronald Reagan used to be viewed by some as divisive. CROWLEY: So you sort of — do you see her as a parallel? MCCAIN: No, I think she’s doing a great job. I think she’s doing a great job. I think she has motivated our base. I think she had a positive impact on the last election, and I’m proud of her. CROWLEY: Senator John McCain, there is never enough time. Thank you so much. MCCAIN: Thanks for having me on. CROWLEY: I appreciate it. Looks like they’re never going to stop with the revisionist history on Ronnie Ray-gun either. I hate to break it to you, Johnny, but he’s still viewed as divisive by many of us as well.
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In first public comments since release of hundreds of thousands of classified State Department cables, US secretary of state says leak erodes trust among nations. Obama administration ‘aggressively pursuing’ those responsible, she adds
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The folks at UT Austin’s HCR Laboratory have been working on a Meka humanoid robot for some time now, but they’ve only just recently added one pretty significant component to it: a head. This so-called “Dreamer” isn’t just your ordinary robot head, though — described by the researchers as a “sociable humanoid head,” the head is modeled on anime and comic characters, and promises to establish an “organic link to its biological counterpart, creating feelings of quasi-affinity in response to gestures and synthetic emotions.” In other words, it’s impressive enough to hold your attention while you interact with it, and it may very well creep you out a little. Head on past the break to check it out in action. Continue reading Meka, UT Austin researchers show off ‘sociable’ Dreamer robot head Meka, UT Austin researchers show off ‘sociable’ Dreamer robot head originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Those greedy bureaucrats sending out grandma’s social security check and cleaning up the toilets in our national parks finally have it coming to them, thanks to our honest, hard-working politicians. Republican lawmakers are expected to call for downsizing of the government and pay-cuts, while President Obama is proposing a two-year pay freeze for non-military federal employees. That measure would, the White House estimates, save a piddling (in deficit terms) $5 billion by 2012. It’s probably more of a strategic maneuver to keep the GOP’s purges at bay.
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Doctors should be aware that eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia are increasing rapidly in children and adolescents and thus should be on the lookout for signs of problems in their young patients, a new report says.
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Nations around the world are condemning the release of confidential US diplomatic cables on subjects such as Iran’s nuclear program and US efforts to spy on foreign officials. (Nov. 29)
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It’s been quite a few months since we’ve seen any major developments in Microsoft’s patent battle with Toronto-based i4i Inc over Microsoft Word , but it looks like things are now about to change in a big way. As The Wall Street Journal reports, the US Supreme Court has today agreed to hear Mircosoft’s appeal in the case that dealt it $290 million in damages and prevented it from selling versions of Word that contained the allegedly infringing technology. That could not only have some pretty big ramifications for Microsoft in this particular case, but for patent law in general, as it gets to the very heart of the legal standard for determining the validity of a patent. Needless to say, we’ll be watching this one very closely — the court is expected to hear the case sometime next year. US Supreme Court agrees to hear Microsoft appeal in Word patent case originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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