A Frame Shift for Nanotech INfo

Nanotubes, one of the wonder materials of the new age of nanotechnology, may carry a health risk similar to that of asbestos, a wonder material of an earlier age that turned into a scourge after decades of use when its fibers were found to cause lung disease, researchers said Tuesday.

The asbestos comparison immediately places nanotechnology in the mental box of uncertainty and risky health impacts. For several years, consumer advocates have used asbestos as a familiar historical example to anchor interpretations of nanotech, but now this advocacy package has been given resonance by a study appearing this week in the journal Nature Nanotechnology. From the NY Times article:

A team of researchers reported that injecting nanotubes into the abdomens of mice induced lesions similar to those that appear on the outer lining of the lungs after the inhalation of asbestos...When foreign particles like smoke or dust land in the lungs, cells known as macrophages engulf the particles and clear them away. Some asbestos fibers are too long for the macrophages to handle, resulting in lesions. The researchers hypothesized that nanotubes would cause similar problems if they were long, but not if they were short or tangled into a ball...The mice injected with the short nanotubes or small carbon clumps did not develop disease. Those injected with long nanotubes or asbestos developed lesions on the tissue lining.

In its coverage, the LA Times ran this headline: "NANOTECHNOLOGY CANCER RISK FOUND." Alan Zarembo reinforces the frame of reference in his lede paragraps to the article:

Certain types of carbon nanotubes -- microscopic graphite cylinders used in a small but growing number of Space Age applications -- could pose a cancer risk similar to that of asbestos if inhaled, scientists reported Tuesday. Researchers found that mice injected with nanotubes quickly developed the same biological damage associated with early exposure to asbestos fibers, a known carcinogen. The study showed "the potential to cause harm if these things get into the air and into the lungs," said coauthor Andrew Maynard, a physicist at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington from scienceblogs.com.

Shifting frames in coverage of nanotechnology also appeared yesterday at Canada's paper of record. As the Globe and Mail reports, the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy is pushing a focus on the public accountability dimensions of the technology. Emphasizing a regulatory vacuum, the advocacy group released a report this week calling for nanomaterials to be banned in foods and packaging, and for mandatory labeling in cosmetics, personal-care products and cleaning agents.

Info Ecofont

According to his manufacturer, the letter that they mentioned Ecofont this could reduce consumption of ink printer as far as 15%. His procedure was simple. Respectively the letter was made have many holes in the middle of him so as to not need much ink to print the document that used the letter kind.

Many methods that were carried out by the person to reduce the use printer in order to be able to save ink, from printed with the quality draft to used the digital media as exchange means of information. A company that was based in the Netherlands tried the other approach by means of making the frugal letter ink.from Ecofont.

The LCD Made in LG screen for Notebook

Even the screen that will begin to be exhibited in the Consumer Electronics Show agenda this this coming January it was claimed could reduce consumption of the power as far as 75% when being used under intense sunlight. His secret was located in the use of the layer that was reflective that was placed to the panel backlight from this LCD screen.

When being used in the room, this panel could be made function to radiate the light that will light showing in the temporary screen when being used outside the room of this panel was reflected the sunlight to light tampilan the screen. Even when being used outside the room, this screen could achieve the level contrast four times were higher than the normal screen and to change mode this and on the other hand only by means of pressing the switch that has been provided.

The sun rays possibly were the matter that most was avoided by the user laptop the reason for his rays will disrupt tampilan his LCD screen from kapanlagi.com . Overcame him of course by means of increasing the level brightness from the screen that his tips consumed the battery power more. With technology that was developed by LG, this problem still is not dealt with by the owner laptop the generation came.

According to the news that was launched TGDaily on Tuesday (23/12/08) was named that in the condition mode sunlight this, this LCD screen only consumed the power around 25% of the normal power. The LCD screen normally measuring 14,1 inch consumed the power between 50 watt and 70 watt and the decline in consumption of the power as far as 75% clear meant so much for laptop.

Info Stimulated the Sex Passion with Microchip

As far as this is concerned this technology was used in the United States but for the aim of treating the Parkinson illness. In several last months of the concentrating scientists in the brain region behind the eyes that were acknowledged as the cortex orbitofrontal. This area was related to the happy feeling that came from the activity as eating and sex.

One chip that could stimulate the sexual passion was being developed by ilmuwan. chip that will be buried in the head and the electrode him will produce the electric shock was very small to stimulate the certain area in the brain.

A survey research that was carried out by Morten Kringelbach from the Oxford route of University psychiatry, found that the cortex orbitofrontal the possibility could become the new stimulasion target to help the sufferer anhedonia or the inability felt the enjoyment from the activity as eating and sex.

The findings were reported in the Nature Reviews Neuroscience journal. The professor of the nerves operation, the Aziz Trick, suggested: was "gotten by proof that chip this will function." from kapanlagi.com Several years ago the scientist buried this equipment to the brain of an inactive woman sexually and he changed to the very active woman sexually. He did not like the sudden change so as the implement was in his head lifted.

The sale of the Computer 2009 Info

The "world" of the "computer in Indonesia indeed was projected did not experience the growth, but also was not backward him." That has been good enough to remember several other countries has projected the decline 20-30% in 2009, said the President Director PT Zyrexindo Mandiri Buana, Timoty Siddik, in Jakarta, late last week.

Secara the industry, according to him, happened the growth in this year this as big as 25-30%. Therefore, during 2009 if the decline not happening has been it was considered good. Timoty said did not have the special matter that will be done by his company to face the global financial crisis in 2009 later, only increased the quality and the service.

Moreover the step that will be carried out to widen the market was to enlarge the network of the distribution and purna jual, said he. from kapanlagi.com "Because our make has often been known by our person to want to increase the quality" of "our product, maintained the opportunity of the distribution route that could be entered by us, and the territory that could be entered by us purna sale," said he.

It was as big that this illegal product circulated I did not know, but I hoped with this Permendag existence could decrease many. This illegal product was very annoying, this also disrupted my consumer's comfort the feeling, he said. Timoty added the selling price of the illegal product occasionally was not far differed from the original product, and the consumer did not get the service service that was guaranteed by buying the illegal product.

Logitech the Laptop Foundation

Lapdesk, like that according to Logitech, be suitable a measurement thing laptop, including that 17”. ‘Meja’ this had four protective coating against hot and terbua from the material water-mesh like polyester and polyurethane that according to Logitech will be felt comfortable on his user's thigh and was felt cool.

If you often used notebook or netbook anywhere, including in the vehicle, there is good him considered this one equipment. from kompas.com Dibesut by Logitech and was given by the name of Comfort Lapdesk for Notebook. Appropriate meaning that, this equipment functioned as the lap table, and aimed at giving comfort for the user notebook.

With the slope around 12 levels, this platform was indeed meant to give the position typed that was more comfortable. Also caused the screen laptop that was put into perperspective in this foundation became a little higher.