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THE BOOMER'S GUIDE TO PLANET
RETIREMENT
DR. MARILYN BRUNO
WWW.GYNOSAPIENS.COM
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IN THIS ISSUE: Page 1: Congressional Debate on Medicare
Page 2: Medicare Update: New Tools on www.medicare.gov
Page 4: Reminder: What Medicare Covers and Doesn't Cover
Page 5: New: Medicare coverage for Lesbian, Gay, etc. Seniors
Page 5: Technology Heads Up: Apps, Privacy, Malware
Page 8: Mind Games!
Page 8: Alzheimer's Data
Page 9: Cures for Alzheimer's
Page 9: Checklist After a Disaster
Page 10: More Scientific Breakthroughs - 3D Printing
Page 11: Photo Album -- Images from Our Lifetime
QUOTE OF THE MONTH:
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
-- William Butler Yates
CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE ON MEDICARE
Inspired by this month's Quote, I wanted to find out what Congress was up to regarding Medicare, starting
with raising eligibility from age 65 to 67.
A study by the Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that, assuming full implementation of President Obama's
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, raising Medicare's eligibility to 67 in 2014 would generate an
estimated $5.7 billion in net savings to the federal government, but also result in:
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an estimated net increase of $3.7 billion in out-of-pocket costs for 65- and 66-year-olds
an estimated $4.5 billion in employer retiree health-care costs
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a 3% premium hike for those who remain on Medicare and for those who obtain coverage through
health reform's new insurance exchanges
In other words, we end up paying coming and going. The study, originally released in March 2011 and
updated in July 2011, is authored by researchers from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and the Actuarial
Research Corporation. For more info: http://kff.org/medicare/upload/8169.pdf
SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON OF DEBT REDUCTION PROPOSALS REGARDING MEDICARE: The KFF also released
an updated side-by-side summary (http://www.kff.org/medicare/medicare-future.cfm) that compares the key
Medicare provisions found in five major debt-reduction plans put forward by the White House, Congress, and
independent, bipartisan commissions:
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The President's Framework for Shared Prosperity and Shared Fiscal Responsibility
The House Concurrent Budget Resolution
The Senate “Gang of Six” Proposal
The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (Bowles-Simpson)
The Bipartisan Policy Center Debt Reduction Task Force (Domenici-Rivlin)
The summary also includes brief descriptions of Medicare proposals in other deficit reduction proposals from
American Enterprise Institute; Cato Institute; Center for American Progress, Sen. Tom Coburn; Congressional
Progressive Caucus; Dr. Bill Galston and Ms. Maya MacGuineas; Heritage Foundation; Institute for America's
Future; Sen. Joseph Lieberman and Sen. Coburn; Our Fiscal Security; Dr. Alice Rivlin and House Budget
Committee Chairman Paul Ryan; Republican Study Committee; Roosevelt Institute Campus Network; and
Chairman Ryan.
After reviewing the different plans being proposed by Congress, I was reminded of an observation by the old
comedian Henny Youngman: "Cheer up, things could be worse. So I cheered up and things got worse."
This seems to be the story of the U.S. economy. Remember to protect your portfolio and do good pre- and
post-retirement planning. That's all we can do to feel that we are in control.
My good friend Dr. Laurie refers us to an article in The Huffington Post's online edition that indicates that
women seem especially anxious these days about their future:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barbara-hannah-grufferman/life-after-50-womens-wors_b_861659.html
But, hey fellas, there's good reason for everyone to be anxious...
MEDICARE UPDATE - NEW TOOLS ON WWW.MEDICARE.GOV
The least we can do is find out what Medicare can do for us and to SHOP AROUND for healthcare. The
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new tool on its website to enable consumers to
make informed choices about their health care, and to help improve the quality of care in America’s hospitals,
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nursing homes, physician offices, and other health care settings. The Quality Care Finder (on the left hand
lower corner of the medicare.gov home page, or www.Medicare.gov/QualityCareFinder) provides a one-stopshop for the following:
 Compare Hospitals: Compare Medicare-certified hospitals based on the quality of their care (for
example, the rate of readmission to the hospital within 30 days for certain conditions, like heart attack
and pneumonia).
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Compare Nursing Homes: Compare Medicare- and/or Medicaid-certified nursing homes based on the
quality of care they give (for example, whether residents have gotten their flu shots, are maintaining
their weight, or have their pain controlled). You can also compare star ratings based on the nursing
homes’ health inspection results, staffing and quality.
