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| Microcyn == Super oxidized water | (2005/05/24 22:00) |
This Wired article on Microcyn dumbs down the essentials, but does describe a really interesting breakthrough in wound treatment. Basically this pH neutral oxidized water made by Oculusis is able to treat wounds more effectively than antibiotics and seems to be the only functional treatment for certain types of diabetic ulcers. |
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| Up to 72 Terawatts in wind power available | (2005/05/24 16:40) |
Wired reports a new study of 8000 sites worldwide finds that if one were to set up turbines at 13% of these locations, you would be able to generate 72 terawatts of power which is more than 5 times the world's consumption in 2002. |
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| New method for generating stem cells | (2005/05/24 16:30) |
Wired reports on a South Korean team's method of generating custom stem cells. This technique uses embryonic stem cells to generate a custom line that is a genetic match to the patient. This reduces the chance of immune rejection. More and more, these inventions are going to be happening outside of North America and Europe due to stupid policies around research. I'm extremely glad to see that countries like China and South Korea are are generating these results, but I feel sorry for researchers trapped in the US. I hear that China's offering some really stellar packages for top geneticists who are willing to relocate. |
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| $20 for an SSL Cert | (2005/05/24 12:15) |
GoDaddy is selling $20 SSL certificates for a limited time. Verisign is still making an obscene amount of money flogging them for $349/year. All you're paying for is for them to sign a few bits so that browsers will be able to see that a third party has vouched for your site. Over the past few years, other companies have emerged to sell certs for less than Verisign. Thawte sells them for $149. GeoTrust sells them for $99. A little while ago FreeSSL.com started offering them for $49. The only real difference between them is whether their root certificate is in all the browsers your site is likely to see. If you have a lot of users who are still running Netscape 1.0, then you'll need to pay Verisign to make sure that they don't get any error messages. Otherwise, almost everyone else is fine with the cheap certs you can get elsewhere. |
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