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Eye of the Pager

I was inspired after the success with the Sunrise Alarm Clock v2.0 to add additional functionality to other household devices. Next stop: the pager. Everyone hates their pager because of that obnoxious BEEP BEEP BEEP. But what if it played something soothing and melodic? Something comforting yet inspiring? Something like… EYE OF THE TIGER. Overview…

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Best. Antibiogram. Ever.

An antibiogram shows the susceptibility of different bacteria to different antibiotics. The sensitivities differ per region, but generally speaking some broad classes exist. And the rules make no sense. There’s a lot of apparent randomness and it is a hassle to memorize it. This is about the best chart I’ve ever seen. I stuck it…

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3D-printing the human body (starting with a skeleton)

I’ve been interested in 3D-printing for science and medicine for a while, and one of the side projects I’ve been playing with has been a 3D-printed skeleton. I had been starting with the spine and skull, and had originally been trying to develop my own models from some of the open source CT-scans out there….

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