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Entries from July 2007

Belated Hearty Friday

July 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Originally uploaded by Andy CF

For 2007-07-20

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Warming up to the Foleo

July 18th, 2007 · No Comments

When I first saw the press release for Palm’s new Foleo device, I was underwhelmed. If you read any comments on tech sites discussing the Foleo, you’ll see I’m not the only one. Unfortunately, there’s not a lot of info out about the thing. However, after some digging, I’m getting kind of excited.
You see, [...]

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Tags: Linux · Tech · Treo

Bionic hand goes on the market

July 17th, 2007 · No Comments

The reason I got into electrophysiology was because I was excited about the potential for electronic prosthetics. It seems the first real one has come to market. It’s still primitive in comparison to what I envision — a prosthetic that hooks directly up to nerves and sends and receives signals — but I’m sure that [...]

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Tags: Biomedical Engineering · Medicine · Science · Tech

Cable tensioner on MetroLink line

July 14th, 2007 · No Comments

Cable tensioner on MetroLink line

Originally uploaded by brocktice

I was waiting to transfer between MetroLink trains on my way to STL this morning when I saw this HUGE stack of weights attached to a pulley system. It appears to be used to keep tension on the overhead cables. I wonder how much weight that is.

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Hearty Friday - OCT Sample

July 13th, 2007 · No Comments

Sample OCT Stack from the rabbit RV

Originally uploaded by brocktice

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