Archive for the 'Science & Medicine' Category
Robots, how far have they come?
Robots, how far have they come?
Robots come from the Czech word robota, which means “forced labor“
When you hear the word ROBOT, what images conjure up in your mind? A number of movies in Hollywood were made showing what robots can do to mankind… Spielberg’s Artificial Intelligence, 2004 I-robot starred by Will Smith, and the 2005 [...]
Largest planet ever discovered, WASP-17
The WIDE AREA SEARCH for PLANETS project more known as WASP based in UK and with collaboration with Geneva conservatory announced today its discovery of a new planet with a unique behavior of orbiting backward.
Rudy Lantano, a Filipino inventor
The world consumes oil as fast as it can get its hands on it…75 million barrels a day and continues to rise yearly. By 2030, according to the International Energy Agency, consumption will go to as high as 120 million barrels a day.Will oil be depleted soon? Would there still be enough oil left [...]
Flexible Scrollable display of READIUS
Mobile devices and media devices are getting smaller and smaller. As the device gets smaller so is the screen on which we view the content and at the same time, the content made for cellular and other mobile devices is becoming more and more detailed, entricate, and enriched.
Japanese firms unveil Security Robot aka Robocob
Criminals Watch out!
A security robot has already been invented which can receive commands from a mobile phone to hurl a net that will trap the suspected intruders.
Hubble discovered the presence of carbon dioxide in exoplanet
Have you seen TRANSFORMER 2? We are not the only inhabitants of the universe….thats what the movie is trying to tell us. For a long long time, scientists have explored the possiblity of other life forms other than the human beings on earth. And recently astronomers and scientists became very excited when the National [...]
aH1N1 influenza virus vaccine, Is it available soon?
Just yesterday, New York confirmed two more swine flu deaths. A 41 year old woman from Queens and a 34 year old woman from Brooklyn. This is really alarming considering these cases of death happened in developed cities. What more do we expect from third world countries, like the Philippines. Are we ready to [...]
What do you know about colorectal cancer?
This videoclip is a good wake up call…..”if you’re 50 years or older….get screened.. Screening saves life”.
Dr. Joe Bresee describes the symptoms of swine flu
Two cases of swine flu have already been reported in the Philippines. With this rate of incidence, people need to know the signs if one has H1N1 flu virus. Dr. Joe Bresee, with CDC’s Influenza Division, explains the symptoms and warning signs of H1N1 virus infection or commonly known as swine flu.