Compare Home Health Agencies: Find Medicare-certified home health agencies based on availability
of services like skilled nursing care, physical therapy, speech therapy and home health aides. Then,
compare each home health agency based on the quality of their care (for example, how well they
manage pain and treat wounds and keep patients safe).
Find a Medicare Health or Drug Plan: Get detailed, personalized information about the cost and
benefits of available Medicare health and drug plans. Do compare plans every October (before the
Open Season, when you can switch plans) to make sure that your plan is still giving you the best
price for the same coverage and ensuring that your prescription drugs are covered. (Plans
notoriously drop benefits and increase premiums just before the Open Season...)
Compare Dialysis Facilities: Find Medicare-certified dialysis facilities and information about the
services they offer. Then compare each facility based on quality of care (for example, whether
patients had enough waste removed from their blood during dialysis treatments, or if their anemia
was controlled properly).
Compare Doctors: Find doctors based on medical specialty, clinical training, foreign languages spoken,
and more. You can also see if a doctor accepts the Medicare-approved amount as full payment.
-- The updated Hospital Compare website now includes data about how well hospitals protect outpatients
from surgical infections and whether hospitals care for outpatients who are treated for suspected heart
attacks with proven therapies that reduce death: www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov. Data includes outcomes,
mortality rates, and readmissions rates for inpatients admitted with heart attack, heart failure, and
pneumonia, as well as 10 measures that capture patient experience with hospital care, 25 process-of-care
measures and three children’s asthma care measures.
In other words, you can get very sick and 'way sicker in a hospital, so shop around!
-- The enhanced Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) is supposed to assist health care providers across
the country to improve care by coordinating across care within communities, promoting preventive services,
and supporting care that keeps patients safe from costly and dangerous hospital-acquired conditions. More
info: www.cms.gov/qualityimprovementorgs.
If you are not computer savvy, for information on Medicare and how to use these tools, don't hesitate to call
1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) or your local SHINE/SHIP counselor (like me!)
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REMINDER: WHAT MEDICARE COVERS/DOESN'T COVER
Dental Coverage under Medicare - My Aunt recently needed to see an endontologist, but we were reminded
that Medicare does not cover most dental care, routine checkups, cleanings or dentures. However, some
Medicare Advantage plans, also known as a Medicare private health plans, may cover some of these dental
services. You should check with your plan to find out if and what dental care they cover.
Medicare may cover some dental care if it is for your general health, or if you need dental care in order for
another health service that is covered by Medicare to be successful. Some examples of when Medicare
covers dental service include:
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If you have a disease of the jaw, such as oral cancer, and you need certain dental services in order to
be able to receive radiation.
If you have a facial tumor removed and had reconstruction of your jaw as part of the procedure. This is
called ridge reconstruction.
If you have surgery to fix a fracture of your face or jaw.
If you need dental splints and wiring as a result of having jaw surgery.
While Medicare may pay for these initial services, Medicare will not pay for follow-up dental care after your
underlying health condition has been treated. Medicare also may pay for dental-related hospitalizations if
you need observation during a dental procedure because you have a health-threatening condition, or if you
develop an infection after having dental work.
Shingles Vaccines - Original Medicare (Part B) does not cover the shingles vaccine, but it is covered under
Medicare Part D (a stand-alone prescription drug plan or drug plan included in a Medicare Advantage Plan)
because it is a commercially available vaccine. Part D plan will pay for the vaccination itself and for your
doctor or other health care provider to give you the shot if you follow your particular plan's rules and
networks:
You will pay the least for the shingles vaccine if you are:
1. Vaccinated at a pharmacy that is in your drug plan's network if this is permitted in your State, or
2. At a doctor's office that can work with a pharmacy that will bill your Part D plan for the entire cost of
the vaccination process, or
3. At a doctor's office that can bill your plan for the vaccine directly using a special computer billing
system.
In these situations, you should only need to pay the plan's approved coinsurance or co-pay for the drug and
vaccination either to the doctor or to the pharmacist when you get vaccinated.
You may need to pay more for your vaccination if:
1. Your doctor cannot submit the bill to your Part D plan through a partnering pharmacy, and/or
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2. Your doctor does not directly bill your plan for the drug using the electronic billing system.
In these situations, your doctor can bill you for the entire cost of the vaccination and you will have to pay the
entire bill up front. You will then have to follow your Part D plan's rules to be reimbursed.
