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For people with type-1 diabetes who need to monitor their blood-sugar levels, the process may soon involve your smartphone interfacing with glucose-monitoring contact lenses. Enzymes in the "Functional Contact Lens" will interact with glucose in the tear film of the eye and flexible electronics in the lens will relay this information wirelessly to the user.
Source: DiscoveryNews
Little line Australian scientists say they have designed tiny wires, 10,000 times
thinner than a human hair but with the same electrical capacity as copper, in a major step toward building smaller, more potent computers.
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Free for all A file-sharing group that considers itself
a spiritual organisation has reportedly been recognised as a religious community in Sweden. According to documents provided by spiritual leader, Isak Gerson, 20, his Church of Kopimism received that approval in late December. Gerson said in an interview that some of the church's roughly 3,000 members meet every week to share files of music, films and other content they consider holy and regard copying as a sacrament. He said the church's philosophy opposes copyrights in all forms and encourages piracy of all types of media, including music, movies, TV shows, and software. Source: AP
Looking at digital advertisements has become commonplace in malls and bus stops around the world, but now a growing number of those signs are now looking back at you. Intel's AIM Suite digital signs use facial detection cameras and software to determine a consumer's age and gender, and then tailors their ads to suit and display.
Digital camera on notice
Digital cameras are becoming obsolete as people use the cameras in their smartphones. The popularity of smartphones, such as the iPhone and Google's Android, has changed the electronics landscape and put the once- dominant digital camera on notice.
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Unpolluted sleep Elodie Delassus, designer of the Cocoon Pillow for infants, was motivated by fears
of the effects of increasing air pollution on the health of babies to create a pillow that combines a HEPA (High-Efficiency Particulate Air) filtration system with noise-cancelling capabilities to offer an unpolluted sleep for a growing baby.
Source: www.yankodesign.com 70 | February/March 2012 | HER MAGAZINE
