Kickass Kid of the Day: A Maryland-based scientist has developed an incredibly accurate mechanism for detecting pancreatic cancer, which is faster than current methods, as well as 100 times more sensitive and 28 times cheaper. Oh, and the scientist is 15 years old.
For his discovery, high school freshman Jack Andraka just won the Gordon E. Moore Award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which comes with a $75,000 prize.
Andraka’s method uses single-walled carbon nanotubes — which he calls “the superheroes of material science” — to detect a pancreatic cancer marker in urine and blood samples. In a blind test, it had a 100% success rate.
“I did not expect for it to be this good,” he said, “I was blown away by how sensitive it was.”
[huffpo.]
Dinner with the roomies! (Taken with instagram)
Leap Motion, a San Francisco startup has created a device (“the Leap”) that lets you control your computer just my moving your fingers over it, as if you were using a touchscreen in the air.
Leap Motion is now taking pre-orders for the $69.99 device but won’t begin shipping it until the end of this year or early 2013. The company is also opening up its developer ecosystem to give software makers a head start on developing new applications.
Wait, really!?
Parktime on a Sunday afternoon (Taken with Instagram at Meridian Hill Park)
stop frame Jelly beans + good music = awesome music video
![Chocolate sausages: either the most revolting or delicious idea ever
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Afternoon Snack: Both of the two food groups (“meats” and “dessert”) are represented in The Cupcake Project’s “cupcakewurst,” which stuffs delicious cake batter into also-delicious sausage casing.
Sorry, chocolate and peanut butter, but you’ve been made redundant.
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Chocolate sausages: either the most revolting or delicious idea ever
Afternoon Snack: Both of the two food groups (“meats” and “dessert”) are represented in The Cupcake Project’s “cupcakewurst,” which stuffs delicious cake batter into also-delicious sausage casing.
Sorry, chocolate and peanut butter, but you’ve been made redundant.
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Reunion with Arielle! So yummy! (Taken with instagram)
What an incredible thing to witness. Collaboration across genres and generations. Across races and religions. amazing.
