Technology

AVITA'S RECELL Spray-On Skin For Pediatric Burns Gets FDA Approval

The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and AVITA Medical have halted recruitment for the ongoing pediatric burn study of RECELL spray-on skin for the best possible reason; it h ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 10 2021 - 10:27am

Terahertz Band- 6G Cell Service Has Science Obstacles That Can Be Overcome, But Cultural Ones May Be Insurmountable

There are lots of advertisements for 5G cellular service but it still isn't available in most places, and devices that take advantage of it are in relatively low use. Better quality cat videos on a 5-inch screen are not all that compelling Sooner rath ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 14 2021 - 12:30pm

If You're Part Of A Data Breach, You Probably Don't Know It

Most people don't recall the LinkedIn data breach from nine years ago, the Adobe customer cyber attackers from eight years back, that Equifax exposed private information of millions of people just four years ago. Those are the high profile ones but mo ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 28 2021 - 2:11pm

Bacteriophage Particles Could Make Future COVID Vaccines Inhalable

Two approaches in development may lead to an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine that is scalable and can be transported and stored at room temperature. They'll be too late to help with the actual COVID-19 but since coronavirus constantly mutates, like the flu ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2021 - 6:59am

AFM Research Opens New Doors In Storage And Processing Media

The evolution of hard disk storage shows how we've managed to shrink down technology over decades. From having a room full of disks and tapes to owning a single drive that one could hold in the palm of one's hands, we've managed to develop ...

Article - Mike Thomas - Aug 4 2021 - 1:33pm

We Don't Need Facebook Authoritarianism: Casual People Spot Fake News As Well As Paid Fact Checkers

It has become common for political activists to demand that social media engage in bans and content warnings, because the other side is too stupid to know false facts from the real kind. In reality, everyone who takes their politics too seriously is inclin ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 3 2021 - 11:31am

MRNA Vaccines Won’t Replace All Current Ones- Here's Why

The rapid development of effective mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 has led some observers to suggest that mRNA will push other types of vaccines out of the market completely in the near future. But is that desirable? Is it even possible? ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 21 2021 - 10:09am

Thomas Edison's Creepy Talking Doll From 1890

Thomas Edison did a lot right but there is one thing he got very, very wrong. Namely, a talking doll that was sure to be an inspiration for generations of future horror movie fans.   It was a bold idea, of course, Edison had a lot of those, but sometimes e ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 22 2021 - 6:29pm

PlakTak: The Military Has Developed Candy That's Healthy

The US military has quietly led to a lot of technological advancements that few know about. One recent example; before we had a serious COVID-19 infectious disease problem to worry about, the US National Institutes of Health tried to use Ebola in parts of ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 27 2021 - 12:21pm

Facial Recognition Is Finally Raising Questions About Government Accountability

For most of this century, anyone in London has been photographed and filmed an average of 300 times each day. Their reasoning to start such intrusive scrutiny was that England, Wales, and Scotland led the developed world in crime, and a tourist attraction ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 15 2021 - 4:11pm