The death of death ??

Complete article at: http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,68962,00.html?tw=rss.TOP


Genetically altered mice discovered accidentally at the Wistar Institute in Pennsylvania have the seemingly miraculous ability to regenerate like a salamander, and even regrow vital organs.

Researchers systematically amputated digits and damaged various organs of the mice, including the heart, liver and brain, most of which grew back.

The results stunned scientists because if such regeneration is possible in this mammal, it might also be possible in humans.

The researchers also made a remarkable second discovery: When cells from the regenerative mice were injected into normal mice, the normal mice adopted the ability to regenerate. And when the special mice bred with normal mice, their offspring inherited souped-up regeneration capabilities.

The mice, known as the MRL strain, were genetically engineered and inbred to develop lupus. But researchers don't know why exactly the animals' injuries heal so well.

"If we identified the molecules that allow mice that don't regenerate to regenerate ... and I think we could be close to doing that, then I think the next step is to consider what these molecules would do in individuals," said Ellen Heber-Katz, a professor of molecular and cellular oncogenesis at Wistar, located on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia.

Heber-Katz discovered the strain in 1998 accidentally while working with mice altered genetically for studying autoimmune diseases.

She had pierced holes in the ears of the genetically altered mice to distinguish them from a control group, but they healed quickly with no scarring.

She and her colleagues wanted to find out what other parts of this strain of mice would grow back, so they snipped off the tip of a tail, severed a spinal cord, poked an eye and cauterized various internal organs.

The incredible wound-healing they observed abruptly shifted the focus of Heber-Katz's lab's research from autoimmune disease to regenerative medicine. The researchers began hunting for the specific genes that gave the mice their special powers. They are focusing on three specific genes at the moment, but she suspects that many more likely contribute to the regenerative abilities.

While some amphibians can regrow body parts, mammals for the most part do not have that ability, making this a very special mouse indeed. If the results can be translated to humans, it would be a dream come true for people who want to live forever.

stats cellphone penetration in different nations

http://www.c-i-a.com/pr0905.htm

Java phone stats

[via Answers.com]

According to John Jackson, senior telecommunications analyst of the
Yankee Group, 60% of all handsets sold worldwide in 2005 will support
Java, and the installed base of handsets exceeds 500 million devices.

Excerpt:

“Java is the most ubiquitous development platform for mobile
applications,” says John Jackson, senior telecommunications analyst of
the Yankee Group in Boston. “Sixty percent of all handsets sold
worldwide in 2005 will support Java, and the installed base of
handsets exceeds 500 million devices.”

ADT Magazine: April 25, 2005
A Little Action on Java-ready Phones
http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=11017


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According to Sun Microsystems president and COO Jonathan Schwartz in
an article published February 26 2005, there are now over 500 million
Java-enabled phones in the world, and more than 60 percent of all new
phones will ship Java-enabled.

Excerpt:

“Sun Microsystems president and COO Jonathan Schwartz has been busy
evangelizing mobile data and, specifically, mobile Java since 3GSM
last week. He recently argued that the majority of the world has yet
to experience the Web, and that most of these people will first
experience the Internet not through a desktop but through a mobile
phone. Ten times as many people bought cell phones last year as PCs.
All of this, according to him, adds up to good news for Sun and its
mobile version of Java -- J2ME. Schwartz noted that there are now over
500 million Java-enabled phones in the world, and more than 60 percent
of all new phones will ship Java-enabled. Schwartz argues that this
will be a boom for Sun and J2ME.”

Trend: Mobile Java marches on
Sunday February 27, 2005
http://eyeonit.itmanagersjournal.com/article.pl?sid=05/02/27/0432223


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Mark Herring, Director, Java, Web Services & Tools Business Sun
Microsystems stated in a recent article dated July 18, 2006:

“If you look at embedded Java today Java is in about 2.5 billion
devices, about 708 million Java-enabled devices are currently shipping
and 1.5 billion cell phones.”

Sap Info: July 18, 2005
http://www.sapinfo.net/index.php4?ACTION=noframe&url=http://www.sapinfo.net/public/en/article.php4/Article-2532842d264d5d4011/en


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On April 4, 2005, The Financial Express published some numbers on Java
and how it stands today after 10 years of growth.

- 579 million Java enabled phones

Quoting from the article:

“Globally, over 4.5 million software developers work on Java.
Java is a $100 billion dollar per year industry.
$2.2 billion is invested yearly in Java application servers and $110
billion in related IT.
There are 100 carrier deployments and 579 million Java enabled phones.
Seven out of 10 wireless applications currently under constructions
will use Java technology runtime environment.
The Java mobile game market is estimated at around $3 billion.
Around 750 million Java cards have been deployed globally”

Financial Express: April 4, 2005
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=86910


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According to John Loicano, Sun executive vice president for software,
there are 708 million Java-enabled phones worldwide.

