I am in the lab....finishing up my experiment for the day. But I realize that
1) If every experiment worked correctly the first time, and I didn't have to trouble shoot, and
2) If incubation times were eliminated

I would be Dr. Cross instead of just Miss. Cross by now.

Sometimes waiting is just so terribly painful. Anyway, I guess I should be reading www.pubmed.com instead of www.memestreams.net, but I just can't help myself. And I am learning here too....learning that Acidus has very interesting taste in car music:)

Everything you every wanted to know about.....everything.

The Library of Congress

fill with water or juice to make frozen shot glasses
makes (4) glasses at a time
reusable, made of food grade silicone
withstands temps from -58*F to 446*F
dishwasher safe

Freakin brilliant...why didn't anyone think of that before?

shot glass freezer mold - tiny living

Ipodish looking toaster. Looks rad, but only one piece of toast at a time? They need the double slot model.

If Apple designed a toaster, it would look like this

Tissue culture meets art = creepy and apparently delicious

The Tissue Culture & Art Project

Fab@Home is a website dedicated to making and using fabbers - machines that can make almost anything, right on your desktop. This website provides an open source kit that lets you make your own simple fabber, and use it to print three dimensional objects. You can download and print various items, try out new materials, or upload and share your own projects. Advanced users can modify and improve the fabber itself.

Fabbers (a.k.a 3D Printers or rapid prototyping machines) are a relatively new form of manufacturing that builds 3D objects by carefuly depositing materials drop by drop, layer by layer. Slowly but surely, with the right set of materials and a geometric blueprint, you can fabricate complex objects that would normally take special resources, tools and skills if produced using conventional manufacturing techniques. A fabber can allow you explore new designs, email physical objects to other fabber owners, and most importantly - set your ideas free. Just like MP3s, iPods and the Internet have freed musical talent, we hope that blueprints and fabbers will democratize innovation.

Cool...I want to make one:)

Fab @ Home: Open Source 3D printer

Don't forget to go and nominate Memestreams for a Bloggie! http://2007.bloggies.com:) Nominations end Jan 10th!!!!!

I think its about time that the Memestreams Community and the people who work hard coding Memestreams in their free time get the recognition they deserve. Therefore, I have nominated memestreams for a "Weblog Award", and I hope others in the community will do the same.

Seventh Annual Weblog Awards

Last week, The Lancet released a study stating that an influenza pandemic similar to the so-called Spanish flu pandemic that killed between 50 and 100 million people between 1918 and 1920 would kill about 62 million people today, with 96 percent of the deaths occurring in developing countries (details here, free registration required). It is reassuring to learn that researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have succeeded in imaging one of the viruses that causes influenza. So far, they've studied the H3N2 strain, but they could soon image other ones. This finding could help to discover how antibodies inactivate the virus — and maybe save millions of lives.

3-D images of a flu virus | Emerging Technology Trends | ZDNet.com

If you're looking for that Tim Burton on bad acid look for your living room, these dolls could really add to the ambiance.

-No, I don't want one of these for Christmas Tom...keep looking:)

Strange Dolls Indeed - Just in time for Christmas