Archive for the ‘SCIENCE!!’ Category

Coffee is good!?

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Why do such things come up whenever I try to quit something!?

Well, according to some researchers, Coffee could protect against oral cancers…

These researchers made some study on some men and split’em into two groups; those who consume coffee and those who don’t.

They realized that those who consume coffee cut their risk by half…

More details? Check the REUTERS link.

Don’t yell at your computer!!

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Sometimes I think there’s nothing left to research… Then something totally random appears :P

Yelling at your Computer (HDDs) would delay some stuff… So be nice to them :P

Click here to read the Engadget post.

Sharks don’t bite hard!?

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The more I know about sharks the more I realize how funny they are :P

According to a study made by some researchers, Sharks got a wimpy bite…

As in, they don’t really bite hard considering their HUGE SIZE… But their extremely sharp teeth causes what the shark cause when it bites…

I remembered this loop from “Strange Wilderness” when I read “Shark Teeth”… I hope you like it…

Anyways, here’s the REUTERS link to read more about it.

Read your blood pressure while using your computer

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I think my father would like to have one…

A USB blood pressure measuring device… Not so creative but original and so useful…

Click here to read more about it in SlashGear post.

Control your Sex\Food pleasure by a CHIP PLANTED IN YOUR HEAD!?

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I laughed when I read Engadget’s joke (I’ll quote it later on)…

Oxford Neurosurgery professor Tipu Aziz tried such device that simulate physical signals to the brain to increase sex and food pleasure… But the subject that tried such thing complained about being sex-supercharged constantly so they had to remove things…

That professor is predicting such device to be out in the future… So the Engadget’s joke was:

Sure, sure — but can you overclock it?

Click here to read the Engadget post.

EXTREME Video games are good for health!! (Atleast for the brain)

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I think I should lure dad to play Generals :P

I’ll quote this from REUTERS article:

The findings suggest that video games that keep players “on their toes” might help older adults keep their brains sharp, the researchers report in the journal Psychology and Aging.

I remember my dad wanted to play “Wolf3D” but he couldn’t process everything… I think I should force him into Counter-Strike: Source or maybe Team Fortress 2 :P

Read the REUTERS article for more details

Here! Listen to your iPod while I open your skull and start messing!!

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Gavin Brooke, a teenager from UK, had to plug his iPod and talk to his surgeons while they mess with his head removing a hard brain tumor…

As one of the surgeons stated that he needs the patient to stay awake while they remove the tumor, so he gave him the iPod to listen to his sonfs and kept talking to him for the six hours of operation…

The first song that Gavin listened to was Apologize by Timbaland, featuring One Republic (Awwww :P).

I really like the way the doctors thought… And I wonder if the Kuwaiti version would be “Let him listen to Khalid Al-Mulla or Al-Mu6rif” or “Just tune the radio to FM 88.8, 99.7 or 103.7″

Click here to read more about it in CNET’s article.

Face Transplant!?

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I just hope nothing like this happens in Kuwait for a silly reason :P

A patient who had an injury that cost her an eye, nose and her upper jaw, got eight transplant specialists to transplant bone, blood vessles, nerves and muscles in 22 hours operation!!

She was able to get such treatment by replacing a female donor’s face…

I’m really surprised with such news. I mean, how great it is to donate your face for a needing stranger (Who knows… Could be a relative… But I’m assuming they’re totally strangers)… And how amazing it is to be able to pull such operation off with success…

I really hope nothing like this happens in Kuwait. Don’t get me wrong, I really hope no one gets such injury and\or the need to get such treatment. And I hope MOH (Wezarat Al-Ke77a) only refer to such treatment when it is extremly needed…

I mean, come on!! I’m sure someone would kill for a celebrity’s face… An to throw some names:
Halema Boland
Noor and Muhannad from that Turkish TV show
Abdullah Ruwaished
Maybe Bashar Al-Shatti (I know someone who’s obsessed about him)
Rabeh Saqer (I don’t know if someone would… But he’s a celebrity anyways :P)
Alisa (They’d go for body transplant too :P)
Nancy Ajram (Someone would need to cut their height to reach that :P)
Shereen
Nawal

THE LIST IS ENDLESS…

You know we’re crazy enough to desire such thing and forget about our natural beauty we’ve been given by god…

Click here to read the BBC NEWS link.

Artificial Bone!?

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I hope they totally finish developing it an our MOH (Wezarat Al-Ke77a) start using it…

Some British scientists developed an injectable artificial bone that flows in like a toothpaste and harden like a bone…

It shouldn’t damage neighbour tissues and stuff since it doesn’t heat up (Which probably damages other cells and tissues… Funny, I usually feel like sneezing everytime I hear\read the word tissue :P) when injected…

They’re hoping that such development would reduce (if not suspend) relate surgeries…

Click here to read more details.

Cute, Super tiny Keyboard…

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I think I’ll get that sometime in the near future :P

As you can see from the image above, ITS SO DAMN SMALL!!!

It weights 138g (Which might be even lighter than a snickers chocolate bar!!), 10m wireless range using the USB dongle and has AAA battery

And costs around $47…

Click Here to check the SlashGear article.