7:36 PM
Scripps researchers have developed druges that reduce obesity in animals. Significant progress has been made towards an exercise pill--mice had a 50% increase in running capacity in both distance and speed:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/08/towards-exercise-pill-with-drug-muscle.htmlPrinceton researchers have embedded ultrathin radio directly on plastic sheets that can be applied to walls and other structures...enabling walls that can listen and talk with us:
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/08/researchers-develop-walls-can-listen-talk
Google is reportedly is talks with the NFL to buy NFL Sunday Ticket. Having the exclusive rights to all those NFL games (the most popular TV sport in the US) would be a huge boost to Google TV, YouTube, and however Google wants to use it:
http://allthingsd.com/20130820/is-google-ready-to-buy-its-way-into-tv-with-an-nfl-deal/
There are 120,000 apps in BlackBerry World...but 47,000 of them are from a single developer who is known for releasing low-quality apps:
http://allthingsd.com/20130821/120000-apps-in-blackberry-world-spoiler-47000-made-by-one-developer/?mod=ATD_featured_posts_widget