It’s time for Dick Cheney to take a little return fire from Condi Rice. Less than 2 months after his memoir described her as turning tearful during a political discussion , Condoleezza Rice has written her own book, No Higher Honor , coming out next month, the New York Times reports. Rice…
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With Halloween approaching, haunted houses, hotels, and other ghoulish locales are getting their fair share of attention. But when you think about it, there are plenty of locations many of us visit each year or even call home that are pretty darn terrifying. Here is a bone-chilling list of 10 genuinely scary places (no ghost stories here) in the US that you may want to avoid.
Continue reading …Brand Table concept revolutionizes fast food, NFC still won’t make it good for you (video)
October 22, 2011 No Comment
Jersey girls and boys can now tap and pay their way around, but for the Garden State’s myriad of malls, cash’ll still have to do. Not so for the Ozzies Down Under who may soon never have to leave the comfort of food court chairs — if they’re packing a Nexus S , that is. Designed as a concept by University of Sydney start-up SDigital, special coaster-like “brand stickers” affixed to eatery “brand tables” would relay fast-food menus to mobile phones via NFC . Hungry, hungry humans would then make their selections, order up and receive a vibrating notification when the food’s ready. It’s a contactless payment solution not unlike the QkR platform MasterCard demoed for us last month. And given our ever-increasing crawl towards the bleak adult baby form factor of our potential Wall-E futures, we’d say this tech’s right around the public release corner. Head on past the break for a video demo of the tukkis -numbing, Foodcourtia tech. Continue reading Brand Table concept revolutionizes fast food, NFC still won’t make it good for you (video) Brand Table concept revolutionizes fast food, NFC still won’t make it good for you (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Sad news for babies already facing an uphill battle: A 20-year study has found that infants born prematurely and with low birth weights are five times more likely than typical babies to be diagnosed with autism. The US study, released this week, looked at 862 children born between 1984 and…
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enlarge In short – Yankee go home! Click here to view this media It certainly was a day for civil unrest. October 21, 1995 saw a wave of prison riots erupting across the U.S. – some blamed the refusal to relax stiff penalties on crack cocaine, others attributed it to the Million Man March. Whatever the reason, all prisons in the U.S. on this particular day were on lock down. And there were riots in Okinawa – due to the continued U.S. military presence on the island and the recent rash of rapes among U.S. service personnel and Okinawa locals. Fingers were crossed that hostage David Hutchings and three others would be released shortly from captivity in India, at least it was hoped. President Clinton leveled a few blasts at the GOP for their Budget plan. Mexico suffered it’s third earthquake in a month. This doing a bit more damage than the others. And the World Series was getting underway this evening with the Cleveland Indians going up against the Atlanta Braves – the first time the Indians made it to a World series since 1954. And that’s what today was all about in 1995, via The CBS World News Roundup for October 21, 1995.
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enlarge In short – Yankee go home! Click here to view this media It certainly was a day for civil unrest. October 21, 1995 saw a wave of prison riots erupting across the U.S. – some blamed the refusal to relax stiff penalties on crack cocaine, others attributed it to the Million Man March. Whatever the reason, all prisons in the U.S. on this particular day were on lock down. And there were riots in Okinawa – due to the continued U.S. military presence on the island and the recent rash of rapes among U.S. service personnel and Okinawa locals. Fingers were crossed that hostage David Hutchings and three others would be released shortly from captivity in India, at least it was hoped. President Clinton leveled a few blasts at the GOP for their Budget plan. Mexico suffered it’s third earthquake in a month. This doing a bit more damage than the others. And the World Series was getting underway this evening with the Cleveland Indians going up against the Atlanta Braves – the first time the Indians made it to a World series since 1954. And that’s what today was all about in 1995, via The CBS World News Roundup for October 21, 1995.
Continue reading …Sharp FanLabs goes inside soccer fans’ minds, measures loyalty with brainwaves (video)
October 22, 2011 No Comment
No matter what country you’re in, you’ll find at least one body-painted sports nut willing to act a fool in the name of fandom. To figure out what makes these hooligans tick, Sharp’s setting up trucks outside EuroCup 2012 matches to measure fans’ brainwaves using biometric technology. Once inside these mobile FanLabs, volunteers will watch the game while wearing the company’s NeuroSky headsets — a super sensitive EEG that uses dry electrodes to measure cerebral activity. By looking at brainwaves, along with heart rate and vocal excitement, scientists hope to reveal what levels of attention, stress, relaxation and excitement a fan goes through while supporting a specific team. Even if you’re not lending your melon to science, you can still join in the fun online, and see how you stack up against fans from around the world. So, bust out the body paint, grab your foam fingers and check out the video after the break. Continue reading Sharp FanLabs goes inside soccer fans’ minds, measures loyalty with brainwaves (video) Sharp FanLabs goes inside soccer fans’ minds, measures loyalty with brainwaves (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …After denying that they had stopped talking to police , the Kansas City parents of a missing baby girl face a new dilemma: An FBI cadaver dog has sniffed out the scent of a dead body in their home, the AP reports. The dog found a “positive ‘hit’ … in an area…
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Top-ranked LSU crushed No. 19 Auburn 45-10. No. 5 Boise State edged Air Force. No. 6 Oklahoma State wins at Missouri. Clemson, Arkansas and Kansas State also won. Purdue upset No. 23 Illinois. (Oct. 22)
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