http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.hiptechblog.com Comments & Reviews of http://www.hiptechblog.com/ on StumbleUpon en-us Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:50:59 -0700 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:09:35 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.hiptechblog.com http://cdn.stumble-upon.com/images/logo_su_36x36.png Tue, 27 May 2008 18:11:05 -0700 http://balebond.stumbleupon.com/review/21877039/ balebond - It's cool and all... but 12 years?.. I couldn't look at the pics for more than 12 seconds before it got annoying... can I turn it off? :P]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.hiptechblog.com Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:01:05 -0700 http://johnwatchtower.stumbleupon.com/review/19880336/ johnwatchtower - To stay loyal to the Apple gods means you have to live with the non-removable batteries on your iPods and iPhones. Bringing the USB cable along with you everywhere is good if you expect to have computer access to get some charge from its USB port, but not too helpful if you are out, let's say, on a safari. In that case, the RichardSolo Smart Backup Battery is an indispensable accessory. ]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.hiptechblog.com Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:28:44 -0800 http://franklinhiggins.stumbleupon.com/review/17605431/ franklinhiggins - great innovation. The smaller or thinner, the better.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.hiptechblog.com Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:03:49 -0800 http://vishald.stumbleupon.com/review/15443905/ vishald - Amazing tech blog..]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.hiptechblog.com Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:50:17 -0800 http://ladygray.stumbleupon.com/review/14875114/ ladygray - Major advancements in technology like this one are what makes the future worth looking forward to. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany have invented an artificial cornea that may well be the key to restoring sight for our people with damaged corneas. "Our artificial corneas are based on a commercially available polymer which absorbs no water and allows no cells to grow on it," says IAP project manager Dr. Joachim Storsberg. "Once our partner Dr. Schmidt Intraokularlinsen GmbH has suitably shaped the polymers, we selectively coat the implants: We lay masks on them and apply a special protein to the edge of the cornea, which the cells of the natural cornea can latch onto. In this way, the cornea implant can firmly connect with the natural part of the cornea, while the center remains free of cells and therefore clear." What is special about this protein is that it can survive the later thermal sterilization of the artificial cornea without being damaged, as it does not have the three-dimensional structure typical of large proteins. Such a structure would be destroyed during the sterilization process, leading to changes in the material's properties. The optical front part of the implant is coated with a hydrophilic polymer, so that it is constantly moistened with tear fluid. Researchers in Dr. Karin Kobuch's working group at Regensburg University Hospital have already tested these corneas in the laboratory and found that their cells graft very well at the edge and cease growing where the coating stops. The optical center of the implant thus remains clear. The first implants have already been tested in rabbits' eyes - with promising results. If further tests are successful, the technology will be tried on humans in 2008. Great news...]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.hiptechblog.com Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:58:24 -0800 http://sweigold.stumbleupon.com/review/14515046/ sweigold - I think its advances like this one that show the necessity of animal testing.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.hiptechblog.com Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:16:03 -0800 http://markchenjd.stumbleupon.com/review/14506232/ markchenjd - Utterly fantastic.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.hiptechblog.com Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:37:42 -0800 http://arc-angell.stumbleupon.com/review/14498912/ Arc-Angell - From the page: "HipTechBlog is about the latest gadgets and technology. Daily coverage and review of the coolest and the wackiest technology are what you'll find here!"]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.hiptechblog.com Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:22:11 -0800 http://annoyingmoose.stumbleupon.com/review/14477028/ AnnoyingMoose - Invent the rest of the artificial eye, please.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.hiptechblog.com Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:09:55 -0800 http://ddmann.stumbleupon.com/review/14453410/ ddmann - I am sad that they tested it on animals - but I'm also legally blind! Without my contacts, my vision is 20/850. I'm looking into this. Wonder how you could develop somthing like this without animal testing - which is horrid.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.hiptechblog.com