<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Munch-o-matic: Scientists Develop The Artificial Mouth : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/"/><tagline>Munch-o-matic: Scientists Develop The Artificial Mouth : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2008, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2008-10-07T01:33:06+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Munch-o-matic: Scientists Develop The Artificial Mouth]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/60792/1/" /><id>60792</id><summary><![CDATA[Munch-o-matic: Scientists Develop The Artificial Mouth]]></summary><issued>2008-05-06T09:22:03+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-06T09:22:03+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Future of Babies: Artificial Wombs and Pregnant Grandmas]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/69257/1/" /><id>69257</id><summary><![CDATA[The Future of Babies: Artificial Wombs and Pregnant Grandmas]]></summary><issued>2008-07-19T06:26:18+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-19T06:26:18+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Smile! Scientists work out the secret to the perfect teeth]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/42561/1/" /><id>42561</id><summary><![CDATA[Smile! Scientists work out the secret to the perfect teeth]]></summary><issued>2007-11-26T19:56:40+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-26T19:56:40+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A dazzling white smile might be essential for Hollywood stars. But those glow-in-the-dark teeth aren't right for most people, according to scientists who have worked out a formula for the perfect smile. They took several factors into account, including the size and width of each tooth, the curve, colour and shape of the teeth and the overall width of the mouth.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Scientists Develop 'Gecko-Foot' Adhesive]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/75853/1/" /><id>75853</id><summary><![CDATA[Scientists Develop 'Gecko-Foot' Adhesive]]></summary><issued>2008-09-12T00:57:13+01:00</issued><modified>2008-09-12T00:57:13+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Scientists have developed an adhesive that mimics the easy stick and release ability of gecko's feet.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Idaho team readies artificial beak for wounded bald eagle]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/60645/1/" /><id>60645</id><summary><![CDATA[Idaho team readies artificial beak for wounded bald eagle]]></summary><issued>2008-05-05T07:39:29+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-05T07:39:29+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Artificial sperm takes men out of equation]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/57472/1/" /><id>57472</id><summary><![CDATA[Artificial sperm takes men out of equation]]></summary><issued>2008-04-08T23:14:43+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-08T23:14:43+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Hyperactivity in Children Increases Due to Food Additives and Artificial Color]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34717/1/" /><id>34717</id><summary><![CDATA[Hyperactivity in Children Increases Due to Food Additives and Artificial Color]]></summary><issued>2007-09-06T05:42:15+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-06T05:42:15+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A lot of foods for children include artificial food color and additives (AFCAs). These AFCAs significantly increase hyperactive behaviors in children. The negative effect, brought by the AFCAs, can last till middle childhood.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Scientists in race to build superchook]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/22447/1/" /><id>22447</id><summary><![CDATA[Scientists in race to build superchook]]></summary><issued>2007-06-02T10:34:01+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-02T10:34:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[CSIRO scientists in Victoria are aiming to be the first in the world to develop a genetically modified chicken immune to the killer bird flu.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Scientists Plan to Decimate Our Enemies With Dinosaurs]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/78794/1/" /><id>78794</id><summary><![CDATA[Scientists Plan to Decimate Our Enemies With Dinosaurs]]></summary><issued>2008-10-06T15:15:13+01:00</issued><modified>2008-10-06T15:15:13+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Scientists have reached back in time 115 million years to one of the most successful flying creatures in Earth&#8217;s history, the pterodactyl, to conjure a robotic spy plane with next-generation capabilities.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Scientists build world's first artificial stomach]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/5669/1/" /><id>5669</id><summary><![CDATA[Scientists build world's first artificial stomach]]></summary><issued>2006-11-13T17:11:26+01:00</issued><modified>2006-11-13T17:11:26+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[But it's bigger than a desktop computer, so don't expect them to replace yours just yet.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Artificial 'Snot' Enhances Electronic Nose]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/18590/1/" /><id>18590</id><summary><![CDATA[Artificial 'Snot' Enhances Electronic Nose]]></summary><issued>2007-05-01T08:27:58+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-01T08:27:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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)]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[FDA Says Pet Food Contamination Was Intentional]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17090/1/" /><id>17090</id><summary><![CDATA[FDA Says Pet Food Contamination Was Intentional]]></summary><issued>2007-04-19T23:17:04+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-19T23:17:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Not sure if this has already been posted on Plime. I searched and didn't see it, so I thought it should go up ASAP for all of you out there still wondering what is going on with the pet food epidemic.