Buying time with a rich guy just got more expensive
A Chinese investment fund manager won the chance to have lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett by bidding $2.1 million in the most expensive charity auction ever held on eBay.
Zhao Danyang of the Hong Kong-based Pureheart China Growth Investment Fund won the auction, which ended Friday evening [...]

 
People who dump cable TV tend to go out and buy pink chairs
Historically, it’s been a general truth that even lower-end consumers doggedly hang on to their cable TV service in times of economic stress. Even severe economic stress. They routinely cut back on heat and food as they continue to pay for that nightly [...]

 The holodeck is still a few years off, but this is an interesting step forward
The ICT Graphics Lab at USC has created a low-cost volumetric 3-D display that brings Princess Leia one step closer to begging Obi-Wan for help. The system projects high-speed video onto a rapidly spinning mirror. As the mirror turns, it reflects [...]

It was widely reported in the media, that a Soviet scientist in the late 1920s by the name of Sergei Brukhonenko actually managed to keep the severed head of a dog alive. The dog’s head was reportedly connected to a primitive heart-lung machine called an “autojector” (or that’s what the inventor dubbed it). The device [...]

 Poking people ramps to a whole new level
 
A “wimpy” artificial virus protected mice against polio, and the approach might be used to make a range of safer new vaccines against viruses, U.S. researchers reported on Friday.

 
Parents, beware! Guzzling alcohol at home “to escape” from depression or tension could have a negative effect on kids, irrespective of the amount of the drinks, a new study has revealed.

 
 Kiva Mobile Fulfillment System (MFS)
Retail management is a critical operation. It involves effective use of human resources to provide greater customer’s satisfaction. To help retailers, Kiva Systems has developed a set of low-cost mobile robots.
 

 
I don’t get it, why they like to use bras to make some cool concept.
 
 
 

 
 
 The Ozone
Let’s take a step back from conventional automobile design for a minute and take a look at Ozone.
 

While it looks like an 8-shaped device to ward off cosmic rays, its actually a very effective pain sucker
People suffering from migraine can now heave a sigh of relief – thanks to scientists who’ve developed a portable electronic device that can “zap” away the debilitating pain before it starts.