Raw Cacao Shake – figgy & sprout figgyandsprout.com Chocolate: most people are used to calling it cocoa, cocoa beans, cocoa powder. But when it comes to raw food, why do people use the word cacao (ka-COW), which looks like a misspelling of the mo … http://flip.it/72vpU Related articles Make chocolate from cocoa beans with this … Continue reading Raw cacao shake
6 favorite L.A. juice bars By Betty Hallock, latimes.com Lately it seems like there’s no L.A. neighborhood without a juice bar. They’re expanding faster than you can say kale-avocado-cilantro-lemon-cucumber-caraway-jalapeno-celery smoothie. It’s no wonder. Fans of juice — the kind often made wit… http://flip.it/rh6l7 Related articles We Try All the Green Juices From Daily Greens (drinks.seriouseats.com) … Continue reading Favorite LA juice bars
I have brain cancer. What’s your excuse? Ronnie Castro, venturebeat.com You may have caught the article by my friend and co-founder Matt Ehrlichman last month, titled “My 32-year-old co-founder has a brain tumor — seriously?“ To set the record straight, I’m 33 now, not quite old enough to start lying about my ag… http://flip.it/kTGHI Related … Continue reading I have cancer, what’s your excuse?
Calico: How Google’s stab at the fountain of youth could transform health care Christina Farr, venturebeat.com Google is back in the health business with a mysterious new initiative to combat death itself. Google’s top executives didn’t say much about the biotech venture, called Calico, when they announced it on Sept. 18, except to say that … Continue reading Calico: Google’s first leap into health enhancement
How to use 23andMe without giving up your genetic privacy Sarah A. Downey, venturebeat.com Sarah A. Downey is an attorney, privacy analyst, and writer at Abine, an online privacy startup in Boston. Find her on Twitter @SarahADowney. If you’re like me, the idea of knowing what’s in your genetic profile is both… http://flip.it/GpsmW Related articles … Continue reading 23andme: how to use genetic testing while ensuring privacy
Meet Academia.edu, a startup that wants to publish every science PDF online Christina Farr, venturebeat.com Just a few years ago, an entrepreneur with a goal to publish every scientific research paper on the Internet would have seemed ambitious, maybe even a little crazy. However, with the rise of online education and leading… http://flip.it/t8DU1 Related articles … Continue reading Academia.edu wants to publish every science article online
This sleep-sensing device wants to get in bed with you, but it won’t cuddle Rebecca Grant, venturebeat.com When the princess senses something small under her bed in the fairytale “The Princess and the Pea,” it prove that she is, in fact, a princess. Unfortunately putting Beddit under your sheets won’t have the same effect, but … Continue reading Beddit sleep sensor
Dentists May Start Covering Teeth in Growth-Stimulating Diamond Dust Ashley Feinberg, gizmodo.com Looks like there’s a new candidate for most awesome supermaterialin town. Dentists may soon start fighting bone loss by covering our teeth in itty bitty nanodiamonds, making repairing teeth quicker, cheaper, and much less painful.Read more… http://flip.it/fnPlq
The future of biometric data tracking isn’t about devices, it’s about experiences Ki Mae Heussner, gigaom.com Everywhere you look these days, there seems to be yet another sensor-enabled device or mobile app that wants to monitor everything from your heart rate and posture to your brain waves and breathing patterns. Dr. Leslie Saxon is the … Continue reading The future of biometrics is personalization and experience
Could a breath-monitoring headset improve your health? Ki Mae Heussner, gigaom.com Wearable technology and quantified self fans already strap gadgets to all different parts of their bodies to keep tabs on their activity levels, calories burned, heart rates and more. But a Walnut Creek, Calif. company believes… http://flip.it/mszpw Related articles Sensoria Fitness Bra will monitor … Continue reading Breathe monitoring headset improves health
Underarm Clothing Patch Eliminates Body Odor Through Nanotechnology ecouterre.com If genius is 99 percent perspiration, then summer’s arrival must make Mensa candidates of us all. A new nanotechnology-enhanced fabric tag by Odegon Technologies, however, could help us d … http://flip.it/M2CUU Related articles Silic shirt utilizes nanotechnology to repel liquids, avoid stains (topix.com)
Oorja Biomass Pellet Stove at werd.com werd.com Oorja Biomass Pellet Stove Green Product In the past few years pellet stoves for home heating have revolutionized the way people keep warm by burning renewables. They’re more efficient and t … http://flip.it/wVR2q Related articles Wood Pellet Burner the new Green way to Heat (airiernatura1.wordpress.com) Wood-Pellet Bonds Show … Continue reading Oorja biomass stove
Mystery of Chris McCandless’s Death Solved | News from the Field outsideonline.com In a blog post for The New Yorker, Jon Krakauer has verified the cause of death of one of the most vivid characters in Outside lore. In 1993, Krakauer published an article on the death of Chris McCandless, a strong-willed… http://flip.it/lA5zL Related articles … Continue reading Chris MCandless’s death due to lack of ethnobotanical knowledge
