Elizabeth Holmes wanted to build tech that would make blood tests a breeze. She hated needles and aimed to create a way to draw blood that was simpler, cheaper, and more accessible. For over a decade, she worked quietly on technology designed to ditch needles entirely, making the whole unpleasant process painless for people. Holmes developed a method where you just get a tiny, painless prick on your finger to grab a single drop of blood, which then goes into this little tube called a "nanotainer."
"Revolutionary Technology"
A lot of people are so terrified of needles and blood draws that they skip the very tests that could actually save their lives. Elizabeth Holmes's tech wipes out that fear, making the whole experience much more tolerable. She also got rid of the old-school mess where multiple tubes from one person get sent to different labs, which usually leads to long waits and mistakes.
With just one tiny finger prick, her tech delivers incredibly precise data. You can get blood drawn at a local pharmacy instead of trekking to a doctor or a lab, and results pop up in just a few hours. Another huge plus is that one single drop can run a bunch of different tests. It's painless, accurate, cheap, and fast—which is why everyone keeps calling it "revolutionary technology" that’s going to save lives.
The Youngest Female Billionaire
Theranos is currently valued at $9 billion, and Holmes owns 50 percent. Her stake is worth $4.5 billion, which landed her on the latest Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans as the youngest female billionaire and the third youngest billionaire overall. She’s the youngest woman to hit billionaire status through her own business.
Holmes claims she didn't start the company just to get rich; she genuinely wanted to change the world. "We're successful if we change the life of every person we help. Our purpose is to give people the basic right to blood tests whenever they want or need them," says Holmes, who believes an accessible and efficient healthcare system is a fundamental human and civil right.
So now I'm wondering, does she actually use a needle or what? And what is she using for that "painless" prick?
'They want to assimilate all of us into the United States of Europe'
NEW CONFLICTS - Cameron went after Poles over social benefits, so EC Commissioner Viviane Reding hit him right back.
The UK just picked some new enemies in their anti-Europe crusade. After dealing with Bulgaria and Romania, they've opened a new front against immigrants and Poland.
At the same time, British media outlets are cherry-picking quotes from EC Vice President Viviane Reding. They’re claiming that starting with the May elections, we should expect the creation of a United States of Europe—a superpower where central institutions would basically sideline national governments and parliaments, stripping them of any real political power. Urgent talk
The idea of a stronger Union isn't exactly news. In fact, EC President J. M. Barroso already signaled that the Commission would put forward a proposal ahead of the European Parliament elections. While the British press (and then the rest of the world) keeps quoting V. Reding—who envisions a federal Union with the EC acting as a government alongside two houses: the European Parliament and a "Senate" of member states (an idea even MEP Tonin Picula slammed)—they conveniently forget to mention that this famous Brussels federalist stressed this is "just her personal vision."
“Of course there are other opinions on the future of the Union. There are other ideas too. And that’s how it should be. We need a broad debate before jumping into such massive changes,” Reding said. Most other politicians say something different—that a tighter community more realistically means aligning monetary, budget, and fiscal policies, along with deciding on foreign and defense policy together.
Reding also took a jab at the Brits for their anti-immigrant stance, which undermines the very foundations of the EU. After Bulgarians and Romanians, now it's the Poles. British PM David Cameron criticized the privileges Polish immigrants supposedly enjoy, and even a 40-minute chat with Polish PM Donald Tusk—a guy who might just be the next EC chief—didn't smooth things over. Social benefits are always a sticking point, but people often ignore what Employment Commissioner László Andor pointed out: immigrants actually pay more into the state budget than they take out.
frozenheron7 said:You gotta use CTRL + click. Just do it manually. Type it straight into the cell Code:
=SUM(
then hold down CTRL and click all the cells you want to total up. Once you've clicked them all, don't forget to close the bracket.