Before you get a shingles vaccine, it's important that you check with your Part D plan's coverage rules and see
where you can get your vaccine so that it will be covered at the lowest cost.
New: MEDICARE COVERAGE FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND
TRANSGENDER (LGBT) SENIORS
In the past six months, agencies in the Obama Administration have taken initial steps to protect LGBT Seniors'
rights to visit partners in the hospital, to remain financially afloat when one partner needs long-term care, and
to fight housing discrimination. On June 10, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a
letter informing States of options to more equitably apply rules governing Medicaid liens, transfer of assets
and estate recovery for same-sex spouses and domestic partners.
As we know, these options are under huge debate. Some States consider them unconstitutional; others see
them as an equal rights issue.
For example: When a husband or wife of an opposite-sex marriage begins nursing home care covered by
Medicaid, Federal rules protect the spouse who remains in the community. Opposite-sex married couples
may transfer assets to each other without penalty, and the State may not recover costs for long-term care
through estate recovery and liens when there is a surviving spouse. Additionally, the law requires that a
designated amount of a couple's income and assets be reserved to support the community spouse. Any
remaining income goes toward paying the monthly nursing home bill, with a combination of State and Federal
Medicaid funds paying the rest. These provisions are meant to protect the community spouse from
impoverishment.
This issue is the topic of an article by Daniel Redman, an attorney in the Elder Care Law Project of the National
Center for Lesbian Rights, which appeared in the July/August 2011 issue of Aging Today, the American Society
on Aging's (ASA's) bimonthly newspaper.
TECHNOLOGY HEADS UP
SMARTPHONE APPS
We are already seeing "apps" (the nickname for software programs designed for specific applications) that
permit your Smart Phone to show photos and videos on the TV, recommend restaurants, start your car
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remotely, etc. etc. Apple has 350,000 apps at last count. Google's Android and RIM's Blackberry offer
thousands more. Here is a short list, courtesy of Yes, You Can (www.yesyoucanonline.info):
Manage your finances: Mint.com Personal Finance allows you to monitor your spending, keep track of
your budgets and manage it all while on the go. This app uses bank-level data security and, according to the
company, 90% of Mint.com mobile users claim they’ve changed their spending habits as a result of using it.
Compare prices: Consider Google Shopper or ShopSavvy, both of which allow you to scan an item’s bar
code with your phone’s camera, then view a list of prices for the same product at other stores. Other apps
that help you look for discounts at the store and/or for nearby competitors, include ShopKick, Yowza and
RedLaser.
Cut your fuel bill: A number of apps can help you save on gasoline. With ever-changing prices, these apps
can help you find the least expensive place in your neighborhood to buy fuel. They include FuelFinder, TripTik,
GasBuddy and iGasUp. Other apps of note in this category are Gas Hog, which allows you to track the fuel
economy of your car and gives you tips to improve it. Gas Cubby allows you to track your gas mileage and
keep track of your vehicle’s maintenance, even sending you service reminders. Carticipate facilitates ridesharing within your network of family, friends and co-workers. You simply post where you want to go and the
app matches you to local participants that are going your way.
Avoid traffic delays: Commuters who want to improve their travel time should consider Waze, which uses
real-time traffic updates to help you avoid traffic jams, accidents, police traps and road hazards. Meanwhile,
Google Maps offers alternative routes to avoid traffic pileups, and Route4me optimizes your route when
traveling to multiple destinations. Route4me reports that routes are usually 25 percent to 35 percent shorter
after being optimized. You can enter up to 200 addresses per route.
Find an ATM machine: When you need cash quickly, locate the nearest ATM machine with ATM Hunter.
Not only can you find the closest machine, you can screen for which ATMs are open 24-hours, which have
drive-through access and which ones don’t charge a surcharge.
WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS -- Hold onto your hats as phones replace computers and laptops:
Swipeless Credit cards: "Mobile Wallet" software is already available so that your cell phone can hold
data from all of the credit and debit cards crammed into your wallet. Instead of swiping a plastic card at the
checkout counter, consumers can merely wave their phones. Bank of America, Wells Fargo, U.S. Bancorp, and
JPMorgan Chase, are working with Visa to test various stages of the phone/wallets. Apple’s iTunes already has
200 million accounts tied to credit cards, as does Google. Both could be turned into mobile wallets. Mobile
phone carriers, banks, credit card issuers, payment networks and technology companies are all vying to
control these wallets. But first, they need to sort out what role each will play and how each will get paid.
