NYU prof sticks camera on the back of his head, just as promised (video)
December 6, 2010 No Comment
Remember when your parents told you they had eyes in the back of their heads, and part of you wanted to believe? Well, NYU professor and artist Wafaa Bilal recently had that done , though it’s not as permanent as we’d hoped — it’s a removable dealie, affixed to a titanium plate implanted in the back of his skull. The resulting lifecast gets piped to to a satchel at his side, which will be used in his art project The 3rd I at the Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art on December 30th… but you should be able to get a sneak peek at the images at his website in just a little over a week. No word on whether he’ll also hook up the whole kit to some sweet LCD goggles . Here’s hoping. Video after the break. Continue reading NYU prof sticks camera on the back of his head, just as promised (video) NYU prof sticks camera on the back of his head, just as promised (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Medellin: As many as 200 people may have been buried in a landslide Sunday that swept over 10 houses near Medellin, Colombia’s second largest city, Red Cross relief workers said. “The initial count is that there may be 150-200 people considered missing. So far, we have rescued three alive,” said Cesar Uruena, a Red Cross operations deputy director. “We are focused on moving rubble to see if we find survivors,” he added. The landslide struck the La Gabriela district of the town of Bello north of Medellin, just after 1900 GMT. Medellin lies 400 km (250 miles) northwest of Bogota. “The landslide buried 10 houses, each of then with three stories. Because on Sundays people usually have their…
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. “This is my America, from my heart, and by my heart.” -Sarah Palin “Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.” -Eleanor Roosevelt Sarah Palin’s new book, America by Heart, is another narrative and literary struggle over how America’s heart and role in the world should be defined. Unlike Eleanor Roosevelt’s My Day-which served as a national and global voice for many different kinds of people and which described humanitarian issues like homelessness and workers rights and justice for children, women and minorities-Mrs. Palin’s work is more individualistic and undemanding. Although she…
Continue reading …Man sticks camera in the back of his head, fulfills our childhood fantasies (video)
December 6, 2010 No Comment
Remember when your parents told you they had eyes in the back of their heads, and part of you wanted to believe? Well, NYU professor and artist Wafaa Bilal recently had that done. You’re looking a removable digital camera affixed to a titanium plate implanted in the back of his skull, which takes images once a minute wherever he goes. The resulting lifecast gets piped to to a satchel at his side, which be used in his art project The 3rd I at the Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art on December 30th… but you should be able to get a sneak peek at the images at his website in just a little over a week. The man’s been responsible for controversial art before, however (see: the “Virtual Jihadi” game) so we can’t promise this one will be any safer for work. Also, no word on whether he’s yet hooked up the whole kit to some sweet LCD goggles . Here’s hoping. Video after the break. Continue reading Man sticks camera in the back of his head, fulfills our childhood fantasies (video) Man sticks camera in the back of his head, fulfills our childhood fantasies (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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No. 1 Auburn meets No. 2 Oregon in the BCS national title game. TCU plays Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl. Virginia Tech takes on Stanford in the Orange Bowl. Pairings were also announced Sunday for the other BCS bowl games. (Dec. 5)
Continue reading …Kyl Repeatedly Corrects Schieffer: No Tax ‘Cuts’ for Rich, Just Extending Existing Rates; Schieffer: ‘I Gotcha’
December 6, 2010 No Comment
On Sunday’s Face the Nation, Republican Senate whip Jon Kyl kept correcting host Bob Schieffer about how extending tax “rates,” not “cuts,” is what is being debated, leading Schieffer to conceded “I gotcha” and even prompted Schieffer to let Kyl fill in for him the correct term. Schieffer: “Are the votes there now in the Senate, in your opinion, to extend these tax ah-“ Kyl: “Rates.” Schieffer had asked: “Is the Senate going to get down to business and resolve this whole business of the tax cuts?” Kyl chastised: “Nobody is talking about tax cuts. We're talking about extending the rates that have been in existence for the last decade.” Nonetheless, Schieffer stuck with his terminology: “Why is it so important to Republicans to extend the tax cuts for the upper-income people?” Democratic Senate whip Dick Durbin matched Schieffer’s framing: “I'm not voting for any permanent tax cut for the people of the highest income categories” and Kyl felt compelled to again correct Schieffer and Durbin: “First of all we're not talking about tax cuts.” Schieffer interjected “I gotcha” as Kyl continued: “We're talking about extending, for another period of time, the rates that have been in existence for the last decade.” read more
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WebMD’s top pet health topics of 2010 include what pets can safely eat, whether to let pets sleep in your bed, the link between your personality and your pet, and more.
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