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Optio V20 from Pentax has 5x Zoom, Smile Recognition and Blink Detection [Pentax]
Six months after Pentax released the Optio V10, the japanese company has upped the stakes with the V20. The slimline point-and-shoot has upped the zoom from 3x to 5x, as well as increasing Digital SR mode to ISO 3200 and ISO 6400. With a nice, big 3-inch LCD screen on the back, smile recognition and
What Is Blackberry 6?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plWOkI_Urwo&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] BlackBerry's out today with a new handset and, more importantly, a brand new operating system with at least one killer app. The whole thing could be the key to RIM's salvation. So what is BlackBerry 6, exact
Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1 gets handled, photographed
Filed under: CellphonesThe lucky chaps over at Boy Genius Report have managed to get their hands all over Sony Ericsson's latest and greatest -- the hotly anticipated Xperia X1. Early word is that the 800 x 480 screen, optical joystick, and speedy HSDPA data are all very welcome, but the keyboard (w
CCleaner 2.21.940
CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it's fast (normal
Swelling Obsorb Glass Slurps Gasoline From Water
Breaking news in the world of sponge technologies: Obsorb is a new nano glass matrix sponge that, when dipped into water, swells to suck the pollutants right out. Intended to purify our groundwater from dangerous pollutants like gasoline (note: it doesn't appear that Obsorb can handle crude oil,
WordPress Blogging Platform Updates with a Brand New Look, Bulk Updates
[HTML1] WordPress just released their 3.0 "Thelonious" update, debuting, among other things, an attractive and modern-looking default theme and a bulk plug-in, theme, and installation updater. The release also includes over one thousand bug fixes and enhancements. The new default theme, called
Putting Multiple Credit Card Accounts On the Same Plastic
The worst part about getting your credit card declined? Reaching back into your wallet to find one that works. Embarrassing! The Dynamics Card 2.0 MultiAccount feature solves that by putting two different accounts on the same piece of plastic. Card 2.0, shown off today for the first time, feature
Lenovo OPhone: Sexy Chinese Android
The spied out Lenovo OPhone looks like something that many expected from HTC in the first go-round- a beautiful, all-touch screen device that looks super sleek. And while Lenovo is known best for their brand of laptops, at least on the surface they appear to know what the heck they’re doingNasal Spray Chills and Saves Brains After Cardiac Arrest
Posted by AceNik on Mar 26, 2010•
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Consciousness lost, breathing stopped, pulse gone. Someone just slipped into cardiac arrest. In order to preserve the precious memories and thoughts at risk right now, we’re gonna have to squirt some perfluorocarbon coolant up a nose and chill a brain.
It certainly sounds odd, but by using a device called RhinoChill to spray coolant up a patient’s nose after cardiac arrest, emergency medical personnel can “safely induce hypothermia to slow brain cells’ metabolism, preventing the buildup of toxic molecules that can cause lasting damage.”
The system hasn’t been approved by the FDA just yet, but initial tests are at least optimistic:
A study of 200 patients showed that those who received RhinoChill were 15 percent likelier to live, and those survivors were 15 percent likelier to avoid brain damage.
Let’s hope that future results are just as positive and that RhinoChill sails through the FDA approval process. At least then there’ll be a good kind of brain freeze. [Pop Sci and American Heart Association]
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