Currently viewing the category: "Science"

Railway Bridge Health Monitoring System

By On March 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment

In my last post I put forth the idea of using the unique capabilities and UX of the iPhone to help track defects in railways, which came about after my initial conversations with a friend from the railroad industry.

Hours into our conversation I was perplexed at the lack of proactive [...]

Continue Reading →

Diabetes

By On November 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment

My first exposure to diabetes was while living in the UK during my teenage years. I remember a girl who used to leave class at a specific time everyday in order to inject herself with insulin. Obviously at that time I was completely ignorant and so were my classmates who made cruel comments about [...]

Continue Reading →

Scientists Erase Mice Memories

By On October 24, 2008 · Leave a Comment

In the like of “Total Recall“, “Johnny Mnemonic” and most recently “Paycheck“, scientist have been able to erase specific memories from mice, without damaging the brain.

By manipulating important levels of protein in the brain, certain memories can be erased according to a group of scientist lead by Joe [...]

Continue Reading →

Weather Watchers

By On October 14, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Looking for a way to keep track of hurricanes? The National Weather Center website not good enough?

The guys over at Stormpulse.com have put together a great resource on hurricane activity.

You can view hurricanes and hurricane season dating back to 1851 by entering in a URL such as:

Continue Reading →