Archives for February 2012

Four Things You Can Do With Your iPhone When Your Contract Expires

February 12, 2012 By DailyBits Leave a Comment

As most Apple fanboys and fangirls already know, there’s an Apple event scheduled for March 7th. A lot of people are saying that this could be the day when the iPad 3 is launched. You might also even see the new iPhone 5 released alongside with it, but until then, all we can do is wait.

The iPhone 4S was released to a mixed crowd last year, who were already expecting the fifth-generation of the device to be launched. Nonetheless, pre-orders for the device skyrocketed amid good reviews and the wonder of a personal assistant that was Siri.

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iModela 3D Printer Carves Out a Niche

February 10, 2012 By noemi Leave a Comment

iModela 3D Printer

3D printers have come a long way, although they cannot be called mainstream yet. There are more of these printers in the market, though, and more services offering 3D printing. What is common about most 3D printers is that they build the items using some sort of material. Basically, the material of choice is used to build items layer by layer until the design is complete.

There is a newcomer in the 3D printing scene that gives a different perspective of how 3D printing is done. It’s called iModela.[Read More]

Entorhinal Cortex: Remember That If You Want to Strengthen Your Memory

February 9, 2012 By noemi Leave a Comment

Alzheimers Stimulation

I have been called forgetful so many times that I do not remember how often it has happened. I have to admit that I do have my Dory ((Finding Nemo)) moments. I am sure you have yours, too. How many times have you forgotten where you have put your keys? I bet you have forgotten where you have parked your car as well. These things do happen to ordinary people, and there is nothing we can do about it. Or is there?[Read More]

New Molecule Created By 10-Year-Old

February 8, 2012 By noemi 1 Comment

Tetranitratoxycarbon

This little girl is THE man! Clara Lazen, who is only 10 years old, has created a new molecule in science class, albeit accidentally. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri and created the new molecule by chance when her science teacher, Kenneth Boehr, handed out your run-of-the-mill balls and sticks.

Boehr gave his students balls representing the atoms of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, presumably to “play” with them. The result of Clara’s “playing” was totally unexpected: the new molecule dubbed Tetranitratoxycarbon.[Read More]