In this edition of the Worldwide wrap a futuristic 'Pillcam' has been developed to show up any abnormalities inside the human body, and a man who allegedly ran a service that provided roundabout access to pirated films and music files has been arrested. Get the details on these stories and more below.
Pill films insides
The futuristic 'Pillcam' is a tiny camera fitted with a flashing LED light, designed to show up any abnormalities inside the human body.
The camera is swallowed in the same way as traditional tablets, and takes the same route as food.
It travels through the body, capturing 18 photos ever second.
It means doctors and nurses can see more of the internal organs, picking up problems that external scans may not find.
Via: Daily Mail
Robotic helpers developed
Scientists say they have developed a low-cost robot prototype made from paper and children's trinkets that can assemble itself and perform a task without human help.
The technology could eventually lead to affordable 'robotic helpers' for use in everything from household chores to exploring space, according to the team of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers who developed it.
Via: Reuters
Pirate arrested
A man who allegedly ran a service that provided roundabout access to pirated films and music files has been arrested by City of London Police.
The 20-year-old from Nottingham is believed to have been running a proxy server that connected to addresses banned by service providers in the UK.
Several popular proxy sites have been taken down in the past few days, but no connection has been made to the arrest.
The police have placed warning notices on the sites concerned.
Via: BBC
Cigarette butts recycled
Scientists in South Korea have found a way to recycle smoked cigarette filters into high performing supercapacitors. Researchers from Seoul National University found a way to transform butts into a material comparable to graphene or carbon nanotubes.
If the process is perfected, the material could store energy more effectively than its graphene counterpart.
Supercapacitors are an important component in energy, with their ability to hold charges without chemical reactions. Batteries rely on these chemical reactions, but supercapacitors have an advantage with an ability to charge and discharge at a faster rate.
Via: Tree Hugger
Russians mock Obama
President Barack Obama received birthday greetings from around the world when he turned 53 years old on Monday, but some of those wishes weren't exactly well.
In Russia, protesters used lasers to beam a crude, racist image of Obama onto the former US Embassy in Moscow, which is today the embassy's Consular Section. The image showed the president in a birthday hat with a banana going in and out of his mouth followed by projections of the words "Obama" and "happy birthday" in English.
The Moscow Student Initiative took responsibility for the stunt on VK, a social network popular in Russia.
Via: Huffington Post
Remote diagnosis
The universal Mobile Electrochemical Detector, or uMED, can perform chemical and biochemical tests on a variety of commercially available test strips and electrodes, and send the results over an audio cable connected to the headphone jack of any cellphone - even if it isn't a smartphone. After placing a phone call, the user can upload the data over the voice channel of any mobile network (2G, 3G, or 4G) that is present on site. There is no need for an Internet connection.
An automated cloud database or a medical expert can then return relevant information about test results to the device by text message. The cloud database might be run by a private hospital or a government agency, which can send help if needed. On the other side, that agency can track the results uploaded through uMED to keep tabs on the spread of a disease.
Via: Mashable
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