Fact O' The Day

[Krandall]

"The efficacy of acupuncture has been demonstrated in a lab setting with fMRI."

Acupuncture has always been controversial -- and, occasionally, dismissed outright as pseudo-scientific -- but it has also been consistently effective for many of the people who have experienced it. Now, German researchers have conducted a study in which volunteers were monitored with fMRI, first while receiving electric shocks and again while receiving the same shocks but with acupuncture needles in place. A marked difference became obvious in the imaging of the subjects' brains; pain perception was visibly reduced in the second case, suggesting that acupuncture can indeed help relieve pain.

[Spartan]

I don't know if I like the thought of needles...

[Peelz]

I don't know if I like the thought of needles...

Just try it. You'll wonder why you didnt do it sooner.

[Spartan]

I'll take your word for it...

[Krandall]

fact.


peelz REALLY does do drugs.

[Peelz]

Fact: Krandall really does do Dolphins

[Krandall]

Fact:  Peelz had sloppy seconds w/ said dolphin.

[funyun]

Fact: ShockWears are better used to suffocate small children/animals than to protect shocks

[Krandall]

Fact: Shock Covers are coats... 100% down.

[Peelz]

okay shut up now

[Krandall]

that's not a fact...

[Krandall]

creepy.

"Companies are developing pills that can text you once they've been ingested."


One such company, a start-up called Proteus Biomedical, has developed microchips that operate from a tiny circuit which can be embedded in a pill. Using the battery acid in your stomach, the circuit then generates enough voltage to power itself, sending a signal to an electronic Band-Aid on the patient's skin. The Band-Aid can then actually send a text
message -- to doctors or to a patient's caretaker, for example -- confirming that the correct dosage has been taken.

[Peelz]

creepy.

"Companies are developing pills that can text you once they've been ingested."


One such company, a start-up called Proteus Biomedical, has developed microchips that operate from a tiny circuit which can be embedded in a pill. Using the battery acid in your stomach, the circuit then generates enough voltage to power itself, sending a signal to an electronic Band-Aid on the patient's skin. The Band-Aid can then actually send a text
message -- to doctors or to a patient's caretaker, for example -- confirming that the correct dosage has been taken.

my business could use this.

[Krandall]

then you could make sure you're clients know they are only getting the best

[Spartan]

Nice, resupply dates in the pills