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New Inventions, Science & Technology News

New ATM with built-in lie detector to curb consumer credit fraud

June 18, 2011

ATM detects lies

Russia’s biggest retail bank has invented an ATM machine with a built-in lie detector in order to curb the growing menace of consumer credit fraud. The ATM can easily pass off as a part of KGB’s ultra- modern and secretive operational tool. Other than the rather unusual inclusion of a passport scanner, fingerprint recorder and a 3-dimensional facial recognition, the machine is equipped with advanced voice-analysis software.

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Analysis, Brain, Health & Fitness, Science & Technology News

Watching mindless reality shows can make you dumber

June 18, 2011

Watching reality shows like “Jersey Shore” might influence your smarts more than you realize.

Fans of mindless reality shows like “Jersey Shore” should take note. Watching something dumb might make you dumber according to new research. You are what you watch.

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Art, Breakthrough Thinking, Historical Perspectives

The Swimming Pool that Turned into a Museum

June 17, 2011

Have you ever been to a museum swimming pool?

The city of Lille, France had a beautiful municipal swimming pool. It was an Art Deco masterpiece built between 1927 and 1932 by the architect Albert Baert. But over the years, the support underneath the pool was weakened, and it was declared unsafe in 1985. Instead of abandoning the building, the city undertook an extensive renovation project, turning the facility into a museum called the La Piscine-Musée d’Art et d’Industrie André Diligent. The locals just call it La Piscine…

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Analysis, Art, Crazy Stuff, Culture, government, Historical Perspectives

Euro Coins with QR Codes are Legal Tender

June 17, 2011

Coins with QR codes. Far Out!

The Dutch Royal Mint in Utrecht is celebrating its 100th anniversary by releasing silver 5€ and gold 10€ coins. It has been reported that they include functional QR codes and are legal tender in the Eurozone…

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Analysis, Business, Latest Trend

Building a rapid job-creation engine

June 17, 2011

Futurist Thomas Frey: Two hundred years ago, the most stable jobs involved the needs of a community and the work of a skilled craftsman to meet those needs. People holding jobs such as cobblers, blacksmiths, chandlers, and butchers found themselves in high demand.

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New Discoveries, Science & Technology News

Scientists discover protein to restore grey hair to it’s original color

June 17, 2011

The discovery raises the prospects of drugs, lotions or shampoos that raise levels of wnt – and restore white or grey hair to its natural color.

Scientists have got to the root of grey hair – paving the way for locks that retain the luster of their youth well into old age.

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Architecture, Photo Perspectives, Science & Technology News

The Wing House – an amazing recycled 747 airplane house

June 17, 2011

The guts of a retired Boeing 747 jumbo jet rests in the hills of Malibu, California. These parts aren’t just strewn around in the hills of Malibu. They have been constructed into the “Wing House,” which, as you can see, is aptly named: the roofs used to be wings. (Pics)

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Analysis, Health & Fitness, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Cancer death rates in the U.S. continue to drop

June 17, 2011

The White House is lit the color pink to highlight Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

As cancer death rates continue to fall in the U.S. not all segments of the population are benefiting, the American Cancer Society said Friday.

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Analysis, Health & Fitness, Science & Technology News

1 in 3 women lose three weeks of sleep yearly because of husband’s snoring

June 17, 2011

Women lose 3 weeks of sleep every year.

It may not come to much of a surprise to many women but, one in three of them lose three weeks’ of sleep every year because of their husband’s snoring, a new study has found.

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Breakthrough Thinking, Current Events, Green Friendly, Historical Perspectives

Honeywell Schedules first Non-Stop Trans-Atlantic Biofuels flight

June 17, 2011

Will biofuels replace standard jet fuel one day?

An important milestone in aviation biofuels: Honeywell has scheduled for today the world’s first trans-Atlantic non-stop jet flight powered by biofuel. Flying between Morristown, New Jersey and Paris will be a Gulfstream corporate jet carrying company executives and powered by a 50-50 blend of aviation biofuel and petroleum.

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Analysis, Human Behavior, New Discoveries, Twitter

U.S. City Names according to Twitter

June 16, 2011

What you Tweet is not always what you get.

I must be the only person on Twitter who calls their location by its real name. A recent study by InboxQ revealed that 66% of Tweeters have either made up a location entirely (“John Malkovich’s brain”) or use clever nicknames for their cities. The latter is what you’ll find represented in this “America According to Twitter” map…

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Analysis, Breakthrough Thinking, Health & Fitness, Historical Perspectives, Latest News, Medical Breakthrough

Magic mushrooms could have medical benefits, researchers say

June 16, 2011

Magic Mushrooms can induce transcendental states.

The hallucinogen in magic mushrooms may no longer just be for hippies seeking a trippy high.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have been studying the effects of psilocybin, a chemical found in some psychedelic mushrooms, that’s credited with inducing transcendental states. Now, they say, they’ve zeroed in on the perfect dosage level to produce transformative mystical and spiritual experiences that offer long-lasting life-changing benefits, while carrying little risk of negative reactions.

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