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A new safety alert, issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is recommending extra precautions for those medical and scientific professionals using fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) after revealing one person recently died due to a … Continue reading FDA issues safety alert for fecal transplants after reported death
If you live in a tornado-prone area, it’s important to have some sort of storm-proof shelter in or near your home. Oklahoma-based Life Lift Systems has come up with a unique in-bedroom solution, in the form of its Vortex Vault Tornado Shelter… Continue reading Telescoping bed frame doubles as a tornado shelter
The big social networks and video games have failed to prioritize user well-being over their own growth. As a result, society is losing the battle against bullying, predators, hate speech, misinformation and scammers. Typically when a whole class of tech companies have a dire problem they can’t cost-effectively solve themselves, a software-as-a-service emerges to fill […] Continue reading AntiToxin sells safetytech to clean up poisoned platforms
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Alex Stamos
Alex Stamos, Professor, Freeman-Spogli Institute, Stanford University
Alex Stamos is a cybersecurity expert, business leader and entrepreneur working to improve the security and… Continue reading DataEDGE 2019, Alex Stamos’ ‘Keynote: The Platform Challenge: Balancing Safety, Privacy and Freedom’
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Mimic Go might look like a bubbly, chubby-version of a tracking tag (which it is) but that’s only one of the tricks it has up its red, plastic sleeve. Not only can you track stuff around the world thanks to GPS, LTE-M & eSIM connectivity,… Continue reading Programmable Mimic Go tracks your stuff, can be a handy bike tail-light too
Regular readers will recognise this as the third part of a series exploring blacksmithing for those who have perhaps always fancied having a go but have never quite known where to start. It’s written from a position of the unusual experience of having grown up around a working forge, my …read more
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For most of the history of industrial electronics, solder has been pretty boring. Mix some lead with a little tin, figure out how to wrap it around a thread of rosin, and that’s pretty much it. Sure, flux formulations changed a bit, the ratio of lead to tin was tweaked …read more
Super glue, or cyanoacrylate as it is formally known, is one heck of a useful adhesive. Developed in the 20th century as a result of a program to create plastic gun sights, it is loved for its ability to bond all manner of materials quickly and effectively. Wood, metal, a …read more
Continue reading Saving Your Vision From Super Glue In The Eyes
Eyes are fragile things. They tend to fail under extreme heat, pressure, and are easily damaged by flying objects. Enterprising humans have developed a wide range of eye protection solutions, but most only work when the user remembers to put them on. [gocivici] had just such a problem, forgetting to put his safety glasses back on when working. Naturally, the solution was found through hacking.
The build starts with a regular baseball cap. [gocivici] fitted an Arduino nano, which is connected to a small microphone. The Arduino uses the microphone to determine the sound level in the room. Above a …read more
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