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Chew This Over: Mechanical Mouth Unveiled in France

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2008-05-07 08:00:04 by Michael in Medgadget
...mouth, which can supposedly munch up food very similarly to how a human mouth does it. The device is intended to be used for testing various foods with regards to quality, and to also understand how flavors are influenced by the physical composition of the food. The munching device mimics the first steps of digestion - chewing, saliva release...
 
Tags: mouth, human mouth inside, human mouth, food breakdown, food, food chemistry, artificial mechanical mouth, chamber, variable speed motors
 
 
 
 
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New Study Finds Cell Phone Use Increases Risk of Mouth Cancer

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2007-12-18 00:31:10 by Patrick Birmingham in Cell Phone Digest
...mouth cancer. Scientists have found that 5 years of heavy cell phone usage increases the chance of developing a tumor by approximately 50 percent compared with people who never use a cell phone The study is the latest to link cell phone use to cancer. Last September we reported that UK's Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research (MTHR)...
 
Tags: phone, cell phone, cell phone usage, mobile phone usage, study, cancer, mouth cancer, link cell phone, risk
 
 
 
 
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Safretti's Latest Wall-Mounted Gaya Fireplace Looks Like a Flaming Mouth [Fireplace]

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2008-03-17 18:30:05 by Jason Chen in Gizmodo
...mouth. A mouth much like the mouths Seth MacFarlane likes to draw on inanimate objects on Family Guy , which is why we picture this thing spewing obscenities, as well as 7.1kW of heat from its alcohol-fueld fire hole. The bad news? That 7.1kW doesn't really measure up against a real fireplace, so this is more for a mouth motif decoration than...
 
Tags: mouth, mouth motif decoration, safretti, alcohol-fueld fire hole, 1kw, real fireplace, family guy, proper wood, bad news
 
 
 
 
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Robot Mouth, Because Chewing Is for Luddites [Science]

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2008-05-07 18:30:00 by posted by Pantha in
...mouths around. Composed of teeth-like protrusions, variable speed motors, artificial saliva and a helium flow to quarantine-released compounds, this artificial mouth can masticate with the best of 'em Used to test the chemicals released by chewing (apples, in this case), the mouth sounds like an easy enough body part to duplicated, but there...
 
Tags: saliva, artificial saliva, global food crisis, food, swallow saliva, variable speed motors, apple chunks avoid, robotic mouths, day
 
 
 
 
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Robot Mouth, Because Chewing Is for Luddites [Science]

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2008-05-07 14:30:00 by Mark Wilson in Gizmodo
...mouths around. Composed of teeth-like protrusions, variable speed motors, artificial saliva and a helium flow to quarantine-released compounds, this artificial mouth can masticate with the best of 'em Used to test the chemicals released by chewing (apples, in this case), the mouth sounds like an easy enough body part to duplicated, but there...
 
Tags: saliva, artificial saliva, global food crisis, food, swallow saliva, variable speed motors, apple chunks avoid, robotic mouths, day
 
 
 
 
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600 common bugs live in a typical human mouth!

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2008-03-26 05:21:43 by HASH0x8b8162c in Fareastgizmos.com
...mouths. Most of the bacteria found in the mouth are beneficial and important for maintaining the health of teeth and gums. A smaller number cause problems such as tooth decay and gum disease. The database provides descriptions of the microbes, their metabolism, and their ability to cause disease Researchers hope it will help them to...
 
Tags: common bugs live, bugs, mouth, disease, gum disease, mouth bacteria, bacteria, heart disease, tooth decay
 
 
 
 
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Giant mouth exhibit is just one stop on a gross, informative journey

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2008-04-14 17:24:12 by Kevin Hall in DVICE
...mouth The mouth of the exhibit is creepily lifelike with a rubber tongue, wrinkled flesh and a massive set of tonsils. The museum's creator, Henri Remmers, commented that the attraction is more than just an informative romp through the body, but something that will hopefully encourage people to live healthier the more they understand how...
 
Tags: giant mouth, mouth, corpus amusement parkmuseum, corpus, museum goers enter, body, human body, museum, creepily lifelike
 
 
 
 
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Man gets his appendix removed through his mouth

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2008-04-21 12:15:06 by AdamFrucci in DVICE
...mouth, a world's first. And while yeah, the whole knives-down-the-throat thing is off-putting, it was a complete success, with the recipient of the surgery able to be back at work two days later and doing sit-ups a day after that. In the end, I suppose we'll learn to deal with such creepy prospects as robotic mouth surgery due to the...
 
Tags: bad news, news, surgery, faster recover times, appendix, creepy prospects, mouth, complete success, scars
 
 
 
 
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Robotic mouth developed, robo dinner companions not far off

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2008-05-07 13:57:41 by AdamFrucci in DVICE
...mouth that can chew food into a mash just like people, paving the way for robots of the future to acquire a taste for human flesh In reality, the device could be used as part of a robotic taste-tester, analyzing how foods taste when we chew them so only the most delicious artificially-flavored snacks get to your supermarket shelves. And while...
 
Tags: taste, robotic taste-tester, chew food, food, creepy, creepy news, foods taste, chew, supermarket shelves