Stay tuned.
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The Bitcoin: The bitcoin, a virtual medium of exchange, is seen as a real alternative to government-issued
money. Techies are paying for products with this cyber currency, as well as investing in it! And it is revaluing
fast against the dollar.
Nano-electrodes that charge your phone in seconds: Researchers at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign have developed a three-dimensional nanostructure for battery cathodes that allows for
dramatically faster charging and discharging without sacrificing energy storage capacity. The same technology
can be used to charge laptops and electric cars in minutes and eliminate the time high-power lasers and
defibrillators need to power up before or between pulses. For more info: See May online issue of Nature
Nanotechnology.
Walk to Charge your cell phone,. laptop, radio, GPS, flashlights, etc: University of Wisconsin
researchers have developed walking shoes that harvest the energy of human motion to power portable
electronics. The "reverse electrowetting” technology in the sole of the shoe promises to reduce our
dependence on batteries by converting mechanical energy. Learn more in: Nature Communications, 2011;
[DOI:10.1038/ncomms1454]
BUT -- WARNINGS TO ALL:
Forget any expectation of Privacy in this brave new world of electronics!
We know from TV detective shows that your location and activities can be traced by your cell phone, credit
card transactions, etc. Marketing companies are tracking your spending habits.
And, If you are still working, be especially cautious. All of your actions using your employer's equipment
(office computer, laptop and phone) not only can be traced, but your employers are liable for employee
postings on social media and other sites. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)'s "Guides
Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising," postings on sites as LinkedIn, Facebook,
Twitter and blogs that comment positively on employer's products or services without disclosing the
employment relationship are even legally considered an endorsement and possibly misleading and
unsubstantiated. On the flip side, even if you are using your personal communications equipment, be aware
that your employer could be following their employee's comments and examples of behavior on social media
sites, and collecting them as evidence for dismissal.
Malicious Spam Rising Through the Roof:
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(credit: M86)
A report of August 18th by M86 Security Labs indicates an alarming spike in malicious spam in the first two
and a half weeks of August. The surge is twice as big as anything tracked for the past two years, including
prior to the SpamIt takedown last October. The majority of the malicious spam has been traced to the Cutwail
botnet, although Festi and Asprox are among the other contributors. After multiple recent botnet takedowns,
cyber criminal groups remain resilient, clearly looking to build their botnets and distribute more fake antivirus
programs in the process.
My next Newsletter will alert you to what a worldwide hacking "club" called ANONYMOUS is up to.
Best advice: don't open any attachments to emails, even from known senders. Just live without the jokes.
Note that I post this newsletter through spam-free GoDaddy.com. You can also access this issue, and prior
issues from the past 4 years, from the www.gynosapiens.com website's home page.
MIND GAMES!!!
Can you trust your memory? I thought I could, but I miserably failed. Try this:
1. Take this selective memory test:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo&feature=youtu.be
2. Then take this quiz regarding your attitude towards memory:
http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/survey.html
3. How did you do?
These tests developed at the University of Illinois revealed that many people in the U.S. (in some cases, a
substantial majority) think that memory is more powerful, objective, and reliable than what decades of
scientific research by cognitive psychologists has demonstrated. But after taking this test, I agree that relying
on memory can be easily put into question.
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Just think what this means for court trials, politicians, the accuracy of history, of everything! Who and what
can you trust? Ideas?
Memory is also the subject of research by scientists at Rice University and Georgia Institute of Technology who
found support for the theory that the brain has three concentric layers of working memory where it stores
readily available items, allowing for a person to effectively multitask. They also determined the roles of
attention focus by exploring the process of switching items in and out of the focus of attention.
Aha. This explains why I did not see the gorilla in the Mind Game test.
The scientists found that short-term memory is made up of three areas: a core focusing on one active item, a
surrounding area holding at least three more active items, and a wider region containing passive items that
have been tagged for later retrieval or “put on the back burner.”
They also found that the core region, called the “focus of attention,” has three roles — not two as proposed by
previous researchers. This core focus directs attention to the correct item, which is affected by predictability
of an input pattern. Then it retrieves the item and subsequently, when needed, updates it.
Obviously from the Mind Game test, the "focus of attention" is powerful indeed. For more on this research,
see the March issue of the journal Cognitive Psychology
ALZHEIMER'S DATA
So, if we have trouble with memory tests, why should we be judgmental when Seniors can't remember things?