Get Rich Quick by Tearing Up Your Lawn by Tim Layton, popularmechanics.com DIY Central moonlightbulb/Flickr If you live in Los Angeles, you might be able to earn a few extra bucks and leave behind the dreaded job of mowing the lawn in one fell swoop. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) h… … Continue reading Tear out your lawn and get rich
Breaking Bad Fact vs Fiction: Walter White’s Secret Formula By William Herkewitz, popularmechanics.com Technology Does the chemistry behind Breaking Bad’s incredibly pure blue crystal methamphetamine measure up? We are watching the final weeks of TV’s most popular meth cook. The AMC series Breaking Bad has chronicled the…
Microbe Transplants Treat Some Diseases That Drugs Can’t Fix by Rob Stein, npr.org Microbe Transplants Treat Some Diseases That Drugs Can’t Fix NPR Health Billie Iverson may be getting up there, but for an 86-year-old, she’s still plenty active. "I take trips, and I go do my own shopping, and I take myself to the … Continue reading Microbe transplants treat diseases that drugs cannot
Camping can help regulate sleep patterns, study finds cbc.ca A week of camping in the great outdoors might be just what’s needed for people who want to regulate their sleep cycles, according to a new study. http://flip.it/3FZog Related articles Camping can help regulate sleep patterns, study finds (cbc.ca)
Growing shoes and furniture: A design-led biomaterial revolution by Liat Clark, wired.co.uk Aug 18, 2013 5:00 pm UTC, arstechnica.com The natural world has, over millions of years, evolved countless ways to ensure its survival. The industrial revolution, in contrast, has given us just a couple hundred years to play catc … http://flip.it/P6gTH
Nothing but the Soylent: We’re trying 1 full week of the meal substitute Lee Hutchinson, arstechnica.com Five days worth of Soylent. God help me.Lee HutchinsonAn unassuming USPS box arrived in my mailbox this afternoon, but the label had a word in it that I’d been hoping to see: “SOYLENT.” Unpacking, I laid the contents on … Continue reading Testing Soylent
The Secret to Weight Loss Might Be Poop Transplants From Skinny People Ashley Feinberg, gizmodo.com As unlikely as it might seem, fecal transplantsare actually turning out to be the stuff dreams are made of. And apparently, this magical poop procedure still has plenty to give. After some successful rounds of experimenting, scientists now believe… http://flip.it/6vF7D
Are the claims for cooling towels all wet? Mary Farrell, consumerreports.org Are the claims for cooling towels all wet? Towel-snapping has been taken to a whole new level with a variety of new cooling towels that promise to beat the heat when dampened and draped around your neck. You may have seen the colorful towel… … Continue reading Testing the claims for cooling towels
How an App That Tracks Circulation, Metabolism Helps Your Body Vignesh Ramachandran, mashable.com As a kid, Ryan Archdeacon asked his parents for a microscope so he could analyze sewer samples and bits of dental plaque. Now Archdeacon is building a lifestyle app he hopes will help people better connect with their bodies.The One Aura app … Continue reading How an App That Tracks Circulation, Metabolism Helps Your Body
3D Printing Is a Matter of Life and Death Matt Petronzio, mashable.com When Kaiba Gionfriddo was born prematurely on Oct. 28, 2011, everything seemed relatively normal. At 35 weeks, his doctors’ main concern was lung development, but Kaiba was breathing just fine. Doctors deemed him healthy enough to send him… http://flip.it/Q7Lvi
Promising antibacterial coating created from green tea and salt Colin Dunjohn, gizmag.com Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered new ways of utilizing the properties of naturally occurring polyphenols found in green tea, red wine and dark chocolate. Dissolving polyphenol powders in water with a small amount of salt… http://flip.it/fSP00 Related articles A new role for … Continue reading Promising antibacterial coating from green tea
Have You Ever Considered That You’re Pooping Wrong? BY JENNIFER MILLER, fastcocreate.com The horribly named Squatty Potty is designed to bring you back to a more natural pooping stance. It turns out that Western civilization has been pooping wrong for generations. According to scientists at the Stanford University Pel… http://flip.it/mLVyL Related articles Ode to the … Continue reading The anthropology of pooping
Google Glass: Surgery Tool Of The Future? By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com A surgeon transmitted the first Google Glass video of a live surgery to colleagues and med students across town. We’ve been waiting for a while to figure out what practical uses will come out of Google Glass, besides, of course, making dude… http://flip.it/pwI4B
Fukushima radiation set to hit the U.S. by 2014 By Lindsay Abrams, salon.com Fortunately, it should be harmless Unless you were one of the 160,000 thousand people in the near vicinity of the Fukushima disaster who evacuated their homes in 2011, the ongoing nuclear crisis on Japan’s shore can seem awfully far… http://flip.it/pEFyG Related articles … Continue reading Fukushima radiation set to hit the U.S. by 2014
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