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 | | | | 3-D Printing Promises Better Bionic Limbs for the War-Wounded David Sengeh grew up in Sierra Leone during the African country’s decade-long civil war. The horribly bloody conflict was defined not just by the enormous death toll, but by the way rebel armies systematically severed the limbs of their enemies, leaving thousands of men, women, and children with missing arms and legs. Now, at the famed MIT Media Lab, the 27-year-old doctoral student is using 3-D printing and advanced math to create a new kind of artificial limb he believes can significantly improve the lives of amputees. |  | One of President Barack Obama’s biggest legacies will be his healthcare plan. Another, thanks to the Edward Snowden leaks, is domestic spying. But Obama will leave another gift to posterity, one not so obvious: The history ebooks will remember the 44th president for setting off a chain of reforms that made predatory patent lawsuits a virtual memory. | | |  |
At the end of this short clip from the next Captain America movie, Cap throws his shield at the Winter Soldier – because that’s what Captain America does. But wait! The Winter Soldier just catches the shield and throws it right back. The impact is strong enough to push Cap back a little bit. Is this enough to get an estimate for the mass of the shield? We think so.
| | |  | Scientific studies of selfies have yielded interesting insights on personalities, gender differences, and national moods, but scientist F. Levent Degertekin has invented a new camera that can provide high-def, 3-D images of your innards. The images it produces are able to replace two people in the surgical theater.
| | |  | World’s Biggest Aircraft Is Funded by Iron Maiden Singer
It looks like a sketch from Howard Hughes’ notebooks, but this massive air ship is real, and currently the biggest aircraft ever produced. It can also be remote-controlled and land on water. Oh, and pilot and lead singer of Iron Maiden Bruce Dickinson has contributed his fame and $450,000 to its growth.
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