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UC Davis Develops First Combined PET/MRI Tomograph

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2008-03-26 17:23:54 by Michael in Medgadget
...Davis overcame difficult technical problems and succeeded in building the world's first combined PET/MRI scanner. The two imaging modalities are naturally complementary, as MRI provides information about tissue structure while PET is a functional modality that informs about biological processes. Combining the two types of scan in a single...
 
Tags: mri, pet, scanner, mripet scanner combo, conventional pet machines, mri images, smooth magnetic fields, magnetic fields, mri scans
 
 
 
 
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Ziff Davis files chapter 11 bankruptcy

2008-03-06 00:09:00 by Ryan Block in Engadget
 
...Davis (owner of PC Mag, EGM, DigialLife, etc.) is fricking filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy as a shield from some $225m in debt. For those not in the know, chapter 11 just means they're down, but not necessarily out -- although we had no idea it was as dire for the media company as being $225m in the can (not that we're really all that...
 
Tags: media company, bankruptcy, chapter, company, debt, gadgets damn, 225m, media-on-media stuff, digiallife
 
 
 
 
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Ziff Davis files chapter 11 bankruptcy

2008-03-06 05:09:00 by Ryan Block in
 
...Davis (owner of PC Mag, EGM, DigialLife, etc.) is fricking filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy as a shield from some $225m in debt. For those not in the know, chapter 11 just means they're down, but not necessarily out -- although we had no idea it was as dire for the media company as being $225m in the can (not that we're really all that...
 
Tags: media company, bankruptcy, chapter, company, debt, gadgets damn, 225m, media-on-media stuff, digiallife
 
 
 
 
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Ziff Davis files chapter 11 bankruptcy

2008-03-06 11:03:40 by admin in Cool Gadgets and Gizmos
 
...Davis (owner of PC Mag, EGM, DigialLife, etc.) is fricking filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy as a shield from some $225m in debt. For those not in the know, chapter 11 just means theyre down, but not necessarily out although we had no idea it was as dire for the media company as being $225m in the can (not that were really all that shocked)....
 
Tags: bankruptcy, chapter, media company, company, debt, 225m, companys equity, media-on-media stuff, digiallife
 
 
 
 
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Warick Davis Responds To Accusation That Ewoks Ruined Return Of The Jedi

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2008-08-04 17:30:36 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
 
...Davis (the guy that played Wicket the Ewok and Willow) responding to the accusation that Ewoks ruined Return of the Jedi because George Lucas turned them into giant teddy bears to sell more toys. If you haven't already watched it, I'm about to spoil it for you right now: It was staged and turns into a giant song and dance about the Ewoks....
 
Tags: ewoks, dance, now-infamous character dance-off, giant song, wicket, star wars weekends, wicket sings, song, features warick davis
 
 
 
 
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Glaucoma monitoring contact lenses crafted at UC Davis

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2008-08-06 00:08:00 by Darren Murph in Engadget
...Davis have more than bragging rights in mind with their "smart" contacts. The devices are infused with a "pattern of conductive silver wires, which could be used to measure pressure inside the eye." The material, dubbed polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), would boast antimicrobial properties and could enable scientists to better study glaucoma. How...
 
Tags: computers sans wires, measure pressure inside, conductive silver wires, boast antimicrobial properties, laid eyes, davis, contacts, lenses, study glaucoma
 
 
 
 
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Ziff Davis' DigitalLife Gadget Show Cancelled For 2008 [Tech Beat]

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2008-08-21 14:59:00 by Wilson Rothman in Gizmodo
...Davis publishing group's own DigitalLife, getting cut at the last minute. We asked why, but in the meantime, we can only guess the reasons Primarily, we think it's lack of serious newsdraw. Last year's highlights were mid-level at best: iRobot's Looj gutter cleaner, Palm's Centro and Gateway's One. September is already late for companies...
 
Tags: digitallife, ziff davis, looj gutter cleaner, vast tradeshow floors, booth, expo space, company reps, tech reporters, miss
 
 
 
 
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Raiders owner Al Davis proves there is life after death

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2008-10-01 13:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
 
Turn off the sound, then watch yesterday's press conference (above) in which the eerily waxen Davis hates on his (now ex-) coach Lane Kiffin, explaining all the reasons why Kiffin betrayed him, blah blah blah, necessitating his being fired after an 0-4 start They always said that the living would envy the dead" that's inoperative in this case
 
Tags: coach lane kiffin, kiffin, blah blah blah, davis, press conference, fired, inoperative, reasons, envy
 
 
 
 
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The True Story of the Hurricane Katrina Lightning-Laser Memorial and the Peg-Leg Biologist [Lightning Laser Tower]

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2008-07-30 12:00:00 by Jack Loftus in Gizmodo
...Davis is telling me about his design for a 110-foot lightning-laser tower that will literally seize a hurricanes force, bottle it up and hurl it angrily back into the sky. Its intended as a memorial for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Daviswhose official role at MIT is research affiliate associate in the biology departmentplans to name the...
 
Tags: davis, davis tower image, tower, davis hopes, joe davis, davis eschews, davis lost, 110-foot tower, davis memorial