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Regrowing Limbs: Can People Regenerate Body Parts? An interesting article regarding regeneration of human limbs. By Ken MuneokaManjong HanDavid M. Gardiner Progress on the road to regenerating major body parts, salamander-style, could transform the treatment of amputations and major wounds http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=regrowing-human-limbs&SID=mail&sc=emailfriend © 1996-2008 Scientific American, Inc. All rights reserved.Reproduction in whole or in part without…

Mainframes are not dead! As usual geeks lose to suits: “The unfulfilled predictions of demise, experts say, tend to overestimate the importance of pure technical innovation and underestimate the role of business judgment. “The rise and fall of technologies is mainly about business and not technological determinism,” said Richard S. Tedlow, a business historian at…

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Vilnius..the new Prague – Vilnius, Lithuania Travel Blog This post has cracked me up 😉 short, but accurate description of Vilnius for the tourist.

I am back from the real world (vacation) to online lair and have read backlog of interesting news. This one I have liked very much: Contact lenses with circuits, lights a possible platform for superhuman vision Basically this is virtual display on the eye, you don’t need to replace human eyes with artificial tools, just…

My good friend sent an article about Innovation Feeder, which I really like, especially that he has added the comment – "look, here is something about you". You can read the article here – Take me to your feeder If you don’t want to read it, just short definition: "The definition of a “Feeder” is…

Bank drive Originally uploaded by Illuminatus! Before going to the gasoline station it is adviced to visit bank drive and withdraw money. As in gasoline stations there are boys, who will pour fuel into tank – you do not want to trust your credit card to them. The funny part is that minimum amount you…

Very interesting and fun video – one of the best of TED Talks! “In a wide-ranging talk, Vilayanur Ramachandran explores how brain damage can reveal the connection between the internal structures of the brain and the corresponding functions of the mind. He talks about phantom limb pain, synesthesia (when people hear color or smell sounds),…

Riyadh Night Lights Originally uploaded by Sami T It was fun to find this picture and realize that it is taken from the same pedestrian bridge, from which I have taken shots ;)) Of course – this shot is much better than mine.

Kingdom Centre (302m) Originally uploaded by Illuminatus! One of my favourite shots has been made from the moving car, while going to data center. No, I have not been driving. Few facts about it: Kingdom Centre (Arabic: برج المملكة‎) in Riyadh is the tallest skyscraper in Saudi Arabia. With a height of 302 m (992…