shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 19 2008 | technology, health, science, news
Interesting Slate piece on how the E. coli breakouts of 2006 illustrate how hard it actually is to engineer a biological weapon.
Quoted: An outbreak of E. coli isn't usually the stuff of feel-good stories. But a close look at recent outbreaks of E. coli—and a closer look at the bacteria themselves—may help us to put aside our fears for the moment. Engineering plagues is harder than it looks.
- shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - May 21 2007 | health, news, technology
Looks like this is something that's going to need to be regulated to ensure radiation levels aren't too high.
Quoted: Scientists say there is no evidence to suggest a link between the use of wi-fi and damage to health. But BBC programme Panorama found that radiation levels from wi-fi in one school was up to three times the level of mobile phone mast radiation.
ShareViewed: 4 Times - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 03 2006 | health, technology
Interesting article about the questionable privacy of computerized medical records...
Quoted: Doctors try to balance a patient's trust with new technology.
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