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Scientists Grow a Heart

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2008-01-16 12:48:29 by Editor in Ubergizmo
Not really gadgety but look at this: Scientists at the University of Minnesota have announced that they have engineered a (rat) heart by growing muscle and endothelial (vein coating) cells in a gelatin heart-shaped scaffold that also had all the necessary conduits. At the end, the heart could pump at 1/4th of a normal heart rate Its not...
 
Tags: heart, normal heart, remarkable milestone, human tissue, scientists, scaffold, story, operational, conduits
 
 
 
 
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Scientists Grow a Heart

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2008-01-16 17:01:35 by admin in GadgetBB News Blog
Not really gadgety but look at this: Scientists at the University of Minnesota have announced that they have engineered a (rat) heart by growing muscle and endothelial (vein coating) cells in a gelatin heart-shaped scaffold that also had all the necessary conduits. At the end, the heart could pump at 1/4th of a normal heart rate Its not...
 
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High-tech cocktails

2008-04-23 21:17:50 by HASH0x8b5220c in gadget life blog
 
I havent seen anyone doing this at the bars around Dallas, but the Internet is abuzz with stories of high-tech cocktails. Here, via TrendHunter , is an explanation of the next-generation mojito He starts by blanching the mint then shocking it in an ice bath. He strains it, adds a gelatin, xantham gum and rum medly, then drops it into a foggy...
 
Tags: high-tech cocktails, ice-cube-like gin-and-tonic jelly, pearls, worlds top bartenders, caviar pearls, dutch distiller bols, boozy ice cream, time piece, next-generation mojito
 
 
 
 
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Activate Water shows what a harmful scam most bottled beverages really are

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2008-04-25 12:43:39 by Joel Johnson in Boing Boing Gadgets
Activate" is a new line of sports beverages that store the powdered "vitamins and herbs" in the cap. Twist the top and a small plastic blade cuts the seal, opening an armature that allows the ingredients to fall into the water. The conceit is that the vitamins will say at "maximum potency" since they are not deteriorating in water It's...
 
Tags: water, sports beverages, plastic blade cuts, proper soft drink, sports, product page activatedrinks, maximum potency, tiny, main priority
 
 
 
 
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Octocube radiator looks like cubist brain meat

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2008-05-08 15:42:56 by John Brownlee in Boing Boing Gadgets
The Octocube radiator is a sculptural concept heater by Vivien Muller that would probably be pretty good at heating up a cold room, given all that surface area. But I can't help but think that with a thin slathering of translucent gelatin and some Pollackesque splatters of red paint, I'd have a lovely Spam-like cube of quivering cerebellum...
 
Tags: octocube, octocube radiator, lovely spam-like cube, sculptural concept heater, red paint, pollackesque splatters, translucent gelatin, muller, gizmodo
 
 
 
 
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Grandmas Fantasy Come True

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2008-07-08 22:59:45 by Long Tran in Yanko Design
I ate so much jello as a kid that Im now totally sick of it. Even the promise of suspended fruit no longer appeals to me (unless its a combination of kiwi in lime jello. mmm mmm good). Nevertheless some peoples distaste for the jiggly gelatin didnt stop designer David Hingamp from make a giant semi-transparent room in the shape of the ubiquitous...
 
Tags: jello, lime jello, ubiquitous jello mold, david hingamp, jiggly gelatin, wanna jump, jelly box, peoples distaste, mmm mmm
 
 
 
 
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Review: A month with MonkeyLectric LED Light System for Bikes

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2008-07-29 13:02:47 by John Brownlee in Boing Boing Gadgets
In Flann O'Brien's surrealist masterpiece The Third Policeman , the anonymous one-legged protagonist (who is also dead, but don't worry too much about that) incites a riot in the Irish countryside amongst his fellow one-legged countrymen. The local constable, thinking quickly, puts the riot down the only way he knows how: he paints his bicycle...
 
Tags: monkeylectric, bike path, bike, revolutionary bike light, bicycle, rigid bicycle laws, light, monkeylectric official site, surrealist bicycle
 
 
 
 
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Marvin hates PhotoSwap

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2008-09-29 20:45:27 by Marvin Battelle in Boing Boing Gadgets
Brownlee was just so impressed with his little iPhone app, PhotoSwap . You should have seen him bouncing around the BBG offices, squealing and micturating in excitement like a vertiginous lemonade junkie strapped to a carnival Brain Scrambler Look, Marvin!" he literally ejaculated. I hate this guy. "I just sent a photo of an insipid cartoon...
 
Tags: photoswap, photoswap account, photoswap photos, marvin, brownlee, brownlee agrees, iphone app, iphone, photo
 
 
 
 
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Sony Ericsson's 8-megapixel C905 makes sweet love to the FCC

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2008-10-14 17:59:00 by Chris Ziegler in Engadget
Filed under: Cellphones So what do you think they take pictures of in an FCC lab when they've got an 8-megapixel cameraphone handy? Oh, come on -- you know the technicians lucky enough to fiddle with fresh gadget after delicious, fresh gadget as they burn through specific absorption rate paperwork engage in a little extracurricular activity...
 
Tags: sony ericsson, fresh gadget, 8-megapixel cameraphone handy, hell breaks loose, julie figures, julie, gadget blogs, specific absorption, scary apparatus
 
 
 
 
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New York: Magnum Edition

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2008-10-31 16:17:03 by HASH0x8472fdc in Cool Hunting