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Alzheimer’s Vaccine Effective on Mice

According to a Reuters article, Japanese researchers at Nagoya University and others developed an Alzheimer’s vaccine has shown to be effective in mice. Small scale human trials is hoped to start this year.

Source: Reuters

Nokia N95

Nokia N95

Nokia’s latest addition to the N Series line of phones has started shipping to Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The N95 is a Symbian OS smartphone with a 2 way slide design. Features includes integrated WLAN, GPS navigation, 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, support for HSDPA, EDGE and WCDMA networks and more.

Source: Nokia
Nokia N95 Product Page

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T5

Sony DSC-T5

Sony’s next generation T Series digital camera features 5.1 megapixel Carl Zeiss Vasio-Tessar optics, 3x optical zoom, 2.5” LCD screen, 32MB of internal memory, a lightweight aluminum body and increased battery life. The expected release date is September 2005.

Source: Sony

Motorola Q

Motorola Q

When available the Motorola Q will be the world’s thinnest QWERTY mobile phone in the world (11.5mm) and one of the first devices to run on the Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 operating system. Features includes: Bluetooth, IrDA, mini USB connectivity, 320×240 pixel 65K TFT LCD screen, 1.3MP digital camera and a Mini-SD memory card slot. The expected release date of the Moto Q is Q1 2006.

Source: Motorola

iPod Vending Machine

iPod Vending Machine

A ‘Zoom Shop’ vending machine was spotted at Atlanta Airport offering iPod Minis and iPod Shuffles. link

Inkjet Bone Repair

Scientists at the University of Manchester are currently working on a method to use inkjet nozzles to spray human cells. The cells would be the harvested from the patient and then grown to prevent rejection. The cells then can be sprayed in a way to grow to the desired shape and speed healing.

So far the scientists have used this method to spray and grow human fibroblasts and osteoblasts and bovine chondrocytes.

Source: Cnet News

HP iPAQ HW6500

HW6500

Details of the upcoming HP iPAQ HW6500 was revealed on the FCC website which shows the mobile device will run Windows Mobile 2003 SE Phone Edition on a 312 MHz Intel XScale Processor. Other features includes: a square 240×240 pixel screen, 64MB RAM, QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth, GPS and will run on the GSM/GPRS networks and has EDGE support. Also there is a model with a 1.2MP digital camera and one without.

Source: Brighthand.com

Logic 3 PSP Keyboard

Logic 3 PSP Keyboard

Gameseek.co.uk is accepting pre-orders for a foldaway PSP keyboard that doubles as a screen protector. It’s a 47-key keyboard that enables the PSP to be used as a handheld or a desktop unit. The expected ship date is May 27, 2005 and is selling for £19.99. link