Single people exercise more.
Married couples exercise less than single people, according to a survey that suggests matrimony means living more in sickness than in health.
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Scientists design a novel magnetic cloaking device
Scientists have just created the antimagnet.
Scientists from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona designed a magnetic cloak that’ll both shield an object from an outside magnetic field and prevent an internal one from leaking out. It’s an antimagnet and it’ll have various military and medical applications.
The antimagnet uses a superconducting material that blocks the internal magnetic field of an object and several dampening layers to block the effect of the superconductor on the external magnetic field. Sounds complicated, and it is, but it could save your life some day…
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Evoz turns your iPhone into a baby monitor
Evoz
The modern baby monitoring system that works over iOS will finally start shipping on October 4th. Evoz is unlike the traditional walkie-talkie-like baby monitors, you don’t need a separate receiver to use the system – you can just use your own iOS devices, like your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, to function as both the monitor and receiver.
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The aristocracy on Wall Street got $1.2 trillion in secret loans
Citigroup and Bank of America were the reigning champs of finance in 2006.
The reigning champions of finance in 2006 were Citigroup Inc. (C) and Bank of America Corp. (BAC). As home prices peaked, they were leading the 10 biggest U.S. banks and brokerage firms to their best year ever with $104 billion of profits.
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Shanghai Park’s Pavilions are wind-powered urban leisure spots
Creative and functional artwork.
Wind-powered karaoke? Only in Shanghai would such a thing exist. These colourful pavilions were initially built as an art installation — one of many themed pavilions in a new waterfront park created for Shanghai’s 2010 World Expo — but now they have been torn down, except these Skittle-like structures. Currently, these neon-bright pavilions are utilized by city residents for leisure activities such as karaoke, games, picnics and music — all powered by the wind turbines spinning above each pavilion…
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Faster than light particles could wreck Einstein’s Relativity Theory
Is his theory out the window?
This is extremely shocking: CERN scientists using a 1300-ton particle detector have measured particles travelling faster than the speed of light. If confirmed, this discovery could invalidate Albert Einstein’s 1905 theory of special relativity and revolutionize physics.
Einstein’s theory says that there’s nothing in the universe that could travel faster than light. Now, CERN scientists believe this may be wrong according to their latest experiment…
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Can you blame your bad decisions on booze? Maybe not
Can you blame it on the booze?
Have you made a rash or regrettable decision after a few cold Coors Lights. You can blame it on the booze, right? The University of Missouri College of Arts and Sciences sheds light on how the brain processes mistakes in the presence of alcohol in a new study.
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OECD warns quality of patents ‘falling dramatically’
Companies are filing overly broad patents on obvious ideas in the hope that one day the technology will become feasible.
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development reports that “the quality of patent filings has fallen dramatically over the past two decades. The rush to protect even minor improvements in products or services is overburdening patent offices. This slows the time to market for true innovations and reduces the potential for breakthrough inventions.”
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‘Mind-reading device’ recreates what we are seeing in our heads onto a screen
Mind reading could become a reality after scientists unveiled a device which translates what we are seeing in our heads onto a screen.
Researchers were able to recreate a moving picture similar to the real footage being played by monitoring the brain activity of people while they watched Hollywood movie trailers.
Are there too many apps?
The Apple App Store has more than 90,000 apps for the iPad.
The marketplace for tablet apps is expanding quickly. The Apple App Store alone has more than 90,000 apps for the iPad. Although many marketers are rushing to get their tablet apps to market, usage data indicates that consumers regularly use a limited number of apps.
GoFidget Xerciser – fitness device easy to use while sitting
Featured invention at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase 2011
No time to exercise? Long hours at the computer? Tired? No energy? No problem!
Introducing the GoFidget Xerciser™, your fitness solution to sit-down days. The GoFidget Xerciser™ is an omni-directional fitness device that is easy to use while sitting and working at a computer. With its 360 degrees of movement and non-impact design, the GoFidget Xerciser™ is a whole new way to strengthen muscles from feet to knees, up to thighs and hips! GoFidget™ at home or in the office. It is convenient, effective and surprisingly fun!
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Google Earth reveals strange Nazca-Like ruins in Saudi Arabia
An amazing new find.
Chalk another one up for Google Earth seeing everything we can’t. Australian armchair archaeologist David Kennedy simply fired up the app and managed to rediscover the ancient ruins of structures that rival the Nazca lines in southern Peru.
The lines were originally discovered by British RAF pilot Percy Maitland in 1927, but this is the first time they’ve ever been seen in all their glory. Kennedy used Maitland’s photos with Google Earth to pinpoint their locations. And Google offers really the only high resolution glimpse at them that can be seen by the ordinary viewer…
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