Light Could Make Your Skin Electric

Light Could Make Your Skin Electric

Freedomist Editor August 10, 2021

Team develops technique for printing circuits on irregular surfaces with pulses of light

From techxplore.com
2021-08-09 11:43:20

Excerpt:

Led by Penn State, an international team of researchers has developed a low-cost, low-heat transfer technique that can print biodegradable electronics on a variety of complex geometries and, potentially, human skin. They published their findings today in Materials Today.

“We are trying to enable direct fabrication of circuits on freeform, 3D geometries,” said Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Professor in Penn State’s Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM). “Printing on complicated objects can allow a future Internet of Things where circuits can connect various objects around us, whether they be smart home sensors, robots performing complex tasks together, or devices placed on the human body.”

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Everyone Still Loves Cuomo, Andrew, That Is

Freedomist Editor August 10, 2021

Despite Sexual Harassment Report, Cuomo Still Most Popular Democratic Gov.

From dailycaller.com
2021-08-09 15:26:46
Michael Ginsberg
Excerpt:

Despite a report detailing numerous sexual harassment allegations against him, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is still state Democratic voters’ top choice in a primary.

Slingshot Strategies, a left-wing data analysis firm, found that 26% of likely Democratic primary voters would support Cuomo if…

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Taliban Offensive Claims 5 Afghan Provincial Capitols

Freedomist Editor August 10, 2021

Taliban press on, take 2 more Afghan provincial capitals

From abcnews.go.com
2021-08-09 13:51:16

Excerpt:

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban took control of two more provincial capitals in Afghanistan on Monday, officials said. Their fall marked the latest development in a weekslong, relentless Taliban offensive as American and NATO forces finalize their pullout from the war-torn country.

The militants have ramped up their push across much of Afghanistan, turning their guns on provincial capitals after taking large swaths of land in the mostly rural countryside. On Monday they controlled five of…

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Afghan War Contractors Dubai-Bound

Freedomist Editor August 10, 2021

Contractors who powered US war in Afghanistan stuck in Dubai

From www.washingtontimes.com
2021-08-09 16:28:14
Isabel Debre
Excerpt:

Some of the foreign contractors who powered the logistics of America’s “forever war” in Afghanistan now find themselves stranded on an unending layover in Dubai without a way to get home.

After nearly two decades, the rapid U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has upended the lives of thousands of private security contractors from some of the world’s poorest countries – not the hired guns but the hired hands who serviced the American war effort. For years, they toiled in the shadows as cleaners, cooks, construction workers, servers and technicians on sprawling American base

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German Parliament Reacts Violently to Afghan Intervention Debate

Freedomist Editor August 10, 2021

Uproar after German parliament committee head suggests preparing for INTERVENTION in Afghanistan…again — RT World News

From www.rt.com
2021-08-09 16:58:14
RT
Excerpt:

Germany should make its military forces “available” for another operation in Afghanistan to stop the Taliban from conquering it, the Bundestag’s Foreign Affairs Committee head said. His fellow MPs did not share the sentiment.

US President Joe Biden should stop America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, Norbert Roettgen, the head of the German parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, told the German FAZ newspaper on Sunday. Roettgen said he was concerned about the…

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Oregon Graduates Need not Know How to Read, Write, or Do Math

Freedomist Editor August 10, 2021

Oregon Gov. Brown refuses to talk about bill she signed in secret allowing students to graduate without being able to read or do math

From www.theblaze.com
2021-08-09 14:49:28
Chris Field
Excerpt:

Kate Brown, the far-left Democratic governor of Oregon, quietly signed a bill into law last month that will allow high schoolers to graduate without proving they can read, write, or do math — and told no one about it.

And now, when pressed on it just days ago, she still won’t talk about the law….

….The Beaver State’s Democrat-dominated legislature passed a bill in mid-June, SB 744, dropping requirements that would-be graduates demonstrate they have achieved essential high school-level reading, writing, and math skills for the next five years, the paper said. The move was an extension of the suspension of skills requirements that had been enacted last year in response to the pandemic.

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Biden Nuclear Policy Might Become More Declaratory

Freedomist Editor August 10, 2021

Believe It or Not: U.S. Nuclear Declaratory Policy and Calculated Ambiguity

From warontherocks.com
2021-08-09 03:55:12
Matthew Costlow
Excerpt:

America’s current policy of “calculated ambiguity” is worth keeping because it contributes to deterring a growing range of strategic non-nuclear threats (chemical, biological, and conventional), provides U.S. leadership freedom of action in a crisis or conflict, and assures allies and partners. However, influential politicians such as House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, plus a host of non-government analysts, are proposing changes to U.S. nuclear declaratory policy now because the Biden administration is in the early stages of formulating U.S. nuclear policy. As nuclear modernization programs advance through Congress, the likelihood of restricting or outright eliminating them falls.

They hope that if the Biden administration adopts new declaratory policy, that may provide enough impetus to achieve their visions of a reduced U.S. nuclear arsenal. These alternative policies — including nuclear “no first use,” “sole purpose,” and an “existential threat policy” — miss the mark because they seek to restrict U.S. deterrence options through declarations that opponents are unlikely to believe, and allies and partners believe are to their detriment. Instead, U.S. officials should articulate a strong defense of the current nuclear declaratory policy of calculated ambiguity because its flexibility is its strength, and a true necessity in a dynamic security environment.

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Crypto Might Survive Infrastructure After All

Freedomist Editor August 10, 2021

US lawmakers behind crypto amendments to infrastructure bill introduce compromise

From cointelegraph.com
2021-08-09 13:19:51
Cointelegraph By Turner Wright
Excerpt:

United States Senators putting forth differing amendments for provisions in the infrastructure deal that apply to crypto have reached a compromise after a legislative setback.

In a press conference on Monday, Senator Pat Toomey said there was now a bipartisan agreement on an amendment to infrastructure bill HR 3684, backed by Cynthia Lummis, Rob Portman, Mark Warner, Kyrsten Sinema and Ron Wyden. The Pennsylvania lawmaker said the new amendment would exempt software developers, transaction…

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Glue Tournequet Could Stop the Bleeding of Even Gaping Wounds

Freedomist Editor August 10, 2021

Bio-inspired, blood-repelling tissue glue could seal wounds quickly. A new adhesive that mimics the sticky substance barnacles use to cling to rocks may offer a better way to treat traumatic injuries.

From mit.edu
2021-08-09 13:16:44
Excerpt:

Inspired by the sticky substance that barnacles use to cling to rocks, MIT engineers have designed a strong, biocompatible glue that can seal injured tissues and stop bleeding.

The new paste can adhere to surfaces even when they are covered with blood, and can form a tight seal within about 15 seconds of application. Such a glue could offer a much more effective way to treat traumatic injuries and to help control bleeding during surgery, the researchers say.

“We are solving an adhesion problem in a challenging environment, which is this wet, dynamic environment of human tissues. At the same time, we are trying to translate this fundamental knowledge into real products that can save lives,” says Xuanhe Zhao, a professor of mechanical engineering and civil and environmental engineering at MIT and one of the senior authors of the study.

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US Military to Require Covid-19 Vaccinations

Freedomist Editor August 10, 2021

Pentagon To Mandate Vaccines For Military Members, With Or Without FDA Approval

From thefederalist.com
2021-08-09 14:41:06
Gabe Kaminsky
Excerpt:

Amid the spread of the delta variant and Democrats pushing the notion that more lockdowns are imperative, the Biden administration confirmed Monday that all members of the United States military are required to get vaccinated against the coronavirus by Sept. 15.

“I will seek the president’s…

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