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Pushing the iLimits

February 18th, 2009 at 10:21 am » Comments (0)

  
 iFart Mobile developed by internet entrepreneur and best selling author Joel Comm
The mother of invention is probably wagging a finger at creative genius Joel Comm as he wears a smug smile. One can easily appreciate Comm’s remarkable Internet marketing genius. Everyone has thought of it, but he’s among the few who puts ideas – no [...]



Is The World Running Out Of Water?

January 31st, 2009 at 12:51 pm » Comments (0)

 
The world is heading toward “water bankruptcy” as demand for the precious commodity outstrips high population growth, a new report warned on Friday.



How Reliable Are Eyewitness Accounts of a Crime?

January 29th, 2009 at 11:54 am » Comments (0)

 
How reliable are eyewitness accounts, whose testimony is crucial to the outcome of many criminal trials? They can be easily confused, researchers say.



Crack Babies – The Epidemic That Didn’t Happen

January 27th, 2009 at 11:15 am » Comments (0)

 
 Baby addicted to cocaine
One sister is 14; the other is 9. They are a vibrant pair: the older girl is high-spirited but responsible, a solid student and a devoted helper at home; her sister loves to read and watch cooking shows, and she recently scored well above average on citywide standardized tests.



New Study Shows Airbags, Seatbelts Best Protection Against Spine Fractures

January 25th, 2009 at 10:28 am » Comments (0)

 
A new study has unearthed compelling evidence that combination of air bags and seat belts affords the best protection against spine fractures sustained in motor vehicle crashes.



Kids Realize Importance Of Parents At Age 22

January 21st, 2009 at 1:51 pm » Comments (0)

Attitudes change and importance of parents grows after the age of 22, according to a new study.



Children No More At Risk Online Than Offline, New Study Says

January 16th, 2009 at 10:38 am » Comments (0)

 
Last year, after the social-networking site MySpace found that its members included some 29,000 registered sex offenders, the nation’s top state prosecutors demanded a technological fix, asking that the industry “explore and develop age and identity verification tools for social networking web sites.” But a new study concludes that such technologies are unlikely to thwart [...]



Surgical Checklist Helps Patients Survive

January 15th, 2009 at 10:37 am » Comments (0)

If you don’t want to know too much about the state of surgical safety today, you had better not read further. Though these study results are positive, they reflect poorly on the current state of care in hospital surgical units today.



Ten-X Stimulus Projects

January 11th, 2009 at 5:17 pm » Comments (0)

 
Separating the wheat from the chaff as we invest in our future
Thomas Frey: As we begin the process of thinking through the places where we can insert the electrodes and shock new life into the global economy, I would propose a new way of reviewing proposals, allowing the best of the best to [...]



Your Mood Is Contagious

December 31st, 2008 at 10:50 am » Comments (0)

 
Believe it or not, moods are contagious and spread like ripples through friends, according to a new research.



AT&T Offers Refurbished iPhone 3Gs Starting at $99

December 29th, 2008 at 10:34 pm » Comments (0)

Cracking the $100 barrier for iPhones
I was among the many who was hoping that the rumor that Walmart would be selling a $99 iPhone 3G was accurate. As it turned out Walmart did in fact get the iPhone 3G, but the price was only slightly less than other iPhone retailers.



Digital Voting Possible For Overseas Americans

December 29th, 2008 at 11:42 am » Comments (0)

 
There are plenty of people who live in the USA, but they are not there when it is time to vote.  Wouldn’t it be nice if you could vote digitally instead of sending out the painful paper ballots. Well that may be one step closer to reality, if some serious issues can be overcome. 



Social Networking Surge on Mobile Phones

December 21st, 2008 at 11:39 pm » Comments (0)

 
MySpace and Facebook aren’t the only players
Although the base of mobile social network users in the US is currently small, it is growing quickly. The percentage of mobile phone users who said they accessed social networks from their handset jumped 182% from September 2007 to October 2008, according to a study conducted by The Kelsey [...]



