Officials say at least six people were injured at a mall in Columbia, Missouri when an elderly woman with a history of medical problems lost control of her car and drove into a JC Penney store. (Dec. 20)
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WASHINGTON — Russia warned the United States Senate on Monday not to rewrite the new arms control treaty being debated Capitol Hill as American lawmakers clashed about the politics of ratification in the waning days of the congressional session. Republican critics of the treaty, known as New Start, offered more amendments to the treaty’s language on verification and launcher limits. But any change to the treaty text would require both countries to go back to the negotiating table, and Moscow made clear that senators had to accept the treaty or reject it as it is, without amendments. “I can only underscore that the strategic nuclear arms treaty, worked out on the strict…
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I have a thing about WWII motivational and propaganda posters and get a kick out of modern remixes of them. Portland artist Joe Wirtheim has introduced a line of them, called the Victory Garden of Tomorrow. He calls it “an art campaign committed to civic innovation and social progress. It is activist art for new American homefront values.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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International observers and Western governments said Sunday’s presidential election in Belarus was flawed, and denounced police violence suppressing protests. But re-elected President Alexander Lukashenko dismissed the criticism Monday. (Dec. 20)
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Images: Yellow card by Peter Miller, Cyclist photo by smilygrl , CC Where’s the Referee When You Need Him? This “Magnetic Yellow Card” by Peter Miller isn’t new, but apparently we missed it when it first came out in 2004 and now it’s resurfacing and making the rounds online. The general idea is that cyclists who witness or are almost the victims of reckless driving can stick these magnetic cards on the offending driver’s car as a reminder to to be … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Hexavalent Chromium, Erin Brockovich Chemical, Found in 31 of 35 U.S. Cities’ Tap Water
December 20, 2010 No Comment
Image: Mitwa AV via flickr Hexavalent chromium, the cancer-causing chemical made famous by the film Erin Brockovich, has been detected in the tap water of 31 of the 35 U.S. cities tested by Environmental Working Group-commissioned studies. That’s 89 percent of cities sampled. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Notice how we said “hardware,” not “phones?” In light of that wild Motorola teaser we just saw and the fact that we know Verizon and Moto are working pretty closely on Android tablets , it’s entirely possible that phones won’t be the only items on Verizon’s docket when it starts pulling the covers off its first consumer-oriented LTE gear at CES in a couple weeks. The fact that there’ll be new LTE hardware intros from Verizon at CES is nothing new — they’ve been saying as much for a while now — but the specific mention of Android is a comforting confirmation that we’ll probably see the HTC Mecha , that unnamed LG , and perhaps a tablet or two on hand as opposed to MetroPCS’ unusual strategy of taking the dumbphone route . ‘Bout time the EVO 4G and Epic 4G had to watch their backs, isn’t it? Verizon teases Android LTE hardware for January 6th at CES originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Al-Youm Al-Sabe’a daily says ‘Joseph Dimor’ and ‘Idi Moshe’ are the two Israelis wanted in connection with spy ring, along with local businessman Tarek Hassan. Report says Hassan offered his services to Mossad via email, was tasked with damaging Cairo-Damascus ties
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Our buddies over at Aldebaran Robotics in France, makers of the cute little Nao robot, have returned with a new elderly care robot, dubbed Romeo. The much larger humanoid stands 1.4 meters tall (a bit over four and half feet) in his gunmetal Speedo and weighs 40 kilograms (88 pounds). Romeo features 37-degrees of freedom, a four-vertebra backbone, articulated feet, a composite leg exoskeleton, and a revised actuator giving the robot safer control over its limbs. The clean-shaven bot also features a “partially soft torso” — at least until grandma unleashes her charms. The bot interacts via natural speech and gestures to perform tasks such as taking out the trash, lifting a cup with its four-fingered hand, or fetching food from the kitchen. Romeo will join a long line of robots destined to entertain and help care for the aged and infirmed when he’s unveiled in March at a cost of about €250,000 (about $330,000). Meet Romeo, grandma’s new french robot lover originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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