"Smart Parking": Balm for San Francisco's Parking Woes

Parking in San Francisco sucks. That's not opinion, alas, but fact."Lack of parking is a serious issue in San Francisco. Donald Shoup, an urban planning expert at UCLA, says his research shows that drivers on the...

Bridal shop in bias case says it even lets men try on dresses

A few years ago the owner of a bridal shop got very excited and annoyed when I took some photographs of her shop window. At the time she claimed that her window display was projected by copyright ... I now wonder if that was the real reason."A BRIDAL shop which won a...

Bionic hand wins top tech prize

i-LIMB is the most advanced and commercially available prosthetic. Produced by Touch Bionics, it has won the top engineering prize in the UK. " The i-LIMB, a prosthetic device with five individually powered...

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...

Hamilton wins Monaco Grand Prix

Great win for Lewis, now 3 points ahead of Kimi. It's setting up to be another great season. How things have changed now Schumacher has gone."Monaco Grand Prix Report: Hamilton wins thrilling Monaco...

How to choose Sexy Hosiery for Work

If you are a business professional, you understand that your work attire is a mirror reflection of your inner personality. What you wear to your job is one of the most positive attributes you have to offer of yourself towards your career aside of the actual work you do day...

Allison the Turtle to get new flipper

 Here's the stuff of a pretty good metaphor.  I'll leave it to others to work out the details.  But go, Allison, go!  "SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas - Allison is forever going in circles....

'Dumbest criminal' caught in South Africa

"Police in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, claim to have to caught the "dumbest criminal" this year. The man walked into a station to report that he had been held up at gunpoint by a gang who had stolen his mobile phone. But when the detective phoned the number of the phone...

Pakistan test fires nuclear capable missile

In the 16th Century Nostradamus, in his writings, stated that the "End of the Civilized World" would begin in the "Middle East".  Presently, it seems that way to many, one wonders in these troubling times if...

Canadian marine scientists discover quirky creatures

Scientists say why explore outer space, when inner space is still relatively unknown?Now Public Readers interested in science may find this an interesting read, considering only 1% of our Worlds deep oceans have...

The 250,000 families with a spy in the bins

The first official trials of pay-as-you-throw rubbish technology have started, paving the way for wheelie bin taxes.

Widow given fire alarm after returning to home after tragedy

"FIREFIGHTERS joined with Moe Willoughby as she returned to her home for the first time since her husband tragically died in a fire there last year. John Willoughby died in their home in Ploverly, Werrington, Peterborough, in September, after a cigarette which had not been...

Bomb-sniffing robots on way to troops in Iraq

"U.S. troops deployed in Iraq will soon receive help in the form of explosive-detection robots, which can sniff out deadly improvised explosive devices, more commonly known as IEDs. More than 100 PackBot robots provided by iRobot Corp. will be fitted with the sniffing...

Ex-soldier admits killing four of his family

"LONDON (Reuters) - A Gulf War veteran who suffered mental problems after leaving the army admitted on Monday shooting dead four members of his family at close range with a handgun fitted with a silencer. David...

Military Builds Robotic Insects

"Israel is developing a robot the size of a hornet to attack terrorists. And although the prototype will not fly for three years, killer Micro Air Vehicles, or MAVs, are much closer than that. British Special Forces already use 6-inch MAV aircraft called WASPs for...

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