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Bundle in a Box has Shuggy, The 4th Wall, Eversion, more for you
On this chilly, relaxing Sunday, take a break from all that lounging around and have some fun with a bundle of indie games priced at "whatever you want" – because you deserve it. The Bundle in a Box is live for eight more days and includes the following games for exactly the price you think they're worth: Shadows on the Vatican: Act 1, Delve Deeper (and DLC), War of the Human Tanks, Eversion and Fibrillation.By paying more than the average (currently at $2.87), you get The Adventures of Shuggy, Stay Dead, The 4th Wall and Flibble. Also, the more bundles that are sold, the more extra goodies are unlocked for everyone, including the Shuggy OST and comic, the War of the Human Tanks OST and the Droidscape: Basilica OST. The soundtrack for Shadows on the Vatican is already unlocked, you lucky dogs.Delve Deeper, Eversion and Shuggy all come with Steam keys, while Eversion and Stay Dead are compatible with Mac.
Scientists find less damaging defibrillation method, heart tissue relieved
Good news, aging Earthlings: a team of researchers have found a way to shock a coding patient's heart, while leaving other organs and tissues undamaged from the defibrillator. The device send a single high voltage pulse of electrical energy to a patient's chest in order to fix an irregular or nonexistent heart beat; traditionally, what often results is damage to point of contact and surrounding skin cells, muscles and tissues, but a team of whiz kids have seemingly figured out a way to dodge the dreadfulness. Led by scientists Stefan Luther and Flavio Fenton, the team claims that by using a series of five pulses of less potent shocks (instead of a single concentrated charge), docs can see an 84 percent reduction in damaging power. This new technology -- coined low-energy antifibrillation pacing (LEAP) -- can also be used in implanted defibrillators, not just the well-known flappy paddles. Due to the relatively low emissions, both the patient and such implants have extended lives. And that, friends, is good for us all -- given the impending Robot Apocalypse, we'll be needing those extra years just to hold down the fort.
Osaka University scientists create world's first optical pacemaker
Around 1.5 years ago, we got wind of researchers in the UK working up a battery-free pacemaker. Fast forward to now, and we've got yet another breakthrough in the field. Purportedly, a crew of Osaka University scientists have created the "world's first optical pacemaker," and in an article published in Optics Express, the team details how "powerful, but very short, laser pulses can help control the beating of heart muscle cells." In theory, this discovery provides the means for dictating said cells within a controlled setting, which could help researchers "better understand the mechanism of heart muscle contraction." As amazing as we're sure this is to the science world, throwing "lasers" and "heart" into the same sentence just doesn't elicit warm / fuzzy feelings.[Via Primidi]
