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Mind Altering Candy: Is this legit?

Posted on 02. Aug, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

Eye Candy is a revolutionary new gadget that uses Sensory Substitution Technology. When a user places the candy gadget  in their mouth, it transmits vivid emotive images into their mind’s eye. This evokes a specific feeling, depending on the flavor.
How this works
Each of your senses (touch, smell, sight, taste, hearing) sends information to the brain at a [...]

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Twittering from the Womb

Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

Corey Menscher, a father-to-be, has constructed a device called the Kickbee that notifies him when his unborn baby kicks inside the womb.
The Kickbee is a stretchable band with attached sensors, and is worn by a pregnant mother over her stomach. A microcontroller in the band then captures the movement of the baby kicking, and transmits the signals wirelessly to an application on a [...]

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'Wearable Agrirobot' Power Suit Helps Aging Farm Workers

Posted on 28. Apr, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

The Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology has developed an agriculture robot suit tailored to the 40% of Japan’s farm workers who are over the age of 65. Shigeki Toyama, a professor in robotics who developed the robotic harvesting and pruning suit, sought to make it industry and task-specific in order to generate cost savings [...]

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