Photo via Sustainable Sanitation We know that access to cell phones is skyrocketing in developing nations, with areas in India and Africa simply leapfrogging from no phones to cell phones and skipping land lines altogether. It's a shift from no technology to new technology. Cell phones are simply becoming a basic necessity for daily living. But mean...Read the full story on TreeHugger
Recently we showcased a 3D printer that creates human body parts ready for transplant, and now our frankenstinean fascination with making body parts has unearthed another amazing device. This new bio-printer sprays skin cells on burn victim's wounds, promoting healthy recovery. The printer is mounted onto a frame that is wheeled over a patient's hospital bed. A laser reads the depth and shape of the wound, and with the help of a computer the device sprays a precise layer of skin cells that can heal infection-prone wounds in just three weeks.
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Right now it's difficult, if not impossible, to quickly detect HIV in patients living in impoverished countries. That may all change soon, though — researchers at a California outfit called the Palo Alto Research Center have built an iPod-sized handheld device that can offer up an immune check-up in under 10 minutes — all with a prick of the finger.
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Singing sensation Brandy has so much previously unreleased material that it's not even funny.
It's been reported that Brandy had been in the studio with mega-producer, Timbaland to work on her last album, Human and "Chinese (Home)" are from those sessions. Rumors have circulate that in addition to work with Hit Boy of Surf Club, she has also logged some studio time with Timbaland again.
In addition to working with Timbaland on the last album, she also teamed with Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, with whom she's been a muse for countless times before. "Today" is the fruit of some of their labor.
There's no official word on Brandy's new album will drop, but with a new reality show about to air, it shouldn't be long before we hear some real new material.
The METI school in Rudrapur Dinajpu, Bangledesh teaches the invaluable lesson of green design through its very earthen structure. Architects Anna Heringer and Eike Roswag directed a team of local parents, teachers, school children and craftsman in building the primary school by hand using raw materials including bamboo, straw, jute rope and the ancient building material cob (a layered mixture of wet earth, rice, straw and jute). Completed in just four months time, the collaborative effort has created a meaningful environment wherein rural children may pave a more fruitful future for themselves by receiving an education.
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Check out the trailer of the documentary Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child, directed by friend Tamra Davis, which features never-before seen footage of the artist painting and talking about his art two years before his death in 1988 and sets the record straight following Julian Schnabel's fictional Basquiat.
The film, which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance last month, was released February 21 and will be shown at SXSW next month.