I have mentioned before that my Mom had "tuned out" and diagnosed with Alzheimer's at age 77. Yet, after
she broke her hip 18 years later at age 94, she was put on hydration, antibiotics and oxygen at the hospital.
Remarkably, her memory came completely back. She knew all of our names, told old jokes and stories, beat
my daughter playing poker (which nobody knew she knew how to play), and was absolutely mentally alert.
Maybe she was just remembering selectively when she was in her Alzheimer's fog... Our brains are mysterious
indeed.
So is Alzheimer's. A new, special report published by the Alzheimer's Association provides a statistical
resource for U.S. data related to Alzheimer's disease, the most common type of dementia, as well as other
dementias. This information includes definitions of the types of dementia and a summary of current
knowledge about them. Additional sections address prevalence, mortality, care giving and use and costs of
care and services. The report focuses on the benefits and challenges of early detection and diagnosis of
Alzheimer's disease. To download the report: http://www.alz.org/downloads/Facts_Figures_2011.pdf.
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CURES FOR ALZHEIMER'S WITHOUT CONTROVERSY:
There is a lot of hoopla about research using embryonic stem cells to find cures for diseases. Here are some
no-controversy ways to stave off the onset of Alzheimer's and maybe even cure it:
USE YOUR BRAIN; EAT BREAKFAST!
We are aware of studying showing that one in three American teens start the school day without breakfast, which can
affect academic performance. Nutrition experts at the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) recently warned
that lack of energy and lower test scores are not the whole story. Studies show that children and adolescents who skip
the morning meal have higher body fat than those who eat breakfast. According to the AICR, that can set kids up for
serious health problems in the future.
Well the same holds true for older adults, raising our risk for chronic diseases, such as cancer, heart disease and type 2
diabetes. But, what if we have busy schedules and hectic mornings? Here are some quick breakfast options:
-- Whole grain ready-to-eat cereal with fruit and milk or plain instant oatmeal with raisins and yogurt.
-- Make whole grain waffles on Sunday morning and freeze the leftovers for a quick toaster meal later in the
week.
-- Make your own breakfast trail mix + reduced-sodium string cheese
-- Peanut butter on brown rice cakes + apple (whole or slices) + 1 cup milk
-- Breakfast smoothie (Berries, yogurt or silken tofu, 100% juice) + whole grain mini-bagel
-- Breakfast fruit wrap – whole-wheat tortilla with ricotta cheese, a little fruit spread, sliced strawberries and
chopped nuts.
-- Whole-wheat pita bread with hummus, fresh fruit or a small box of raisins
For more ideas from the American Institute for Cancer Research: www.aicr.org.
KEEP AWARE OF THE SCIENCE:
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have directly converted human skin cells into functional
forebrain neurons, without the need for stem cells of any kind. The induced neurons appear to be the same
as ordinary neurons, judging from electrophysiological testing and gene expression profiling. The researchers
also showed that the neurons are able to send and receive signals in laboratory culture and when transplanted
into the central nervous system of mice.The findings offer a new and potentially more direct way to produce
replacement cell therapies for Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. For more, see the article
on Directed Conversion Of Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Skin Fibroblasts Into Functional Neurons, Cell, 5 August
2011; 146(3) pp. 359 – 371.
CHECKLIST BEFORE/AFTER A DISASTER
'Tis the hurricane season, so just keep this insurance claim advice handy in the event of a storm,
tornado, earthquake,flood and all the other possible calamaties that seem to be happening
everywhere!:
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Before the disaster hits, if you have to leave your home:
Secure your property
Remove valuables
Lock windows and doors
Contact your insurance agent and leave numbers where you can be reached.
After the disaster hits:
-- Immediately report property damage to your insurance company. If you can't reach them, every
State has the numbers. In Florida, call the Florida Department o Financial Services: 1-800-22STORM (227-8676).
-- Take photos of the damage and make emergency repairs. Take photos after the repairs and keep
all receipts. You will submit these with your insurance claim. Beware, of course, of fly-by-night
repair companies and workmen.
-- Insurance companies use in-house or independent claims adjuster to assess the damage and
negotiate the settlement of covered losses. If may wish to hire a public adjuster, but you must pay
him a percentage of the settlement you receive, and should beware of unlicenced adjusters or
those who urge you to fraudulently overstate the insurance claim.
If you want alerts on your phone or cellphone when a weather event is happening in your area, you
can subscribe for $39.99/year at www.weather.com/notify. There is a 7-day free trial period.
