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"Fastest Man on No Legs": Double Amputee Just Misses Olympic Berth
Update: This chapter in Oscar Pistorius' Olympic story does not end happily, but the future is still bright for this super-determined athlete."On Wednesday, the athlete, nicknamed the "Blade Runner", ran his best... Too Many Gadgets can make your Vacation a Disaster
Our electronic age has made many of us so dependent on gadgets that we may have withdraw symptoms if we don't take the laptop, cellphone, Blackberry, MP3 Player, GPS among other things when we travel. One day... Is Apple Socially Responsible… or too slow to confirm it
"We witnessed the public stunt shown by Greenpeace everywhere about Apple’s products and its use of toxic substances in laptops and other devices. The main problem between Greenpeace guerrilla tactics is Apple slow...Frozen chickens security tagged to deter shoplifters
When even the cheapest chickens are security tagged to stop shoplifters stealing them then we really must be in an economic trough. This news in the same week that Gordon Brown tells us that Brits must stop wasting...Could animals be transformed into medical devices?
I thought this was such a fascinating project. Not totally sure it is a good idea! But so thought provoking, as good design projects are, and I love the imagery that accompanies the project. " Revital Cohen's final project at the Design Interactions department looked at... 12,000 Laptop Losses Per Week at US Airports
It strikes me as odd that someone would walk away from a security checkpoint without their laptop- would you even bring the thing with you if it weren't an integral part of the reason for travel? So, yeah, I can... Welcome back to the United States. Now let's see what's on your laptop
So, authorities need a search warrant to look at your computer at home, and reasonable suspicion that you're doing something wrong to search your laptop in places like a coffee shop, but if you're crossing the border... Study: Wireless systems at hospitals could cause deadly glitch in dialysis, b...
"Wireless systems used by many hospitals to keep track of medical equipment can cause potentially deadly breakdowns in lifesaving devices such as breathing and dialysis machines, researchers reported Tuesday in a... Traffic Jams On The Information Superhighway Explained :: Symblogogy
"The Harbor Freeway Interchange is the largest and tallest freeway interchange in Southern California. This massive 5-stack interchange connects the Century Freeway (I-105) with the Harbor Freeway (I-110). Nestled... Paranoia, Paranoia Everybody is Coming to Track You...
A recent June 9th press release issued by Sense Networks highlights the increasing social focus on digitizing our physical spaces. Sense Networks patent-pending technology is billed as a "software platform that... Pedestrians to generate power as they shop
This is a really neat idea if it can be made to work - we already know that the very act of walking rather than traveling by car etc is good for the environment but now it seems our very footfall can not only decrease our carbon footprint in this way but also be an...TSA's Millimeter scanners see through clothes, installed at 10 airports
"Leave it to the TSA to come up with new ways to check out what you're packing. In this case, those body-scanning machines we've known about for some time are being installed in 10 airports. They are already being... Nvidia Joins "One Netbook per Geek" Race
Some computer-centric companies concerned with pulling 3rd World areas into the 21st century computer culture have been active in producing miniature computers that are cheap yet functional in order to help connect the have nots to the haves, at least technically. We've all... ‘Philippine hospitals not good for health’--expert
A UK-based health expert has warned about the dangers of chemicals found in common household and industrial materials which, unavoidably, are also found in medical care institutions. I've always had that queasy feeling when in hospitals." Unknown to many,... US/Canada Border Guards:Check IPODs, Laptops," Illegal Downloads!"
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly the Bill Gates and Musicians and Recording Companies of the World must be smiling, as a proposal to allow US/Canada Border Guards search and seizure of your Ipod...
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