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source: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-properties-green-tea-uncovered.html
Regularly drinking green tea could protect the brain against developing Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, according to latest research by scientists at Newcastle University.
The study, published in the academic journal Phytomedicine, also suggests this ancient Chinese remedy could play a vital role in protecting the body against cancer.
Led by Dr Ed Okello, the Newcastle team wanted to know if the protective properties of green tea � which have previously been shown to be present in t! he undig ested, freshly brewed form of the drink � were still active once the tea had been digested.
Digestion is a vital process which provides our bodies with the nutrients we need to survive. But, says Dr Okello, it also means that just because the food we put into our mouths is generally accepted to contain health-boosting properties, we can't assume these compounds will ever be absorbed by the body.
"What was really exciting about this study was that we found when green tea is digested by enzymes in the gut, the resulting chemicals are actually more effective against key triggers of Alzheimer's development than the undigested form of the tea," explains Dr Okello, based in the School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development at Newcastle University.
"In addition to this, we also found the digested compounds had anti-cancer properties, significantly slowing down the growth of the tumour cells which we were using in our experiments."
As part of the research, the Newcastle team worked in collaboration with Dr Gordon McDougall of the Plant Products and Food Quality Group at the Scottish Crop Research Institute in Dundee, who developed technology which simulates the human digestive system.
It is this which made it possible for the team to analyse the protective properties of the products of digestion.
Two compounds are known to play a significant role in the development of Alzheimer's disease � hydrogen peroxide and a protein known as beta-amyloid.
Previous studies have shown that compounds known as polyphenols, present in black and green tea, possess neuroprotective properties, binding with the toxic compounds and protecting the brain cells.
When ingested, the polyphenols are broken down to produce a mix of compounds and it was these the Newcastle team tested in their latest research.
"It's one of the reasons why we have to be so careful when we make claims about the health benefits of various foods and supplements," explains Dr Okello.
"There are certain chemicals we know to be beneficial and we can identify foods which are rich in them but what happens during the digestion process is crucial to whether these foods are actually doing us any good."
Carrying out the experiments in the lab using a tumour cell model, they exposed the cells to varying concentrations of the different toxins and the digested green tea compounds.
Dr Okello explained: "The digested chemicals protected the cells, preventing the toxins from destroying the cells.
"We also saw them affecting the cancer cells, significantly slowing down their growth.
"Green tea has been used in Traditional Chinese medicine for centuries and what we have here provides the scientific evidence why it may be effective against some of the key diseases we face today."
The next step is to discover whether the beneficial compounds are produced during digestion after healthy human volunteers consume tea polyphenols. The team has already received funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to take this forward.
Dr Okello adds: "There are obviously many factors which together have an influence on diseases such as cancer and dementia - a good diet, plenty of exercise and a healthy lifestyle are all important."
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Source: http://gizmodo.com/5725870/if-i-had-a-tv-this-beautiful-i-might-never-turn-it-on
The only clue that this featureless monolith even is a TV is the test pattern that pops on the screen from time to time: an assortment of gleaming white rectangles that hint at an LED array below the mirrored surface. There are no buttons, no logos, no lights or switches or ports or even off-colored patches to give this thing's functions away.
In fact there are only two clues about what this thing is: 1) It's sitting at the front of a row of similarly design-focused HDTVs, and 2) It's at Sony's booth. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that this too is a Sony HDTV. I'm gonna go out on another limb and pray that Sony produces this thing—because I'd be awful tempted to buy it and stare at it all day. I wouldn't even pollute the beautiful screen with the crap I watch.
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5726070/microsofts-next+gen-surface-uses-every-pixel-as-a-tiny-camera
It's still nothing you should expect to bring into your living room unless you're Bill Gates' cousin, but it's nice knowing that Microsoft is still trying to make it happen.
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5726091/avatar-kinect-get-cozy-with-your-virtual-xbox-live-friends
We knew Avatar Kinect was en route, but the details are even more impressive than the speculation. Avatar Kinect not only puts your avatar in a virtual conference-type of room with those of your friends, it tracks your facial expressions for an eerily realistic chat experience. (Even eerier when it's Ballmer.)
