Diagram a kiss.
Talk about lip service: Harlequin Enterprises, renowned publisher of pulp romance novels, has applied for a patent on the romantic kiss.
The application, if granted, leaves open the possibility that we may one day have to pay a licensing fee to lock lips with the ones we covet…
Spiders are better than malaria-carrying mosquitos.
A spider that preys on the malaria-carrying mosquito Anopheles gambiae is attracted to the odor of sweaty socks, according to a study.
Scientists in the UK and Kenya used previously worn socks in an experiment to find out if the spider, like its prey, was attracted to human odours.
The jumping spider appears to have evolved an affinity for smelly human feet in order to help find its prey.
The team reports its findings in the journal Biology Letters…
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Rapper Lil Wayne has broken the Guinness World Record for most Facebook likes on a single post in 24 hours — a record only too recently created and briefly held by Oreo…
Continue reading… “Lil Wayne Steals Oreo’s Record for Most Facebook Likes in 24 Hours”
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When you consider that New York City disposes of more water as waste than nearly 70% of the countries in Africa (accounting for over 340 million people) consume, you would hope that they’re doing something useful with it. And they have been. With some of it.
Continue reading… “New York City’s New Plan to Turn Sewage Into Heat”
Zinc cuts the length of coughing and sneezing days by 40%.
The moment you’re semi-sure you’re getting a cold, get some zinc lozenges. That’s the result of a meta-analysis of 15 different scientific studies of the mineral, and cut the length of coughing and sneezing days by 40 percent.
SteriShoe
If the stench from your footwear regularly kicks up a stink with your other half, then this could be the solution to your relationship woes.
Continue reading… “SteriShoe – Ultraviolet Light Gadget That Will End Smelly Feet Forever”
Contact lenses with built-in electronics and an LED, powered wirelessly by RF.
A new generation of contact lenses built with tiny circuits and LEDs could make bionic eyesight a reality. Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle have created contact lenses with built-in electronics and an LED, powered wirelessly by RF.
Continue reading… “Bionic Eyesight Could Become Reality with Electronic Contact Lenses”
How air attacks were detected before radar.
Beginning in the middle of the 1930s, engineering labs in the U.S. and Europe were experimenting with radar systems. Early radars did not have the slick plan position indicator (PPI) displays that modern systems use for plotting target movement for indication of azimuth (direction) and range (distance). Instead, oscilloscopes showed radar returns as amplitude blips along a time base that represented range. Azimuth was determined by where the operator pointed the antenna (rotating versions came later). Since radar cross section stealth technology had not been invented yet, the amplitude of the signal was useful a measure of the size of the target. (Pics)
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Patrick Rodgers, an independent music promoter in Philadelphia, has won a judgment against his mortgage lender, Wells Fargo, which Wells hasn’t paid, and so he’s foreclosed on them and arranged for a sheriff’s sale of the contents of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, 1341 N. Delaware Ave to pay the legal bill.
Rodgers made all his mortgage payments on time, but Wells decided out of the blue that he had to carry insurance for the full replacement value of his home — $1 million — and started to charge him an extra $500 a month in premiums…
Continue reading… “Philly Homeowner Forecloses on Wells Fargo”
Welp, another site that no one asked for has been born, and despite the fact that it’s just one joke over and over again… and that the name is a pun… it’s somehow still funny.
Craigslisp allows you to browse regular Craigslist, but instead of the voice in your head being yours, somehow that kid from your third grade class pops in there. Or Daffy Duck. Or a person who’s missing a few teeth…
Spiderpodium
The Spiderpodium, by Breffo, is a gadget-stand/tripod shaped like an arthropod. It is designed to accomodate virtually every handheld portable device available now and in the future. (Pics)
Continue reading… “Spiderpodium – ‘Flexible, Universal Travel Dock and Gadget Grip’”
Children and adolescents noticed the calories posted on the menu but the calorie counts made little difference.
Requiring fast-food restaurants in New York City to post calorie counts on menus did little to cut the number of calories children and teens consumed, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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