Does the solution to climate change lie in a giant SPONGE? Scientists create plastic mop that absorbs CO2
By Sarah Griffiths From Daily Mail UK Absorbent material could bridge the gap between the use of fossil fuels and new energy sources such as hydrogen It’s a brown, sand-like powder, made by linking together many small carbon-based molecules into…
You can carry a privacy-minded wireless hotspot in your pocket
By Jon Fingas From engadget Devices like the Safeplug can deter companies and governments from snooping on your devices at home, but they’re not much good when you’re on the road. That’s where the PORTAL (Personal Onion Router To Assure…
TeVido BioDevices 3D-Prints Skin And Fat Grafts For Breast Cancer Survivors
By Sara Inés Calderón From Techcrunch Laura Bosworth spends most of her time talking about breasts — nipples, specifically. For the past three years as CEO of TeVido BioDevices, which works with human tissue and 3D printing to create skin…
The Brazilian bus magnate who’s buying up all the World’s vinyl records
By Monte Ree From The New York Times Paul Mawhinney, a former music-store owner in Pittsburgh, spent more than 40 years amassing a collection of some three million LPs and 45s, many of them bargain-bin rejects that had been thoroughly…
Post-2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Technical Conference in Panama
Please note the following information from FIFA regarding the post-2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Technical Conference in Panama, scheduled for September 11-12, 2014: FIFA starts post-2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Technical Conferences FIFA is pleased to announce the start of…
shockingly good bionics in sports
These pictures show how shockingly good bionics in sports are now By Leslie Baehr From Business Insider Doug Pensinger/Getty Images North America Prosthetic limbs have been around for centuries, but the prosthetics of today don’t look like those from your…
AA Insider-Trading conviction upheld in Third Circuit
By Saranac Hale Spencer, From The Legal Intelligencer A financial adviser who made more than $250,000 trading on insider information he got from a fellow Alcoholics Anonymous member failed in his bid to overturn his conviction by challenging the validity…
2014 Limacol Caribbean Premier League – Match Report 28 & 29
2014 Limacol Caribbean Premier League – Match Report 28: (CPL) Jamaica Tallawahs (158-6) beat Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel (155-6) by 4 wickets with 2 balls remaining Wednesday 13th August 2014 – Basseterre, St. Kitts – A brilliant late order…
Impact of sanctions in Ukraine and Russia under the Laws of Cyprus, the BVI and the Cayman Islands
From Harneys This guide contains a summary of the current sanctions regime imposed on Ukraine by the European Union in March 2014. No sanctions on the Russian Federation, as relevant to Cyprus, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) or the Cayman…
The [US] Marines want to build a laser weapon to shoot down enemy aircraft
By David M Brooks From Business Insider The Marine Corps has begun field testing a laser weapon that can be mounted on a Humvee to shoot down low-flying aircraft such as enemy drones, Raytheon announced Wednesday. “Raytheon is paving the…
