ledes feb.19.09

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/03/medical.imaging.device/index.html
Invention turns cell phone into mobile medical lab
“How about in a few seconds? Such a device may be available in the near future, and it could turn a cell phone into a mobile medical lab -- and change the way doctors treat patients in rural areas far from hospitals.” At UCLA using just a few off the shelf parts a professor turned a phone into a camera that he can get to produce an image that shows the thousands of cells in a small fluid sample such as human blood. The device is call LUCAS, it uses a short wavelength blue light to illuminate a sample of liquid, blood, saliva or another fluid, on a laboratory slide.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/19/acid.attack.victim/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
Woman blinded by acid wants same fate for attacker
“Bahrami is blind, the victim of an acid attack by a spurned suitor” According to ancient Islamic law “eye-for-an-eye” she wants to blind him, but not for revenge, so that it doesn’t happen to anyone else. The sentencing starts in march to see how this “love struck” man get punished.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/02/19/saving.right.whales/index.html
Volunteers, scientists guard endangered whales
“Each new calf the group spots gives her hope that the right whale -- a highly endangered and often-overlooked species -- will recover.” They are the most endangered large whale species, with only 400 left in the world. They’re usually hit by ships because of their jet black color, and whale hunters illegally hunt them because they are so big (7 tons) and when killed float to the top.


http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/17/dying.green/
Green burials: A dying wish to be 'home for fish'
“The artificial reefs are cast from a mixture of environmentally safe cement and cremated remains.” Now instead of using the steel and wood to make caskets we can make home for fish and improve the environment.