And, the surgical technique for this procedure has an added bonus: It’s less complicated than other strategies, according to the report released online in advance of publication in an upcoming print issue of the journal Microsurgery. "When implants aren’t used, the most common technique for reconstructing breasts after a mastectomy is to make breast tissue from a flap of fat and sk...
Sony's Party-shot dock is fun and all but it suffers from one major limitation: it's fixed in space. Oh sure, it'll pan and tilt around its base until the last reveler is unconscious, but it won't go to where the action is. That's where the Ohio State University developed Paparazzi Bot comes in. The autonomous, sensor-laden, mobile robot stands at human height and decides for itself whether or not...
Raw Passion. Desire dark and dangerous, ripping at my soul. Lust knows no boundaries, and torments my sanity. You made me this way, with only a fleeting glance. I want to bind our bodies together, and ravage the demon within. I must not lose my dignity, when the she-wolf howls. I have to resist temptation, of the vampire affliction. But I cannot c...
From parade appearances to his most recent star turn at Sundance, it looks like Asimo's re-invention as a song-and-dance man continues unabated. Most recently, those crazy intellectual property lawyers-cum-bloggers at Stamoulis & Weinblatt, LLC have hepped us to a patent app in Honda's name that describes a robot that can not only pick up a beat and dance along, but recognize the tune and sing...
But new research suggests that oxytocin plays a role in jealousy and gloating as well. "Subsequent to these findings, we assume that the hormone is an overall trigger for social sentiments: When the person’s association is positive, oxytocin bolsters pro-social behaviors; when the association is negative, the hormone increases negative sentiments," Israeli researcher Simone Shamay...