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I mean, they’re probably all going to see you naked any way, right? Over the weekend, a passenger on a flight from Chicago stripped naked as the plane began its descent into New York’s JFK Airport.

When crew of the flight attempted to calm her, the woman reportedly began to shout “No! No! No!” Once the plane landed in New York, the “emotionally disturbed” woman was taken into custody by the New York Port Authioty.

After landing, the woman was taken to New York’s Jamaica Hospital Medical Center. She will likely not be charged. Despite the timing, the incident does not seem to be connected to recent protests of airport security.

Imagine a world where serious skin wounds could be healed with an over-the-counter spray-on battle. A University of Utah pilot project is showing some amazing early results with just that concept in mind.

Cardiothoracic surgeon Amit Patel and burn care surgeon Amalia Cochran are overseeing experimental procedures utilizing this new “bedside stem cell technique.” By combining a patient’s own cells with a few other chemicals thrown in, the research team is able to create a sort of bio jelly that can be sprayed directly onto a wound. Preliminary trials have shown some promising results at accelerating the healing process.

Researchers are starting with small burns and hope to move on to larger injuries in future trials. In the future, research like this may lead to actual regenerated skin tissues created from a patient’s own cells that could be grafted onto large injuries.

via ksl

A little press release from none other than Sony informed us this morning that the company has shipped 4.1 million PlayStation Move controllers worldwide. Alas, that number has been widely misreported as the tally of direct end-user sales, which it most definitely is not. What Sony’s letting us know is total wands that have left its warehouses on their way to retailers, a number that’s one step removed from actual sales results. Still, if you simply must have something to compare against Microsoft’s 2.5 million Kinect sales, there you have it.

Update: Our brothers at Joystiq have reached out to Sony and confirmed that these numbers represent shipped units, not consumer sales. Here’s Joystiq’s exact wording on the (seemingly purposefully) confusing situation:

A Sony representative explained that the 4.1 million actually represents Move units shipped to stores, adding “While we don’t disclose our exact sell-through number, the key is that our retailers continue to ask for more Move units and are taking every unit we can supply them with based on their sales.” Which, you know, would have been a cool thing to put in that press release, we think.

Update 2: We’ve also confirmed with Sony that the sales numbers are in reference to retailers, not consumers, and learned that more than 75 percent of the sales in the US are bundles — meaning new console sales or software groupings.

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Little known fact about German street thugs–they’re not like the rapscallions of other nations. As it turns out, they’re big ol’ nerds who only victimize those who fall behind on today’s ultra-transparent information autobahn.

Recently, Deutchland officials voiced privacy concerns about the Street View feature of Google Maps which offers a ground level, 360-degree photo from nearly any vantage point along any street. In a concession, Google offered to blur out the residences of any Germans who wanted to opt-out of the feature.

Sounds like a fair balance right?

Not according to one group of geeky gangstas. An unidentified person or persons went around the city of Essen throwing eggs at homes that appeared obscured in Google Maps. They then proceeded to leave notes outside the properties proclaiming “Google’s cool” in English.

Google’s official stance on the nerdiest form of vandalism that has ever been committed: “We respect people’s decision to opt out and by no means consider this to be acceptable behavior.”

No word on if there have been any threats against those who maintain aol email accounts or people who still “RT” things on Twitter instead of using the embedded re-tweet feature.

via popsci 

This article was written on March 06, 2006 by CyberNet.

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