Inflamed Gums Linked to Heart Disease

December 20th, 2008 at 7:50 am » Comments (0)

So, don’t brush aside this research!
The next person who reminds you to floss might be your cardiologist instead of your dentist, for a new study has revealed a link between
inflamed gums and heart disease. (Pics)



Study: Most People Will Torture If Ordered To Do So

December 19th, 2008 at 10:50 pm » Comments (1)

 
Will Hitler ever go away?
Some things never change. Scientists said on Friday they had replicated an experiment in which people obediently delivered painful shocks to others if encouraged to do so by authority figures.



New Drug That May Cure Jet Lag

December 2nd, 2008 at 7:15 pm » Comments (0)

 
Jet Lag Can Be A Drag
A new drug developed by researchers helps the body produce more of the sleep hormone melatonin and could get rid of problems caused by jet lag and shift work.
They developed a drug called tasimelteon, also known as VEC-162, and studies show that it helps people sleep longer and deeper.



Internet Socializing Helps Teens

November 20th, 2008 at 10:27 pm » Comments (0)

No More Worries Parents, The Internet Is Good For Teens
Good news for worried parents: All those hours their teenagers spend socializing on the internet are not a bad thing, according to a new study by the MacArthur Foundation.
“It may look as though kids are wasting a lot of time hanging out with new media, whether [...]



Skin Cancer Vaccine

November 16th, 2008 at 10:54 pm » Comments (2)

 
Vaccine For Skin Cancer
An Australian scientist who developed a vaccine for cervical cancer is set to outline a breakthrough which could pave the way for a skin cancer vaccine, reports said on Sunday.
Professor Ian Frazer told the Sunday Telegraph that tests of the vaccine on animals has proved successful and that human trials could begin [...]



Google To Track Flu Virus

November 13th, 2008 at 10:39 am » Comments (1)

 
On Tuesday, search giant Google released an experimental tool that tracks the intensity and movement of the influenza virus across the United States by monitoring the number of times that people search the Web using terms related to the disease.



Pregnancy Following An Ovary Transplant

November 10th, 2008 at 10:26 am » Comments (0)

Mother Gives Birth To Baby After Ovary Transplant
A sterile woman is to give birth to the world’s first baby conceived after a full ovary transplant.
The 38-year-old was rendered infertile
when her ovaries failed at the age of 15, causing her to suffer an early menopause. After receiving an ovary transplanted from her twin sister, the woman, [...]



New Beer Created By Scientists That May Extend Your Life

November 10th, 2008 at 10:10 am » Comments (0)

 

 
 Where Can I Sign Up To Help With The Testing?
Beer drinkers might actually have something to celebrate about. Scientists at Rice University have created a beer that could extend your life.
They have named the beverage BioBeer, and the way it works is that it has three genes spliced into a specific brewer’s yeast that produces [...]



Understanding the Gen X Online Shopper

November 10th, 2008 at 6:44 am » Comments (0)

 
Generation X—people born from 1965 to 1981—presents marketers with a complex mix of demographic characteristics.
One is financial. Many Gen Xers are being squeezed by college and credit card debt in addition to the high housing costs associated with subprime mortgages.



Low Speed Limits Have Opposite Effect

November 9th, 2008 at 8:32 pm » Comments (0)

 
Phony speed limits lead people to believe that the law is bendable
Efforts to manipulate driving behavior by setting speed limits artificially low may have had just the opposite effect, eroding respect for speed limits, a US researcher reported on Thursday. More than a third of the people surveyed believed it was safe to drive 20 [...]



The Truth Behind Diet Pills

November 6th, 2008 at 9:29 pm » Comments (0)

Diet Pills
Now that the magical glow of Halloween is over, and in its wake you realize that you have decimated the entire tub of Halloween candy that failed to attract enough trick-or-treaters. You also realize that now that the winter months are approaching, bringing with them cold, rain, snow, wind, Thanksgiving turkey, Christmas feast and [...]



Sex Trumps Sleeping Aide

November 5th, 2008 at 10:04 pm » Comments (0)

Difficulty Sleeping? Try Sex.
Though humans sleep away about one-third of their lives, sleep science is relatively new. But the latest results show that sex trumps sport as a sleeping aide. These are just some of the results presented at the annual convention of the German Sleep Society (DGSM) in Kassel, central Germany, where 1,500 scientists [...]