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...created the first camera that allows HTML coding, which can be sent to a Web page and instantly published," says the camera's U.S. marketing manager, Jeff Lengyel. After the photographer takes pictures, which can be shot at a resolution of 3.34 megapixels or less, she selects the snaps she wants to upload to her personal website. Users in Japan--where the product was released in September at about $1,500--can transmit images with a tiny wireless modem that slides into a slot on the camera. Ricoh expects similar wireless cards to be available in time for the i700...
...shows that a lymph node is less than one centimeter in size, it is considered to be normal. But on the PET/CT, Meltzer says, "we saw a very small lymph node in the right side of the neck that we thought was involved with the tumor." A biopsy that otherwise would not have been performed confirmed her suspicion...
This isn't science fiction. The National Cancer Institute and NASA plan to spend $12 million a year for the next three years to develop nanosensors--devices less than one-thousandth the diameter of a human hair--that will scan the body for the molecular signatures of cancer--the aberrant proteins found on malignant cells, for instance--and map the locations and shapes of tumors. If engineered to carry drugs or genes, the sensors could treat cancers one cell at a time, attacking malignant cells but leaving healthy ones unharmed. The result: an end to the pharmaceutical carpet bombing...
What's the secret of MacCready's creativity? "When it comes to my abilities," he says, "I think that there is a lot less than meets the eye." He admits he's good at "synthesizing concepts" and making connections. Perhaps his most innovative thoughts occur away from work, particularly when "getting away on vacation, where you can relax, daydream and let your mind wander." In fact, MacCready considers daydreaming his most productive activity...
...favorable results, often raising the hopes of inventors by estimating a huge market potential. After that hook is set, the rest is easy: clients are then quickly lured into paying huge amounts (the average inventor loses $20,000) for services that are either useless or available elsewhere for far less money. The companies' "marketing" consists mainly of blind-mail brochures to manufacturers that never look at them. Most of the patents obtained by these companies, he argues, are also worthless. And most important, virtually no invention backed by these firms ever gets to the market...