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Nintendo’s kid-tested, researcher-approved Wii Balance Board has struck at the heart of the medical supply industry yet again — this time, the Bluetooth-connected scale is being used to help physically challenged children at Shriners Hospital in Houston. Seniors at Rice University hand-machined a set of force-sensitive parallel bars and programmed a monster-shooting game called Equilibrium to get kids excited about improving their walking gait, where they can play and score points with each proper step they take. The game automatically ratchets up the difficulty as patients improve, and handrails will play a part too, with a custom three-axis sensor box able to detect how much patients rely on the parallel bars (and dock points accordingly) in an effort to improve their posture. Yep, that sounds just a wee bit more useful than the Balance Board lie detector or the Wii Fit Roomba. Video after the break.

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

If you have some spare cash lying around (that is, enough to buy a new car) then you might want to look into the Super Notebook Computer from AtomChip. This baby comes with 1TB of RAM, 2TB storage, 6.8GHz processor (AtomChip® Quantum® II processor), digital camera, wireless (of course), and much much more. They packed all of this in and it only weighs a little over 4 pounds! Guess Dell‘s new XPS machine doesn’t look so powerful now, huh?

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Google has announced that they’ve joined up with EchoStar Satellite to sell ads to 13.1 million satellite TV subscribers. With lots of speculation building up to this, most expected this was coming. People definitely spend a lot of time watching TV, so this move makes sense for Google who has made billions off of their AdWords/AdSense program.

Google will be selling ads that will be relevant to those viewers who will see them, and ultimately should prove to be a better investment for advertisers. These ads will be targeted towards different groups based upon demographics, regions, and what shows are playing on TV.

Advertisers who are wanting to purchase ads to air on TV will be able to go to Google AdWords automated auction and bid on the ad spots that they want. They can select the time of day, and channel that their ad will play.  So far, 1–800 Flowers and E*Trade Financial have gotten in on the newest way to advertise on TV.

News.com is reporting that Google is in talks with several cable providers which analysts say would be a more obvious choice for targeting audiences because cable companies are better able determine their local demographics.

Google also has plans of creating a marketplace which would connect those who want to run ads but don’t have the experience in making them, with agencies that would be able to help.

This is a huge market for Google to jump into. They’ve been extremely successful with their other advertising efforts, but this is a whole new ball game,and now it’ll be interesting to see whether they can pull it off.

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The R. Buckminster Fuller dome home in Carbondale, Ill., is a lot less dangerous and a lot more sustainable than Mad Max’s Thunderdome. It’s the proud parent of all geodesic dome homes.

This article was written on October 22, 2007 by CyberNet.

Apparently Steve Jobs doesn’t like greedy people who try to take advantage of him, and I don’t blame him one bit. ArsTechina is reporting (although it hasn’t been confirmed) that two separate independent sources have informed them that Apple has fired over 800 employees who decided to take Jobs up on his offer to refund $100 to early adopters who purchased iPhones before the price drop. Yep, those 800 employees are the same lucky ducks who got a phone for free. Do the math and you’ll realize that those 800 employees cost Apple an extra $80,000! No wonder Steve Jobs decided to go on a major firing spree.

It’s hard to believe that 800 people were that greedy, but I’m sure it was viral. Once one person attempted to get the refund and realized Apple didn’t stop them, you can bet they went off to tell their other co-workers to give it a try. You’d also think that these employees would feel some type of loyalty to Apple that would keep them from stealing, especially after getting a rather expensive phone from them. They manipulated the situation, and now they’re going to have to suffer the consequences.

If this turns out to be true, it just goes to show that stealing is stealing.  Sure, it will cost Apple quite a bit of money to hire and train 800 new employees, especially right before the holiday season, but it had to be done. Apple could have just given them a warning and moved on, but most companies have a zero tolerance policy and whether it’s a dollar, or $100 dollars, it’s stealing. Now the one question that I have regarding this whole situation is why didn’t Apple have a better system in place to help them determine if the person seeking the refund worked for Apple and had generously received an iPhone for free?

Want a job at an Apple store? Now’s probably the best time to pursue it!

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