Archive for the 'cyborg' Category

Cloned immune cells cleared patient’s cancer

"Louis Weiner, director of the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Centre at Georgetown University, Washington, wrote that Yee's work 'underscores the remarkable potential of the immune system to eradicate cancer, even when the disease is widespread'."
 

When Dogs and Robots Collide, Somebody Needs a Talking To

"Capizzi…says his…terrier, Candie…is scared of his new Pleo…'She's terrified of it. She bites it,' he says. 'That dog really believes it's another animal.' He sent Pleo home with his fiancée's mother, who 'fell in love with it and treats it like
 

The Emerging Supremacy of Artificial legs

Quick rundown of the actual reasoning behind the IAAF's original ruling and the reasoning behind the overturning of that ruling by the CAS. Also makes the point that as prostheses continue to improve, the Paralympics will likely become a superhuman event.