Lee Spievack accidentally cut off his fingertip working on an airplane. His brother, a research scientist, sent him powder made up partially out of pig’s bladder and told him to sprinkle it on his fingertip. The finger regrew itself in four weeks. How did it work?
Lee Spievack accidentally cut off his fingertip working on an airplane. His brother, a research scientist, sent him powder made up partially out of pig’s bladder and told him to sprinkle it on his fingertip. The finger regrew itself in four weeks. How did it work?Researchers are using materials such as the pig’s bladder, which contains something called extracellular matrix, a “mix of protein and connective tissue surgeons often use to fix tendons.” By using this stuff, combined with the theory that all parts of the body innately “know” how to fix themselves, you should be able to grow back whole limbs (like The Lizard from Spidey). Breathtaking stuff. [CBSNews via Boing Boing]
NTT DoCoMo has just announced that they’ve successfully field tested a Super 3G wireless network that reached downlink speeds of 250Mbps (the technology’s theoretical maximums are a 300Mbps downlink and a 75Mbps uplink, so 250 down ain’t too bad). Unfortunately, given that DoCoMo doesn’t plan on having the technology finalized until 2009, the world won’t be basking in 300ish Mbps mobile bliss just yet. Oh, but EDGE still sucks. [
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