It'll be available this spring for free—free!—to Xbox Live Gold members.
Oh, and Microsoft has managed to sell 8 million Kinects since launch. Not too shabby!
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5726124/what-is-gorilla-glass
You'll find it in screens, mostly. This includes smartphone screens, tablet screens, laptop screens, and as of this week, touch-table screens and TV screens.
Drop it, smack it, or shoot it with an air rifle, and chances are you won't break, or even scratch, a piece of Gorilla Glass. Our own Brian Barrett went hands-on with a panel some time ago, and came away impressed:
Gorilla Glass is an unscratchable, unshatterable material used as a protective window for your mobile phone, PMP, or laptop display. It's in 65 products already, and I can assure you that the very nice man from Corning is not faking it. Your intrepid reporter also gave this several tries with all his blogger strength, and couldn't make a dent. I was, however, able to scratch the heck out of some polycarbonate.
Ok, so it's not literally indestructible, and it still quite possible to shatter your iPhone's screen. But it's harder than it used to be.
Speaking to SmartPlanet, Gorilla Glass engineer Dr. Donnell Walton explains:
When you chemically temper a glass, you immerse it in a salt bath and you stuff larger ions in all the surfaces and put them all under compression.
What's unique about Gorilla Glass is that because of its inherent composition, it can allow those larger ions to penetrate the surface more deeply to increase the compression tolerance and tolerate deeper scratches.
The compression pushes a flaw back. It's harder to break from a deeper scratch.
It's also a bit more expensive than the glass normally used for gadget screens, though given its rapid adoption—it's used in some 300+ devices at this point—its value as a selling point and feature clearly outweighs its monetary cost.
For more on Gorilla Glass, read our previous coverage.
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5726165/pixeloptics-liquid-crystal-glasses-make-bifocals-obsolete
All that's required to shift the glasses—which can be fitted into any design of frame—is a tap to their touch-sensitive side. A simple electrical impulse changes the liquid crystal, instantly—enabling or disabling a shapeshifting reading zone in the lenses. Or, for an I-can't-believe-I'm-this-impressed-by-glasses moment, slide your finger along the side of the specs to active a tiny gyroscope that'll adjust the focus as you move your head.
It's a subtle shift that's hard to appreciate without, you know, wearing the glasses. But as you can see from my attempt to test the incredible lenses (look at the shifting pattern on the gent's tie!), it works. PixelOptics hopes to bring the glasses to market by April, but really, as long as they're out by the time I hit 40, I'm content. And I'm hoping the price will have come down from $1,200 [PixelOptics]
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/sony-reveals-3d-capturing-cyber-shot-cameras-includes-worlds-f/
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In case that's not enough to convince ya, these offer a frequency response of 20Hz to 21,000Hz, and they'll function just fine (albeit sans noise cancellation) even if your AAA battery keels over. Controls are embedded in the cabling, and users are able to activate the TalkThrough function if they'd prefer to conduct a conversation with someone without actually removing their earphones. Furthermore, changing between the NoiseGard profiles and activation of the TalkThrough function are indicated by both an acoustic and a visual signal. The company will be shipping these with a 4.5-foot long cable, an in-flight adapter, 6.35mm jack plug adapter, a small carrying case and a diaphragm protector, with sales to start later this month for around $320."Mode 1 absorbs low-frequency noise in particular (100 to 400 Hertz), such as engine noise from trains, buses or small passenger planes. Mode 2 focuses on cancelling noise in the medium frequency range (400 to 3,000 Hertz), which is caused above all by air-conditioning systems in large passenger aircraft or office buildings. Mode 3 has a particularly wide frequency range (100 to 3,000 Hertz), and combines the noise-cancelling effect in the medium and low-frequency ranges. As a result, background noise with different noise components, such as that which occurs at airports, railway stations or underground stations, can be effectively suppressed, although with a slightly lower noise-cancelling performance than in the first two modes."
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