<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : artificial : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2008, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : artificial : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[Idaho team readies artificial beak for wounded bald eagle]]></title><description><![CDATA[She has been named Beauty, though this eagle is anything but. Part of Beauty's beak was shot off several years ago, leaving her with a stump that is useless for hunting food. A team of volunteers is working to attach an artificial beak to the disfigured bird, in an effort to keep her alive.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/60645/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/60645/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Artificial sperm takes men out of equation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Artificial human sperm could come to the aid of infertile men, according to a team of scientists who have used lab-grown sperm to inseminate female mice.<br/><br/>Artificial sperm could also make males totally redundant, permitting women to give birth without a biological male mate.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/57472/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/57472/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Prize established for creating planet's first artificial life form]]></title><description><![CDATA[The purpose of the A-PRIZE is to put development of artificial life forms in the open where it should be. Today, many efforts at developing artificial life are not well publicized. The A-PRIZE will serve as a clearing house for information about the race to &quot;Break the Carbon Barrier&quot;. With mega-universities and companies racing to create nonbiological life, now is the time for such a clearing house.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/10156/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/10156/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Artificial DNA]]></title><description><![CDATA[Artificial DNA has long time eluded nano-technologists, but Japanese researchers are claiming to have created successfully created 4 bases that pair in a double helix like the natural stuff.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/68087/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/68087/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Munch-o-matic: Scientists Develop The Artificial Mouth]]></title><description><![CDATA[For years scientists have tried to build an electronic tongue, a robotic tasting device that could have profound applications in improving food quality and safety. But before machines learn to taste their food, they first need to learn how to chew it. Scientists report the design of an artificial mouth that mimics the first vital steps of human digestion -- chewing, saliva release and the initial breakdown of food.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/60792/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/60792/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Artificial Cornea Gives Hope To The Blind]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#8220;Our artificial corneas are based on a commercially available polymer which absorbs no water and allows no cells to grow on it,&#8221; says IAP project manager Dr. Joachim Storsberg.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/51597/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/51597/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[The Future of Babies: Artificial Wombs and Pregnant Grandmas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Artificial wombs and experiments on human embryos grown in the lab will be commonplace and no big deal ethically in 30 years, several scientists predict. They envision a scenario just like test-tube babies, which shocked us 30 years ago but now are fairly routine and acceptable to most people.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/69257/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/69257/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Brave toddler is only person in Britain to be kept alive with artificial heart]]></title><description><![CDATA[Toddler Ollie Drew is hoping for a heart transplant this year. Aged just 14 months old, Ollie is the only person in the country to be kept alive with an artificial heart.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/46830/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/46830/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[(Artificial) diamonds are a girl's best friend]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mass produced artificial diamonds are now of the same technical quality as naturally found ones. I <i>knew</i> I should have gotten my wife a cubic zirconium.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/4455/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/4455/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Artificial 'Snot' Enhances Electronic Nose]]></title><description><![CDATA[UK researchers have used artificial snot (nasal mucus) to significantly enhance the performance of 'electronic noses'. <br/><br/>(I wanted to throw up when posting theme pic)]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/18590/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/18590/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Wanted:  Artificial limb for handicapped panda]]></title><description><![CDATA[An animal research center in northern China has appealed to the world for help to fashion an artificial leg for a panda that lost a limb in a fight, local media reported on Thursday.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/13285/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/13285/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Bottlenose Dolphin fitted with Artificial Tailfin]]></title><description><![CDATA[A dolphin at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan has been given a new lease of life, after being fitted with an artificial fin. Unfortunately, it can only swim with it for a few hours at a time before it must be removed.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/10861/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/10861/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Artificial heart donated to Smithsonian ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The pioneering artificial heart developed by Dr. Robert Jarvik will go on display at the Smithsonian Institution next month]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/8938/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/8938/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Google is close to building a computer with artificial intelligence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google founder Larry Page: <div class='qp pad d'><i>&quot;We have some people at Google (who) are really trying to build artificial intelligence and to do it on a large scale. It's not as far off as people think.&quot;</i></div>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/11128/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/11128/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Dog cloner sought over burglary to fund horse's wooden leg]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a bizarre update to <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/weird/l/71818/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">lynxears ' earlier post</a> Joyce Bernann McKinney  is accused of instructing a 15-year-old boy to break into a house because she needed money to buy her three-legged horse an artificial limb. WTF?]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/72588/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/72588/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Finally: Artificial Foreskin!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ever wondered what it feels like to have a foreskin?<br/>Find out now with SenSlip! Comes in 10 sizes.<br/>Make <b>sure</b> to check out the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.viafin-atlas.com/wmv/senslip_video.wmv" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">video</a>!]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/31012/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/31012/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists build world's first artificial stomach]]></title><description><![CDATA[But it's bigger than a desktop computer, so don't expect them to replace yours just yet.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/5669/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/5669/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Artificial Testicles... for Dogs]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;The texture and firmness of NeuticleNaturals were crafted based on the firmness of actual animal testicles.&quot; <br/><br/>What do you do for a living? <br/>Oh, I squeeze dogs' nuts.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/21065/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/21065/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Super sensitive artificial nose powered by mouse urine]]></title><description><![CDATA[A team led by an Indian researcher has developed an electronic nose coated with mouse urine, which they say, can help sniff out trace quantities of explosives or pollutants, or pick out different smells for food quality control. Yeah!]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/61324/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/61324/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Artificial life likely in 3 to 10 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Around the world, a handful of scientists are trying to create life from scratch and they're getting closer.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/32274/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/32274/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>