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We may already have spray-on bandages, but Arch Therapeutics has developed a nanostructured substance that they say stops bleeding almost instantly. Originally developed at MIT, the material is awaiting FDA approval and could make its way into operating rooms soon. The liquid is made up of amino acids that form peptides and cluster into long fibers when exposed to salty environments, like, say, a whole bunch of blood. The material isn’t terribly new — it was originally discovered in the 90s, but only recently during an experiment did researchers realize that it would be great for blood control. Shortly thereafter, people saw dollar signs and Arch Therapeutics was founded.

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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

We may already have spray-on bandages, but Arch Therapeutics has developed a nanostructured substance that they say stops bleeding almost instantly. Originally developed at MIT, the material is awaiting FDA approval and could make its way into operating rooms soon. The liquid is made up of amino acids that form peptides and cluster into long fibers when exposed to salty environments, like, say, a whole bunch of blood. The material isn’t terribly new — it was originally discovered in the 90s, but only recently during an experiment did researchers realize that it would be great for blood control. Shortly thereafter, people saw dollar signs and Arch Therapeutics was founded.

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We may already have spray-on bandages, but Arch Therapeutics has developed a nanostructured substance that they say stops bleeding almost instantly. Originally developed at MIT, the material is awaiting FDA approval and could make its way into operating rooms soon. The liquid is made up of amino acids that form peptides and cluster into long fibers when exposed to salty environments, like, say, a whole bunch of blood. The material isn’t terribly new — it was originally discovered in the 90s, but only recently during an experiment did researchers realize that it would be great for blood control. Shortly thereafter, people saw dollar signs and Arch Therapeutics was founded.

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Filed under: Wireless, Networking

Face it, that sneakernet setup of yours is way tired. What you need is a racist wireless data transfer device that fires 3.5-inch floppy disks at deadly velocity. Really, you’ve earned it. Video after the break.

Continue reading Electricity-powered Datastorm data transfer device is retrolutionary

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Face it, that sneakernet setup of yours is way tired. What you need is a racist wireless data transfer device that fires 3.5-inch floppy disks at deadly velocity. Really, you’ve earned it. Video after the break.

Continue reading Electricity-powered Datastorm data transfer device is retrolutionary

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Filed under: Cellphones

Following the lead of Google and Apple in providing a hefty chunk of some sort of funding up front for app developers, RIM is teaming up with RBC and Thomson Reuters to provide a $150 million fund to invest in “mobile applications and services.” Interestingly, RIM isn’t limiting those apps and services just to the BlackBerry, and instead the fund is designed to “advance the industry.” The fund will be open to companies from all over the world, and sounds like it’ll be open to pretty much any type of mobile application or service developer that plans on kicking ass in its respective field. We’re curious as to how BlackBerry slanted the fund will end up being, but hey, it’s their money, so we really couldn’t complain either way.

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Following the lead of Google and Apple in providing a hefty chunk of some sort of funding up front for app developers, RIM is teaming up with RBC and Thomson Reuters to provide a $150 million fund to invest in “mobile applications and services.” Interestingly, RIM isn’t limiting those apps and services just to the BlackBerry, and instead the fund is designed to “advance the industry.” The fund will be open to companies from all over the world, and sounds like it’ll be open to pretty much any type of mobile application or service developer that plans on kicking ass in its respective field. We’re curious as to how BlackBerry slanted the fund will end up being, but hey, it’s their money, so we really couldn’t complain either way.

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Filed under: Household

If destroying your roof just to get some sun-sucking solar panels installed isn’t your thing, Lumeta’s PowerPly could be the solution. The panels use traditional roofing adhesives, that’ll be familiar to regular ol’ roofers, and save the process from drilling holes and bolts associated with the regular rack systems required to mount solar panels. Right now this process is targeted at commercial projects — you can watch a pair of guys install 2.25 kilowatts of solar modules onto a California roof after the break — but hopefully residential applications won’t be far behind.

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Continue reading Lumeta’s “peel & stick” solar panels can blanket a roof in under 35 minutes

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Sorry folks, it looks like Green House’s USB table fan is strictly Japanese for the time being, so you’ll have to settle for something a little smaller. Not that we’re terribly confident a 500mA current is really all that capable of moving a lot of air in a table fan anyway.

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QuantumG writes “Greg Zsidisin appeared on The Space Show today to ask Where Are The Space Advocates?. For the first time in decades Space is once again a political issue with all four major presidential candidates having something to say about space policy and yet nothing is being heard from space advocates. As we enter a new “Space Nexus” like we did after Apollo, now is a critical time to let your representatives know how you feel about space exploration, and yet no-one has anything to say.” The show itself is a podcast if you want to give it a listen. Personally I’m hoping that this election puts space exploration back in the public consciousness- Apollo inspired a generation to learn math and science. I want my kid to be inspired by something bigger than that. And as some readers have noted- there are 3 candidates left (and really only two) so the submitter is probably high.

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