UI Center Uses 3D Printers For Medical Advances
By Tara Bannow IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – The advent of 3D printing has revolutionized the manufacturing industry, but applying the practice to medicine has presented challenges. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports the process commonly involves heating up plastic to semi-molten states. The traditional 3D printers used in the University of Iowa’s Center for Computer-Aided [...]
US Museum Unwrapping Mummy’s Story With CT Scan
By Michael Felberbaum RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) – Using modern technology, a Virginia museum is working to unwrap the story behind one of the earliest surviving Egyptian mummies. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond partnered with a medical imaging center to complete a CT scan on Tjeby, its 4,000-year-old mummy, in hopes of piecing [...]
New Keyboard Blackberry In US Could Take Months
By Rob Gillies TORONTO (AP) – A modern BlackBerry with a physical keyboard might not arrive in the U.S. until May or June, a month or two behind other parts of the world, the chief executive of the smartphone maker suggested in an interview. Although Research in Motion Ltd. CEO Thorsten Heins said the exact [...]
‘Smart’ Potty Or Dumb Idea? Wacky Gadgets At CES
By Ryan Nakashima and Barbara Ortutay LAS VEGAS (AP) – Some of the weirdest gadgets at the International CES show are designed to solve problems you never knew you had. Are you eating too fast? A digital fork will let you know. Is your toddler having trouble sitting still on the potty? Let the iPotty [...]
New Search Engine Tailors Its Results For Tablets
By Michael Liedtke SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The makers of Blekko believe they’ve built a great alternative to Google, but they’re also realistic. They know their two-year-old Internet search engine won’t ever supplant Google as the most popular place to search on laptop and desktop computers. But Web surfing on tablet computers is a different [...]
