Six previously blind patients detect light, motion, identify objects with retinal prostheses
Researchers from the University of Southern California and the Doheny Eye Institute's Doheny Retina Institute will be presenting data on the first six patients implanted with an intraocular retinal prosthesis-more popularly referred to as an artificial retina-developed and manufactured in partnership with Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., of Sylmar, Calif. According to Mark Humayun, pro...Contrary to common wisdom, scientist discovers some mammals can smell objects under water
A Vanderbilt researcher has discovered that some stealthy mammals have been doing something heretofore thought impossible -- using the sense of smell under water. The results of the research by Vanderbilt's Kenneth Catania, assistant professor of biology, were reported Dec. 21 in the science journal Nature. He became curious when he observed that a mole he was studying blew a lot of bubble...Business Objects to acquire La Crosse-based Firstlogic
Firstlogic is a privately held firm that provides software, services, education and consulting to help businesses make sure their data is as...Firstlogic partners with Business Objects
LA CROSSE -- Business Objects and Firstlogic have announced an OEM agreement to embed "Data credibility has become extr...Local Community Objects to Mental Facility
The concerns expressed by the local community with regard to locating a care facility in the Perth suburb are altogether unfounded according to the Mental Health Council // . The Western Australian Government has faulted the Vincent Council for having reversed the approval given to the 20-bed facility. The local community has expressed fears that violent inmates of the house may crea...Octarms for robots for better grasping of objects
In the field of robotics the latest is that of the development of an analog to our hand which resembles and works in a similar way as that of tentacles or an elephant trunk. // It is said that these tentacles can grasp and grapple a wide variety of objects. Initially the robots could not do this and rely on mechanical gripping jaws. They were not good at grabbing or holding large or irreg...Metallic and Glass Objects Retreived from Women's Stomach
Jaipur: Ever imagined finding iron nails, coins, locks, glass bangles, magnets and anklet's in a women's stomach?// Impossible right! But it is true that doctors here at the government SMS hospital took these things out after performing a two-hour operation on a 49-year-old woman Lata. "Lata was admitted here after she complained of severe stomach pain. After a complete che...Autistic Children May Lag behind in ‘Categorization of Objects
Pittsburgh: Researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University conducted a path breaking study on autistic children //indicating that such children portray a lag in their ability to differentiate between living and non living things and segregating objects according to their category. The paper which can be found in the Journal of Developmental and Physical Di...