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Angel Food Ministries - Low cost food for anyone]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/27513/1/" /><id>27513</id><summary><![CDATA[Angel Food Ministries - Low cost food for anyone]]></summary><issued>2007-07-15T17:03:15+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-15T17:03:15+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Angel Food Ministries has distributed low cost food to people for the last 11 years.  There is no income requirements, or actually ANY requirements at all!  If you eat, you can participate.  Distribution in 32 states makes it easy to get to as well for a lot of people.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[2006 Foot-In-Mouth Awards]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/7436/1/" /><id>7436</id><summary><![CDATA[2006 Foot-In-Mouth Awards]]></summary><issued>2006-12-11T16:30:10+01:00</issued><modified>2006-12-11T16:30:10+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[It's that time again, time to reflect on the year's most idiotic statements from the freewheeling world of technology. Remember last year, when President Bush explained to the world how to use an iPod?: <i>&quot;Lightweight, and crank it on, and you shuffle the shuffle.&quot;</i>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Dog Food Companies Running Scared]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/22160/1/" /><id>22160</id><summary><![CDATA[Dog Food Companies Running Scared]]></summary><issued>2007-05-30T20:33:23+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-30T20:33:23+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A dog food company was found harassing dog owners whose dogs had died from contaminated dog food.  The only safe alternative to commercial dog food is to make homemade dog food.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[OSU scientists discover oldest known gecko fossil]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/74741/1/" /><id>74741</id><summary><![CDATA[OSU scientists discover oldest known gecko fossil]]></summary><issued>2008-09-03T22:08:54+01:00</issued><modified>2008-09-03T22:08:54+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Scientists from Oregon State University and the Natural History Museum in London have announced the discovery of the oldest known fossil of a gecko, with body parts that are forever preserved in life-like form after 100 million years of being entombed in amber.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Scientists stop the aging process]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/71981/1/" /><id>71981</id><summary><![CDATA[Scientists stop the aging process]]></summary><issued>2008-08-11T09:45:38+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-11T09:45:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Scientists have stopped the aging process in an entire organ for the first time, a study released today says.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Scientists identify new dinosaur species in east China]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/31966/1/" /><id>31966</id><summary><![CDATA[Scientists identify new dinosaur species in east China]]></summary><issued>2007-08-17T14:39:22+01:00</issued><modified>2007-08-17T14:39:22+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Japanese and Chinese scientists have announced the discovery of a new dinosaur species that used to roam the southwestern region of present-day Zhejiang province in east China 100 million years ago.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Scientists claim to understand women]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/63251/1/" /><id>63251</id><summary><![CDATA[Scientists claim to understand women]]></summary><issued>2008-05-27T01:12:13+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-27T01:12:13+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Dutch scientists say they have mapped the full genetic sequence of a woman for the first time.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Scientists develop computer that can 'translate' a dog's bark]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/47445/1/" /><id>47445</id><summary><![CDATA[Scientists develop computer that can 'translate' a dog's bark]]></summary><issued>2008-01-16T08:05:15+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-16T08:05:15+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[What would a dog say if it could talk? &quot;Stranger&quot;, &quot;fight&quot;, &quot;walk&quot;, &quot;alone&quot;, &quot;ball&quot; and &quot;play&quot;, according to scientists who have developed a computer programme to translate dog barks. The special programme analysed more than 6,000 barks from 14 Hungarian sheepdogs in six different situations.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Scientists discover new ocean current]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/60353/1/" /><id>60353</id><summary><![CDATA[Scientists discover new ocean current]]></summary><issued>2008-05-02T01:02:14+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-02T01:02:14+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new climate pattern called the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation. This new pattern explains, for the first time, changes in the water that are important in helping commercial fishermen understand fluctuations in the fish stock.]]></content></entry></feed>