Are you serious about using your jacuzzi? Are you ready to take it to the max, or do you just use it to relax? If the latter, then you’re definitely not ready to participate in the sport of extreme jacuzzing, which involves sitting in a jacuzzi in the most extreme environments. In the past, this band of daredevils has warmed up in a jacuzzi at the top of an Alpine peak. For their latest stunt, they suspended a jacuzzi 39 meters below a bridge in the Switzerland…
Kids who saw an ad for fries picked the fries, even when their parents tried to get them to pick a healthier alternative.
Food ads are more persuasive than an involved parent when it comes to children’s food selection, a new study in The Journal of Pediatrics suggests. Researchers were surprised at the findings when they were trying to determine the impact of commercials in childrens’ diets.
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Bank of America will begin charging customers a $5 monthly fee in 2012 to use their debit cards for purchases.
There is widespread hostility toward new fees charged by some of the nation’s largest banks and Community banks and credit unions are moving quickly to take advantage of that.
Continue reading… “Small banks, credit unions capitalize on big banks’ fees”
High pollution levels in towns and cities are linked to an increased chance of premature births.
The “toxic” chemicals emitted by urban traffic damages the health of unborn babies as well as their mothers, a study of 100,000 births has found.
Hunching over a small screen can cause headaches over time.
People who regularly send text messages on their mobile phones were warned they could develop a new condition called ‘Text Neck.’
Continue reading… “‘Text Neck’ – smartphone obsession causing injuries”
Featured invention at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase 2011
The Gota’ Go Personal Care Device is a concealed, catheterlike device to accommodate, permit, and retain male urination in situations where a bathroom break is not possible or desirable. The design intent is that the Gota’ Go Personal Care Device would have wide application in situations ranging from male incontinence to law enforcement to long-haul trucking.
Continue reading… “The Gota’Go™ Personal Care Device for use when a bathroom break is not possible”
A whole new way to garden.
If there ever was a product that best demonstrated our increasing disconnect with nature, this one may be it. Click & Grow is an electronic gardening set that includes a soil-less pot, plant ‘cartridges’ and yep, even batteries. The premise is that people are either too busy or too much of a brownthumb to grow their own plants, so why not let some gadget do all the hard work?
Developed by an Estonian entrepreneur, Click & Grow is the result of a meshing of hydroponics and aeroponics, all reduced to a series of sensors, processors and software, which surround the seeds in the disposable cartridge…
Netherlands has a new outlook on alcohol.
Starting December 1st, the Netherlands will be giving their drunk drivers a holiday gift. Drivers who have been pulled over with high blood alcohol content will be given “alcolocks” to install into their cars. The device acts as a breathalyzer that can keep an engine turned off…
Will he be tossed soon?
If one Florida legislator gets his way, “Big Brother” will no longer trample the freedom of Floridians to enjoy a good old fashioned dwarf tossing contest…
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In Tokyo, Apple fans pay respect with digital candles–on iPads and iPhones, of course.
Steve Jobs, the visionary who co-founded and built Apple into the world’s leading tech company, died Wednesday. He was 56. The terribly sad news that he has died is taking the world by storm. (Pics)
Precise memories tied to brain crease.
There are two types of people in the world: those who remember everything exactly as it happened and those who have a tendency to muddle what’s happened with what’s imagined.
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For one spacecraft to grab onto another spacecraft in space is a very challenging task. Although the robotic arms on the space shuttles and International Space Station (ISS) have made it look easy over the years, the process requires complex manipulator arms and special fixtures on the objects the arms are grasping, limiting the technology’s use. A small startup company is testing a new approach, though, that could greatly expand the applications of robotic arm technology to include, for example, cleaning up orbital debris and servicing the ISS.
Continue reading… “‘Sticky boom’ – a sticky solution for grabbing objects in space”
