After being laid off and spending months looking for work, 50-year-old Ann Wittenberg got a job that requires her to stand around all day _ on movie sets. The former marketing professional, found good pay and steady work as an extra. (April 12)
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The University of Michigan may boast the best blue , but Mitsubishi subsidiary Verbatim is showing off OLED lighting of a different color; several of them, actually. Demonstrated this week at the Fuori Salone show in Milan, these 14 x 14 cm Velve-branded lighting panels are amongst the first color tunable OLED light panels, giving off what Verbatim calls “colourful lighting with a luxurious feel; as smooth and as rich as velvet.” Velve. Velvet. See what they did there? Sample Kits will be available in Japan later this month for
Continue reading …Guitar Hero said to not be dead yet, will continue to rock from beyond the grave
April 13, 2011 No Comment
It was with heavy heart that we reported in February the Guitar Hero franchise was dead , done in by an addiction to half-baked sequels and a growing tolerance of commercialization. It felt like the series being put out to pasture was for the best, but maybe this old rocker still has some life in its leopard-print pants yet. Dan Winters at Activision sat down with gamesindustry.biz and clarified that “the brand won’t go away,” that the company just isn’t going to release a new one this year. You know what that means: next year you’d better be ready to dust off those flimsy guitars and rock once again like it’s 2009. Guitar Hero said to not be dead yet, will continue to rock from beyond the grave originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …FRIDA ‘concept’ robot will solve all of Foxconn’s problems by replacing its workers (video)
April 13, 2011 No Comment
Don’t be fooled by the “concept” label that ABB has affixed to its new robot. There can be only one logical conclusion to this endeavor: FRIDA and its ilk will one day replace the millions of young Chinese workers assembling our gadgets. It’s no coincidence that this uniquely agile, dual-arm robot is compact enough to “fit into spaces ergonomically designed for human workers” and can be carried around “easily” to begin work with a minimum of installation requirements. In fact, ABB admits that several prototypes are already being piloted. The obvious advantage for Foxconn and friends is that FRIDA doesn’t require a swimming pool , cafeteria, housing , or professional counseling to keep out of the dormitory nets. Watch FRIDA obey the first law of robotics at the 44 second mark of the video posted after the break as assembly line workers everywhere lament their lack of a handle. [Thanks, Johannes] Continue reading FRIDA ‘concept’ robot will solve all of Foxconn’s problems by replacing its workers (video) FRIDA ‘concept’ robot will solve all of Foxconn’s problems by replacing its workers (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Remember when celebrities made videos crowing about politicians? What a difference almost four years makes. Moby has just released a video slamming the new “Republican budget” (hammered out with the White House) featuring the first track from his new album. His song The Day plays over photos of some of…
Continue reading …Investigators probing a Nevada man suspected of having murdered four women in California between 1977 and 1994 have found a disturbing similarity to the unsolved rape and murder of three young girls in upstate New York in the early ’70s. Bizarrely, all seven victims had matching initials for their first…
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The Australian Navy sank a decommissioned frigate off the coast of New South Wales. Fireworks and controlled explosions were detonated on the HMAS Adelaide, sending it to the bottom of the ocean in less than a minute. (April 13)
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97-year-old Agnes Zhelesnik teaches preschool at the Sundance School in North Plainfield, New Jersey. She is the oldest teacher in the country and still going strong. (April 13)
Continue reading …Owners of a Florida Internet company are being sued for paying homeless men $50 to be filmed while women punched and kicked them in dominatrix fetish videos, according to Florida court documents. The company sells “beatdown videos” of women attacking men for up to $900 on its site at Shefights….
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On MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews today, former Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY), co-chair of President Obama’s debt commission, railed against the social conservatives in the Republican party. He admonished male legislators for voting on abortion issues and “homophobes” like Rick Santorum who say “cruel, cruel things” about gays and lesbians: SIMPSON: Who the hell is for abortion? I don’t know anybody… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Think Progress Discovery Date : 12/04/2011 00:25 Number of articles : 4
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