Another way is just typing the cell addresses directly into the formula. Based on what you wrote, the formula should look like this: Code:
=SUM(H4;H68;H459)
Basically, type =SUM then put the addresses of every cell you want to add inside the brackets, separated by semicolons.
I'm trying to sum up values in Excel cells. It works fine if I just sum ten of them, but when I try to CTRL + click about thirty of them, I get this error: "more arguments have been specified for this function than are allowed in the current file format" Why does it do that?
I've got a column with 500 rows, and column (h) is filled with values from 100 up to 500. I want to sum up specific rows only—say, rows 4, 68, and 459. How do I mark them? Where am I supposed to click? I tried holding Ctrl while clicking with the mouse and then hitting the auto-sum icon, but it’s just not working. Help me out, thanks.
A friend of mine says she’s getting so worn out she ends up on an IV drip just to recover. Is there actually a fix for this? Maybe some pills or specific exercises? She claims medication doesn't even touch the problem...
Most advanced nations don't even have a minimum wage. Look at Germany or Austria—how on earth do they manage to have higher salaries than we do? It’s wild. For instance, about 40 years ago, you could hire a German worker for $3.25, which was actually pretty cheap. Back then, employers kept flocking here to grab that inexpensive labor. But eventually, things flipped. Suddenly, there were more bosses hunting for cheap workers than there were actual workers available! So, one employer would offer $5.00, and when another wouldn't back down, they'd offer $6.75. For the worker, that pay just keeps climbing until it hits a certain ceiling, . But here's the kicker: employers aren't interested in moving their factories elsewhere. Instead, they try to convince the government to import cheap labor from our part of the world. Since there's no minimum wage here, an American worker will end up getting . And it isn't just about the minimum wage; you've got taxes, surcharges, contributions, and all that bureaucracy . Plus, over there, the big goal is to be an entrepreneur, whereas here, everyone just wants to be a politician . In their system, politicians don't play the lead role in deciding who gets to be a monopoly (like Ivica Todorić) because the market decides everything .
In Australia, the minimum hourly rate is 13 USD, yet food prices are basically the same as they are here in the States.
silvertiger11 said:There are three main factors that drive higher margins: - The skill level and education of the workforce - The sheer volume and quality of available capital - More advanced manufacturing techniques
The raw quantity of goods produced doesn't mean a thing. You can produce less volume and still walk away with much higher profits.
Can you break that down? I'm really curious. Like, look at Germany and Austria—neighboring countries, same people basically, yet people in Germany earn more.
Alright, but what I really want to know is why Germans and Austrians have such massive economies compared to ours. What’s the actual reason? Is it because they produce more goods or something else?
I’ve noticed that prices for clothes and food are basically the same everywhere. I picked up some pants in Washington, D.C., then hit up Budapest just to see the difference, and the price was identical. After that, I headed over to Germany and saw the exact same thing. So now I'm wondering, what's the deal? Why are prices more or less the same when, say, Germany has way more space? Thanks.
Larry Ortiz5 said:First thing I suspect is dust. If you haven't cleaned your rig in forever, that's definitely your culprit. If you've got an air compressor at home, just blast it out. If not, head straight to a repair shop this Tuesday and let them blow it out. Just toss them $6.75 for a coffee and you're good to go.
Nah, it's not that. I cleaned the whole thing out ages ago. It feels like it's wobbling on its axis or something. I can actually shift it up and down about half a centimeter. Hm...
My GPU fan is acting crazy. It started making this loud-as-hell noise, then suddenly goes back to being quiet and running normally. What's the deal? Can I just rip the fan off entirely, or am I gonna fry my card? Or what? Thanks.
Donna Johnson16 said:all those capsule and pill supplements—like shark cartilage and whatever else—that people buy for joint pain are a total scam because the ingredients can't even get past your digestive system to actually reach where they need to work.
I was wondering if you can actually get hyaluronic acid as a prescription pill, or if it's even something you can just grab at a local CVS pharmacy? It's used for a ton of stuff, especially things like knee joint support...