Santa wants his toys back, kids!
Many parents are choosing to rent toys this holiday season instead of dishing out big money to buy the latest and greatest playthings. In addition to potentially saving money, toy rental is a way to keep down the toy clutter.
Continue reading… “Renting toys for Christmas a growing trend”
Eric Schmidt says that Google is actually acquiring around one company per week.
Eric Schmidt, Google’s Chairman, just took the stage at the Le Web conference to talk about Android, the search giant’s expansion and more. When he was asked about why the search engine hadn’t acquired any French companies, Schmidt jokingly commented on stage that Google was now buying around one company a day.
Witnessing violence can have a traumatic effect on the brain.
Scientists at the University College of London (UCL) and the Anna Freud Center liken the impact of family violence on the brains of children to the brains of soldiers exposed to combat. Both kinds of combat result in hypersensitivity to danger and put subjects at risk for developing anxiety disorders.
Continue reading… “Brains of children from violent homes function same as combat soldiers”
Bestow brains to your branches.
Does your tree need a little more intelligence? If so, you might benefit from one (or all) of these great ornaments featuring some of the most famous women from science history…
Forget the holiday party this year, employees want cash.
Companies shouldn’t bother planning to spend thousands of dollars for staff Christmas parties, even with open bars because most U.S. employees would prefer money.
Continue reading… “Employees prefer cash bonus to holiday party in 2011: Survey”
Kids get monthly fun delivered to their door with The BabbaBox.
The BabbaBox is a monthly membership based kit targeting ages 3-6 that’s delivered to your home with ALL the physical materials plus know-how content to really engage with your kids through experiences and activities you can do together…
Continue reading… “The BabbaBox is a monthly box of creativity for kids”
A record number of background checks for gun purchases were performed over the Black Friday weekend, the FBI says.
Black Friday shoppers seized hot items like sleek flat-screen televisions, smartphones, computers and cut-rate designer clothing, But the shoppers also seized on another hot item for 2011: guns.
Scientists discover biggest black holes known to exist — each one 10 billion times the mass of our sun.
Concerts simply aren’t the same as they used to be.
A visual revolution has been brewing in the image rendering and video projection realms transforming musical events into an entirely new multi-level experience. Objects resembling giant, white Tetris blocks on a stage suddenly are transformed into living video art that throbbed and pulsed along with the music. Audience members visit outer space and see spaceships fly by and explode in amazing high definition imagery. Cyber machines chug and churn before morphing into green blocks of electric contemplation and much, much more…
Continue reading… “V-Squared Labs Brings Visual Alchemy To A Performance”
Serious snowballing.
In Japan, snowball fighting isn’t just a pleasant winter pastime. It’s a serious competitive sport known as Yukigassen or “snow battle.” Two teams square off on a field about the size of a hockey rink. Victory comes through annihilating the other team or capturing its flag.
Construction has been hit the hardest.
Jordan Weismann of the Atlantic puts together a graph that shows how construction had the worst percentage loss of jobs in the country, over one in four jobs lost in total. He writes…
Continue reading… “Green Building is key to rebooting the economy”
Cop car of the near future.
Police cars of the future will be equipped with eight cameras, voice commands, incredibly intelligent software, and LTE radios, perps won’t get away with anything.
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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