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Oct 6, 2017
Santa Claus Lies in an Ancient Undisturbed Grave in Turkey, Claim Archaeologists
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Despite what you may have heard, Santa Claus is – or was – real, and archaeologists in Turkey think they’ve pinpointed the location of his final resting place.
Centuries before the jolly red mascot became a fixture of Christmas consumerism, Saint Nicholas was a 4th century bishop who inspired the modern Santa myth – and new claims suggest the grave of this gift-giving churchman lies beneath an ancient church in southern Turkey.
After three months of investigations, Turkish archaeologists say they’ve discovered what looks like an intact temple and burial grounds underneath Saint Nicholas Church in the province of Antalya, in a town called Demre – formerly known as Myra, where Saint Nicholas was made bishop.
Oct 6, 2017
This startup says its 3D face authentication will work on all kinds of smartphones
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: mobile phones, security
Most of us aren’t going to shell out for an iPhone X, but we can still log in with our faces.
Oct 6, 2017
Lasers Are Great, But Diamond Superlasers Are Better, Here’s Why
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Watch Lasers Are Great, But Diamond Superlasers Are Better, Here’s Why, a Tech video from Seeker.
Oct 6, 2017
This skin patch helps you lose weight and burn more fat
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Oct 6, 2017
A New Cell Therapy Successfully Restored Movement in Paralyzed Patients
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: biotech/medical
A new cell therapy study found that of six people paralyzed or without motor function, four recovered two or more motor levels on one side of their body.
Oct 6, 2017
Using AI Smarts, Photoshop Elements Can Now Automatically Open Closed Eyes in a Photo
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: mobile phones, robotics/AI
Have you ever had the perfect photo ruined by someone with their eyes closed in the shot? You could fix the problem with a bit of cloning from an alternate shot using a photo editing app—but Adobe is making the process much easier in the new 2018 version of Photoshop Elements with a dedicated ‘Open Closed Eyes’ feature.
You can spend an entire career using Photoshop and still not master the software’s every last feature, but that complexity can be intimidating to the millions of amateur photographers born from the advent of affordable digital-SLRs, and even smartphones. That’s where Photoshop Elements comes in. It’s a lighter version of Photoshop with training wheels that simplifies many popular photo editing techniques. A better way to describe it might be as a version of Photoshop your parents could stumble their way through with minimal phone calls to you.
Oct 6, 2017
Scientists Just Found Water on Mars Where They Thought None Could Exist
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: futurism, space
Astronomers re-examined data from NASA’s Odyssey spacecraft and found evidence of water from a region in the Martian equator. While the discovery is surprising, it’s definitely a welcome one. Water on Mars can help future exploration missions.
It’s long been known that Mars had large bodies of water some millions of years ago. Traces of these ancient Martian lakes and oceans have been found in recent years, thanks to information provided by probes and landers, like NASA’s Curiosity rover and the Odyssey spacecraft that currently orbits the red planet. Now, a team of astronomers from the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) of Johns Hopkins University found large deposits of what could be permafrost ice in the most unlikeliest of places on the Martian surface.
Oct 6, 2017
Scientists Have Drilled Into Earth’s Hidden 8th Continent
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: climatology, sustainability
This Northern Hemisphere summer, researchers spent two months collecting samples from a submerged landmass known as Zealandia.
As a result, we could gain new insight into everything from ancient life forms to climate change.
Tens of millions of years ago, a landmass that’s being referred to as Zealandia was largely submerged beneath the Pacific Ocean. This summer, a team of scientists set out on an underwater expedition using an advanced research vessel, and the results might yield brand-new insight into Earth’s prehistory.
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Oct 6, 2017
Smart bandage could promote better, faster healing
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, mobile phones
Researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Harvard Medical School and MIT have designed a smart bandage that could eventually heal chronic wounds or battlefield injuries with every fiber of its being.
The bandage consists of electrically conductive fibers coated in a gel that can be individually loaded with infection-fighting antibiotics, tissue-regenerating growth factors, painkillers or other medications.
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