A scanner that can produce three-dimensional images of the body with a clarity without precedents, while reducing the radiation, is being used in a Cleveland hospital (USA).
The Computed Tomography (CT) machine, known as the Brilliance CT, is manufactured by the Dutch company Philips.
The machine takes large numbers of X-ray pictures and combines them by using computer programs.
Brilliance CT generates the images faster than other CT devices: a full body scan take less than a minute.
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We continue covering the Web 2.0 boom and at this time we take a look at an startup in beta phase that claims to have some functions similar to Twitter or Facebook but being focused on the capacity to build video-based communities.
The service is closed to the public yet and it is necessary to sign up in order to have the chance to become a beta tester. According to the founder (the European entrepreneur Loic Le Meur), the system will allow to the users to post videos recorded from their own webcam or share videos from a third party like YouTube. Also, similar to Facebook, the users will be able to know their friends’ novelties by a news feed system publishing the new posts shared by the members.
Future plans for the system include the ability to record conversations through Skype, videochat and the integration for easy use with Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, del.ici.ous, Joost and other websites.
Loic Le Meur says a part of Seesmic could end up being an Internet TV system whose contents are produced by the most talented users who would have the possibility of generating revenues by those contents.
If you are interested to be a beta tester for this system, please go to the webiste and fill out the short form. http://seesmic.com
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Curvy women can have smarter children due to the high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids in hips. These acids are very important for development of the brain in the fetus.
This statement was revealed by a research that will be published on the official magazine of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society this week. The research has been carried out by the Universities of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) and California.
According to an extract of the research that was diffused today, in different cognitive tests that were developed, the curvy women’s children had an intelligence quotient greater than children of mothers who have narrow hips.
The fact that the children of mothers with wide hips and a narrow waist scored high on the intelligence tests that were carried out, produced a conclusion that was announced by William Lassek of the University of Pittsburgh and Steven Gaulin, of California. In this announcement they said the fetuses are benefitted by a rich supply of polyunsaturated fatty acids according to the results.
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The Japanese company Sony announced on Tuesday its plans to launch a lighter version of its PlayStation 2 game console at the end of the month, in a bid to get more sales of this machine, that is seven years old, before the year-end holidays.
The new model has a built-in AC adaptor and weighs 720 grams, less than the previous model which weighs 850 grams total including its external adapter.
Since the new machine’s power cord comes without a voluminous adapter, it will be easier for players to enjoy the PS2 in any place of the house, Sony Corp’s games unit said on Tuesday.
This version will come out for sale in Japan on November 22, for 16.000 yens (about US $140), the same price of the previous model. Dates for the launch in the rest of the world will be decided later.
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