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http://senseable.mit.edu/copenha... ..... The Copenhagen Wheel isn’t a bike itself but rather wheel built around a smooth disk containing a three-speed internal hub, a battery, a GPS receiver, and a variety of sensors to monitor ambient conditions such as temperature and pollution levels... NO cabling! .... Wheel owners mount their iPhone (or other smart phone) on the handlebars and use it as a controller via a Bluetooth connection to the hub. Use the phone to lock and unlock the Wheel, to change gears, and to collect and view data, such as miles traveled, noise and weather, etc. Because smart phones are also internet devices, this information can be loaded onto the web and shared via social networking applications or compiled with information from other Wheel owners to create a real-time data map of the urban environment.... The Copenhagen Wheel also captures energy from the brakes to recharge the batteries, a feature that seems to have excited a lot of the gadget press. - pb: from Bookmarklet

http://gizmodo.com/5427252... ... just exchange your wheel ! ... how easy is that :] ......... http://web.mit.edu/press... - pb:

"mass tissue manufacturing" - pb: from Bookmarklet

http://gizmodo.com/5365299... .... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009... - pb: from Bookmarklet

Scientists turned the skin cells into IPS cells (induced pluripotent stem cells), the skin-derived stem cells that have emerged as an alternative to embryonic stem cells. .... Bathed with a cocktail of chemicals, the IPS cells were then morphed into a variety of retinal cells, including the all-important photoreceptors that translate light signals into electrical signals for our brains to parse as vision. .... The cells might also serve as a treatment themselves, whether grown from IPS cells or embryonic stem cells. Previous studies have improved vision in mice by treating their retinas with stem cells, and this development might help extend that research to humans. - pb: from Bookmarklet

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