3D printing isn’t all about making guns and toys —some researchers are using it to make real medical advances . Now, a team of researchers from the University of Oxford has managed to create a 3D printer that can produce synthetic tissue using just water and oil. More »
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Scientists Can Print Synthetic Tissue Using Just Water and Oil
The Internet phone and messaging service shares an impressive statistic and shows it remains a powerhouse when it comes to communications. [Read more]
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Skype handles 2 billion minutes of connections daily
It’s no secret that the likes of China and Iran censor the internet to within an inch of its life, but now there’s a new Big Brother blocking content: Russia. More »
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The Russian Government Has Started Censoring the Internet
Twitter is lighting up with a backlash against the choice from prominent Christians. [Read more]
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Google Cesar Chavez doodle on Easter ignites furor
It’s useful for blasting dust, crumbs, and other crap off your keyboard and electronics, but those overpriced compressed air cans are almost as big a rip-off as printer ink . So here’s a brilliant and relatively simple hack that makes a compressed air can refillable with a standard tire pump. And just to highlight what’s probably the most crucial step in this project: you’ll want to make sure the can you’re using is completely and thoroughly empty before going at it with a drill. [ YouTube via Dooby Brain ] More »
The upcoming new release of Windows will add your Start screen to the list of items that can be synced across multiple devices, says Supersite for Windows’ Paul Thurrott. [Read more]
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Windows Blue to let you sync your Start screen across devices
A company called Lumilor has announced a permanent electroluminescent paint that can be selectively illuminated by applying a charge to it. Burning Man attendees are already familiar with the ubiquitous, cheap EL wire, but this takes things to a new level: The LumiLor TM electroluminescent coating system is a patent-pending, practical, durable and affordable technology that can be illuminated with a simple electrical current. Used in conjunction with simple driver electronics, LumiLor will illuminate any surface brightly, and is capable of being custom-animated to flash in sequenced, strobed, and sound activated modes. The potential for customization is practically limitless! ABOUT LUMILOR ( via JWZ )
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Electroluminescent paint: like EL wire you apply with a brush
Google Glass glasses aren’t the only iGlasses. [Read more]
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Epson Moverio BT-100 head-mounted display: In-depth hands-on
For the first time in years, e-commerce marketplace eBay is cutting its listing fees and lowering its rates in a major way. [Read more]
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eBay lowers seller fees, in bid to swipe business from Amazon
Formed in 2009, the joint partnership of STMicro and Ericsson was never profitable as top customer Nokia lost market share to Apple and Samsung. [Read more]
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Chipmaking venture ST-Ericcson to close, cut 1,600 jobs