Excerpt:

“Loicano cheered the troops with stats showing the growth of Java: 2.5
billion Java devices worldwide; 708 million Java-enabled phones; and
4.5 million Java developers. "Java is growing at an accelerated rate,"
Loicano said.”

Server Watch News: June 28, 2005
http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3516111


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May 2005
With over 600 million Java enabled phones in use throughout the planet.
http://www.gameplasma.com/e3/article_010.php


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“Zelos Group predicts that between 80 to 90 percent of all handsets
shipped in 2007 will be installed with BREW or J2ME, the lightweight
version of Java installed on mobile handsets.”

“ According to the ARC Group, Java will reinvigorate lackluster
handset sales around the world in the medium term and will ultimately
prove to be an important step along the road to 3G. The group also
predicts that such rapid growth will make Java ubiquitous in 2006,
with over 1 billion handsets incorporating the technology around the
world.”

Action Engine : Technical Whitepaper
http://www.actionengine.com/News/PressKit/JavaTechnicalBrief.pdf


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I hope the information provided is helpful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7


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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 22 Sep 2005 20:52 PDT
There are over 120 million Java-enabled phones in the U.S.

"MSpot Music Radio will stream 17 commercial-free channels of original
audio content. The service, which is compatible with all Java-enabled
phones (over 120 million in the U.S., according to MSpot), is
currently available to Sprint PCS subscribers."

Marketing Y Medios: August 9, 2005
http://www.marketingymedios.com/marketingymedios/search/article_display.jsp?schema=&vnu_content_id=1001011789


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Request for Answer Clarification by ecarter-ga on 23 Sep 2005 22:05 PDT
Can you find the total number of mobile phones in the U.S.? Then we
could figure what percentage the 120 million java-enabled phones are
out of the total.


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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 23 Sep 2005 22:26 PDT
Thank you for your clarification. I´ll do some more research and get
back to you as soon as possible.


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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 23 Sep 2005 22:46 PDT
Hello again Ecarter,

I found the following information:


"90 percent of the nearly 200 million cell phones in the United States
have text message capability."

Tech News: July 28, 2005
http://tech.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1037501.php/Text_messaging_soars_in_U.S.


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"There are more than 153 million cell phone users in the U.S., and
because phones have a relatively short life — averaging 18 months to
two years — there are many retired phones not being put to good use,
said Travis Larson, spokesman for the Cellular Telecommunications &
Internet Association"

Fox News: January 09, 2004
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,107794,00.html


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According to research and industry studies:

" By 2005, roughly 200 million cell phones will be in use in the U.S.,
and approximately 130 million phones will be retired each year.

A total of 500 million used cell phones weighing more than 250,000
tons are estimated to be currently stockpiled, awaiting disposal.

Cell phones contain hazardous substances, which can pollute the air
when burned in incinerators and leach into soil and drinking water
when buried in landfills.

The average American cell phone user has a total of three or more cell
phones in their possession.

More than 56% of the American population still stores their old cell
phones and over 70% are not aware that cell phones can be recycled."

EarthEasy: December 21, 2004
http://eartheasy.com/article_cellphone_recycle0105.htm

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Here is a graph of estimated subscribers from 1985-2004
http://files.ctia.org/img/survey/2004_endyear/slides/EstSubscribers_4.jpg

Geoblogger and location

[via rajesh Jain]

Technology Review writes:


The mapping revolution could, in short, change the way we think of the World Wide Web. We've long spoken of the Web as if it were a place--with "sites" that we "go to"--but as places go, it's been a rather abstract, disembodied one. Now that's changing. Geotagging means the Web is slowly being wedded with real space, enhancing physical places with information that can deepen our experiences of them and making computing into a more "continuous" part of our real lives.

For example, users of smart phones and wireless PDAs with location technologies such as Global Positioning System chips may soon be able to automatically retrieve stories, photos, videos, or historical accounts related to their current locations, along with ads and listings for nearby shopping, dining, entertainment, and business outlets.

And the information is already flowing both ways: users can upload their own texts, photographs, and other data to the Internet and pin them to specific latitudes and longitudes. "Historically, maps were a 'read-only' medium," says Schuyler Erle, chief engineer at Locative Technologies and coauthor of Mapping Hacks. "Maps were only created by professional cartographers and professional GIS [geographic information systems] people. What has happened because of Moore's Law is that people now have the computing power on their desktops to manage the vast amounts of data that are required for digital cartography. Maps are increasingly a 'read-write' medium. That changes how we interact with them and the impact they can have on our everyday lives."

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