More Scientific Breakthroughs
3-D Printing Replaces Skin, Organs, Body Parts, etc.
Using skin cells as ink and a human body as paper, researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine
in Winston-Salem, North Carolina have designed a printer that can analyze a burn using a laser scanner to
determine the exact size and shape of the lesion and then create a 3D reconstruction. Finally, it prints the layers
of different cells needed — all in less than an hour.
Although the bioprinted skin might not be a permanent fix for severe burns, the technology is portable enough
to bring to a battlefield and fast enough to prevent the loss of precious bodily fluids.
Cornell University engineers have developed a similar bioprinting technology using a 3D printer to print cells,
layer upon layer, into a 3D structure. Printing organs rather than growing them as cells on a scaffold, he says, is
a better way to entice blood vessels to grow into the center of an organ, which is one of the major difficulties in
current regenerative biology. Cornell's bioprinter could print them right in, although integrating the organ into a
body is another challenge. Wow. For more info: http://www.kurzweilai.net/hot-off-the-presses-new-skin-forburn-victims?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_campaign=deff2bfdc6-UA-9467421&utm_medium=email
And, this technology is not only found in the lab. It can already be found on your desktop! Cornell University
has an interactive website, EndlessForms.com, where you can point, click, and design your own shape for, say,
jewelry. Users can then have their objects made by 3-D printing companies in a wide range of materials, such
as silver, steel, ceramic or sandstone.
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Wow again.
Modeling software companies such as Autodesk, 3-D printer makers such as Stratasys and MakerBot Industries,
and the enthusiastic do-it-yourselfers who congregate as sites such as Fab@Home have all jumped in to propel
the movement. The MakerBot's Thing-O-Matic, which retails for $2,500, prints in 3-D to make tools,
artworks, custom-fitted prosthetics for amputees, components for aviation and medical instruments, solid
medical models of bones and organs based on MRI scans, paper-based photovoltaic cells, and even the body
panels for a lightweight hybrid automobile. For more info: http://www.kurzweilai.net/3-d-printing-and-the-replicatoreconomy?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_campaign=20e683536e-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email
PHOTO ALBUM
Images from our lifetime! Enjoy!
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Salvador Dali & Walt Disney
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John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Pierre Elliott Trudeau
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Mick Jagger, Madonna & Tony Curtis
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Woody Allen & Michael Jackson
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Eartha Kitt & James Dean
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Andy Warhol & Alfred Hitchcock
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Muhammad Ali & Martin Luther King Jr.
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Bob Dylan, Neil Young & Eric Clapton
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Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Barbra Streisand & Sidney Poitier
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Marlon Brando & Miriam Makeba
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Pele & Sylvester Stallone
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Micheal Jackson & Paul McCartney
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David Bowie, Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, Yoko Ono, John Lennon & Roberta Flack
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Salvador Dali & Coco Chanel
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Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman & Liam Neeson
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Akira Kurosawa, Sydney Pollack, Barbra Streisand & John Huston
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Claire Danes, Giancarlo Giammetti, Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, Valentino & Anne Hathaway
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Jack Nicholson, Lauren Baccall & Warren Beatty
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Alain Delon, Brigitte Bardot & Eddie Barclay
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Madre Teresa & Princess Diana
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Charlie Chaplin & Albert Einstein
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Ringo Starr & David Bowie
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Audrey Hepburn & Fred Astaire
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Audrey Hepburn & Grace Kelly
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Elvis Presley, Joe Esposito, Frank Sinatra & Fred Astaire
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Michael Jackson, Francis Ford Coppola & George Lucas
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Paul Newman & Robert Redford
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Sophia Loren & Jane Mansfield (What are you looking at, Sophia??)
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Julie Andrews & Audrey Hepburn
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The Beatles & Little Richard
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Arnold Schwarzenegger & Shaquille O’Neal
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John Travolta & Sylvester Stallone
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Mick Jagger & Bruce Springsteen
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Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine & Elvis Presley
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Danny DeVito & Christopher Reeve
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Salvador Dali & Raquel Welch
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Brigitte Bardot & Pablo Picasso
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Sean Connery & Brigitte Bardot
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David Bowie & Elizabeth Taylor
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Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni & Sophia Loren
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Vivien Leigh & Ringo Starr
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Ella Fitzgerald & Marilyn Monroe
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Robert Downey Jr. & Johnny Depp
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Elizabeth Taylor & Princess Diana
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