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Scientists invent oxygen particle that allows you to live without breathing

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 03/29/2017 - 20:32

BOSTON, Massachusetts (PNN) - March 28, 2017 - A team of scientists at the Boston Children’s Hospital have invented what is being considered one the greatest medical breakthroughs in recent years. They have designed a microparticle that can be injected into a person’s bloodstream that can quickly oxygenate his or her blood. This will even work if the ability to breathe has been restricted, or even cut off entirely.

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Scientists hack a human cell and reprogram it like a computer

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 03/29/2017 - 20:29

BOSTON, Massachusetts (PNN) - March 27, 2017 - Cells are basically tiny computers: they send and receive inputs and output accordingly. If you chug a Frappuccino, your blood sugar spikes, and your pancreatic cells get the message. Output: more insulin.

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Hyperloop tech company offers first look at futuristic travel pods

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 03/22/2017 - 17:55

CULVER CITY, Kalifornia (PNN) - March 21, 2017 - Building a new 700mph transport system sounds pretty tricky, so one Hyperloop company has decided to kick things off by building the passenger pods first.

Hyperloop is a proposed plan to transport people or cargo between cities at near-supersonic speed in vacuum-sealed pods.

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Real-life Robocops will soon replace human terrorist pig thug cops

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 03/22/2017 - 17:54

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (PNN) - March 20, 2017 - Robot police were once sci-fi fantasy, but soon the real thing will be patrolling the streets of Dubai.

While the original RoboCop from the 1987 film, a superhuman cyborg law enforcer, could hunt down murderous criminals, the real-life version will be tackling more straightforward misdemeanors.

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Solar powered handheld vessel can turn hot air into cool drinking water

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 03/08/2017 - 20:03

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (PNN) - March 3, 2017 - In an era when humans are taking from the Earth much more than they’re giving, it’s important that developers continue to create sustainable solutions that the globe is facing or will face in the near future. The water crisis that is impacting the whole planet, caused primarily by climate change and overpopulation, calls for new ways to produce water even when traditional natural resources are scarce so that people don’t die of dehydration.

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Seven Earth-size planets were just found orbiting a nearby star

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 03/01/2017 - 17:57

Three of them may be habitable.

HOUSTON, Texas (PNN) - February 23, 2017 - Planet-hunters are always on the lookout for worlds that look like Earth - rocky planets that are not too hot and not too cold for liquid water to flow on the surface. Now scientists have hit the jackpot, discovering seven Earth-size exoplanets orbiting a single star just 39 light-years away.

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Vizio smart TVs tracked viewers around the clock without consent

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 03/01/2017 - 17:48

WASHINGTON (PNN) - February 7, 2017 - Vizio, one of the world's biggest makers of Smart TVs, is paying $2.2 million to settle charges that it collected viewing habits from 11 million devices without the knowledge or consent of the people watching them.

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5 things you need to know about EMPs

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 02/22/2017 - 17:54

Electromagnetic pulse weapons are often cited by the Prepper community as a potential threat to our nation. But are they to be taken seriously?

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New study finds most government workers could be replaced by robots

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 02/22/2017 - 17:46

LONDON, England (PNN) - February 8, 2017 - A study by a British think tank Reform says that 90% of British civil service workers have jobs so pointless they could easily be replaced by robots, saving the government around $8 billion per year.