Advances to curing Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Lou Gehrig’s (old article)

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1225290.htm
Another old medical article detailing advances in studies on mice. From the site:
The researchers’ goal is not to create a therapy that would kill neurons in order to activate the birth of new ones. Rather, they hope experiments like this one, which appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences online, will lead [...]

BrachySil kills cancer cells

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1225290.htm
Not a cure for cancer, but this injectable chip kills the malignant cells. From the site:

The spokeswoman says clinical trials on eight patients at the government-run Singapore General Hospital have shown its is capable of killing malignant cells within a 1.5 centimetre radius.
She says five of eight patients involved in the trials have seen their [...]

How we hear – revealed (old article)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3740680.stm
Another old article – if I go deaf they better have figured out how to fix it by then. From the site:
For decades scientists have been trying to figure out what translates sound into the nerve impulses which are interpreted by the brain.
Now a Harvard Medical School team says it is down to a protein, [...]

WetCanvas – art community

http://www.wetcanvas.com/
Consider yourself an artist in more than just the digital sense? This place is for you. Painting, drawing, theory, tutorials, history, community, it’s all here. Excellent resources!

Stem cells – cure for some blindness (old article)

http://www.wired.com/medtech/genetics/news/2004/09/65070
Yet another article from 2004 claiming a cure, due out within two to four years (which means if they did it, we’d have heard about it).
From the site:
“These cells actually make the cones and rods,” said Robert Lanza, chief scientific officer at Advanced Cell Technology and lead author of the paper. “We’re in a position [...]

Entheos – web design resources

http://www.entheosweb.com/website_design/default.asp
This is a wonderful site with very good information on web design, layouts, graphics tutorials, etc. Keep it bookmarked.

Irrlicht – open source 3D engine

http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/index.html
From the site:
The Irrlicht Engine is an open source high performance realtime 3D engine written and usable in C++ and also available for .NET languages. [...]

Healed corneas (old article)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3661582.stm
Another old article. It seems like 2004 was a good year for medical breakthroughs, and then things went somewhat inert…
Anyways, scientists from Japan used inner cheek tissue to fix corneas. From the site:
A team from Osaka University transplanted thin layers of cheek cells on to the eyes of four patients with a rare and painful [...]

Hardware Security (and studies into the lack thereof)

http://www.security.org/
Better to be informed than blindly unaware. From the site:
Detailed information for law enforcement and security professionals regarding locks, safes, and security worldwide.

The Simpsons – Interactive map of Springfield

http://www.mapofspringfield.com/
Ok, so the Simpsons isn’t as big now as it has been, but here’s an interactive map of Springfield anyways. They did a pretty good job of showing a better overview of the town in Simpsons, The Movie, but this is more of an all-in-one shot.