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...
created by Jordan Yerman | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 404 views | 7 recommendations | 3 comments
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...
i-LIMB is the most advanced and commercially available prosthetic. Produced by Touch Bionics, it has won the top engineering prize in the UK.
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The i-LIMB, a prosthetic device with five individually powered...
created by jessica.lam | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 326 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
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...
created by Mikasi | 3 years ago 1060 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
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...
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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...
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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....
created by ppeggy | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1007 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
"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...
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...
created by Barry ORegan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 359 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
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...
created by Barry ORegan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 418 views | 0 recommendations | 3 comments
"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...
"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...
"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...
"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...