Currently cable companies must deliver broadcast channels in a way that enables tuners to display those channels without any extra hardware.
Cable companies are suffering from flat and declining cable TV subscription numbers. So now cable companies are lobbying the FCC to force every cable subscriber to rent cable boxes or cable cards even if they don’t want or need them now.
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Canadian inventor Rejean Neron’s Safety Sphere concept has to be the most, well, all-encompassing airbag for motorcyclists. Described as an “inflatable crash garment for non-enclosed vehicle riders”, Safety Sphere isn’t so much built into the rider’s suit as it is the rider’s suit. In the event of an accident, the intended results are nothing if not dramatic, as the CG video promo ably illustrates. (Pics)
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The study shows a mountain of accumulated evidence the damage physical punishment can have on a child.
Long-term developmental damage as well as a lower IQ can be a result of spanking children according to a new Canadian analysis that seeks to shift the ethical debate over corporal punishment into the medical sphere.
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NASA hopes to be able to fly its astronauts on commercial carriers by about 2017.
Program managers from NASA said they are looking for at least two U.S. firms to design and build space taxis to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
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Stricter security measures n U.S. airports is making air travel less safe.
Ever stricter security measures in place in U.S. airports is making air travel less safe and airports more vulnerable, according to University of Illinois mathematics professor Sheldon H. Jacobson. The reason is too many resources are spent screening passengers who pose little risk, which steals time and money away from identifying real threats.
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A new study has found that smoking is bad for the brain, especially men.
Here’s the perfect reason for men to kick the butt – smoking makes men stupid, according to researchers.
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A meadow of the seagrass plant Posidonia oceanica, which spreads by creating clones of itself.
It’s big, it’s old and it lives under the sea — and now an international research collaboration with The University of Western Australia’s Ocean’s Institute has confirmed that an ancient seagrass holds the secrets of the oldest living organism on Earth…
Ancient giant Posidonia oceanica reproduces asexually, generating clones of itself. A single organism — which has been found to span up to 15 kilometres in width and reach more than 6,000 metric tonnes in mass — may well be more than 100,000 years old.
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The Peoria Carp Hunters began as ordinary aerial bowfishermen — people who shoot arrows at fish jumping out of the water. But when they saw that their efforts were not reducing the numbers of Asian flying carp, an invasive species in the United States, the heroes took more extreme measures. Watch and wonder at the weapons and armor that they have devised to battle our piscine foes….
Facing an uncertain future thanks to fracking.
Once Again Nut Butter produces organic products in upstate New York—it’s a pretty successful company as far as organic food goes, considering you can find it in just about any natural foods store around.
But Once Again is growing increasingly concerned not only for its own future as an organic company, but for the entire state’s organic industry, if plans to develop fracking in the state are allowed to continue…
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The demand for applications has created 466,000 jobs in the U.S. since 2007.
If you are looking for a promising career in a lousy economy then you are apt to find it in apps — the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook’s online social network, according to a new study.
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Surviving a meeting with your intellect intact requires having confidence in your own smarts.
Everyone knows that meetings can be dull and boring. But, they can also make you stupid, according to a new study.
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No need to panic.
Artist Mark Jenkins creates works of art that he installs in urban areas. His disturbing scenes of people stepping off buildings or floating in rivers attract attention and are so realistic that startled pedestrians have reported the “bodies” to police. (Pics)
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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