Colorado Inventor Showcase 2008 - November 10, 2008 - DaVinci Institute

Currently browsing posts found in February2007


Russians Invent TeleAlcoholics With a USB Shot Glass

February 21st, 2007 at 11:46 pm » Comments (0)

Not content with teledildonics, the Russians have come up with a design for telealcoholics. Apparently Russians drink a lot. And they link to drink socially and in business situations.



Hollywood to Move Into Movie Downloads

February 21st, 2007 at 11:03 pm » Comments (0)

Instant gratification has a new name. It has several, actually. CinemaNOW. Amazon Unbox. AppleTV. Netflix Watch Now. These products and services are at the forefront of a budding legal Internet-delivered movie industry, which will reach $5.8 billion in revenues by 2011, according to a new report by Adams Media Research.



Healthcare Costs to Reach 20%

February 21st, 2007 at 10:45 pm » Comments (0)

Health care is expected to account for $1 of every $5 spent in the United States in another decade.



NASA: Mars Orbiter Spots Evidence of Ancient Underground Fluids

February 21st, 2007 at 8:42 am » Comments (0)

NASA has released a report indicating that liquid or gas flowed through cracks that penetrate underground rock on Mars.



Introducing the Smart Nozzle

February 21st, 2007 at 8:41 am » Comments (0)

Agriculture is becoming increasingly more sophisticated and the following video of "Smart Nozzle" will give you a whole new perspective on modern farming.



Apple CEO Blasts Teacher Unions

February 21st, 2007 at 7:45 am » Comments (0)

Apple CEO Steve Jobs lambasted teacher unions Friday, claiming no amount of technology in the classroom would improve public schools until principals could fire bad teachers.



Sexualized Images Harm Young Girls, Experts Warn

February 21st, 2007 at 7:33 am » Comments (1)

Sexualized images in the media and advertising have a negative effect on healthy sexual development in girls, warn US experts.



Record Premature Baby

February 21st, 2007 at 7:22 am » Comments (1)

Her tiny transparent feet, covered in gelatinous skin, look like those of some aquatic creature. Her chest, festooned with wires and tubes, covers a heart that pumps up to 80 times a minute. She is the world’s most premature baby known to have survived and, after four months in hospital, she is going home.



China College Girls Pose Totally Naked for Eternal Beauty

February 21st, 2007 at 7:14 am » Comments (0)

They are young, they are energetic, and now for an eternal memory, they go nude — in the studio.



Home Networking Going Mainstream

February 21st, 2007 at 7:05 am » Comments (0)

Now that your CDs are in your PC, how do you listen to them in the living room? You need a home network.



Dealing with the Monkey Gangs of Singapore

February 21st, 2007 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

Gangs of long-tailed macaque monkeys have been causing havoc in housing estates bordering nature reserves; stealing food and brawling on the streets.



Rhythm Method Works as Good as Birth Control Pill

February 21st, 2007 at 6:50 am » Comments (0)

The rhythm method of contraception now works as well as the pill, experts claim. An improved version of the previously unreliable birth control technique is now 99.6 per cent effective, they said.



China to Produce 1,300 Tons of Gold by 2010

February 21st, 2007 at 6:40 am » Comments (0)

China plans to produce 1,300 tons of gold and verify gold mine reserves of 3,000 to 5,000 tons in the five-year period between 2006 and 2010, according to the National Development and Reform Commission.



Tweens Doing Homework Online

February 21st, 2007 at 6:32 am » Comments (0)

What is notable is how commonly kids said that they did homework online: 21% of those asked said they had done so at least once in the preceding month.



Teen Driver with Teen Passenger Doubles Odds of Accident

February 21st, 2007 at 12:05 am » Comments (0)

Researchers found that a single teenage passenger with a teen driver doubles the risk of a fatal crash, while the risk is five times higher when two or more teens ride along.