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Noah Carpenter has spent the last year-and-a-half as a sort-of accidental John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey — crashing weddings on three different continents, meeting the newlyweds and walking away from each meeting with a hilarious snapshot. How, exactly, did the St. Joseph’s senior start this strange — yet undeniably awesome — hobby?
Know that feeling when someone wanders too far into your personal space? The University of Illinois‘ Victor Mateevitsi does, which is why he’d built a suit that does the job to a far greater degree of accuracy. SpiderSense is a onesie that uses a series of microphones to rend and receive ultrasonic signals from the space around you, like high frequency radar. When the outfit senses something approaching, a robotic arm corresponding to the microphone exerts pressure on your skin, pointing you in the direction of the danger. Mateevitsi tested the gear by blindfolding researchers and asking them to throw a cardboard ninja star whenever (and wherever) they sensed a threat — with positive results 95 percent of the time. SpiderSense will get its first public showing at Stuttgart’s Augmented Human conference in March and it’s hoped that the hardware will eventually help Blind people get around easier.
[Image Credit: Lance Long]
Via: New Scientist
Source: Victor Mateevitsi
A California man reunited with his beloved dog after a photo of the two was posted to Facebook is now allegedly threatening to sue the Good Samaritan who helped him, KTLA reports.
Dave Thomas of San Bernardino, Calif., was briefly jailed earlier this month for failing to appear in court over traffic violations. His dog, a 2-year-old pitbull named Buzz Lightyear, was impounded at a local shelter as a result, but Thomas couldn’t afford to pay the $400 to get him out.
Maria Sanchez, a photographer and animal activist at the shelter, took a touching photo of Thomas and his dog while they were at the facility and posted it to Facebook, where it went viral. Donations poured in, exceeding the cost of the impound fee, and Thomas and his dog were reunited.
CHICAGO — In a family of vocalists, it was Cleotha Staples’ smooth and velvety voice that helped set apart the sound of the influential and best-selling gospel group The Staple Singers.
Staples, the eldest sister and member of the group her father Roebuck “Pops” Staples started in the 1940s, died Thursday at age 78. She was at her Chicago home and had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for the past decade, said family friend and music publicist Bill Carpenter.
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Despite polls showing most Americans are in favor of spending cuts in general, it’s hard to get people to pay attention to the details of the looming sequester. BuzzFeed’s McCay Coppins examined why sequestration is so bad for traffic, asking editors from the Atlantic Wire, the Daily Caller and even The Huffington Post how to get people interested.
The Atlantic Wire tried to rename the issue, calling it the “spendocalypse.” Gawker took a more visual approach, presenting a sequester explainer featuring Ryan Gosling and Kate Upton.
The Washington Post’s Wonkblog had a different take on the subject, presenting 21 animals who “have strong feelings on the sequester.”
ALFRED, Maine — A landlord who rented office space to a Zumba instructor accused of being a prostitute testified he became suspicious when tenants heard “groaning and moaning.” A pizza shop manager told a jury that the woman disrobed in front of him during a delivery.
The risque details emerged in court Thursday as testimony began in the trial of Mark Strong Sr., an insurance businessman charged with 13 counts that accuse him of helping the fitness instructor engage in prostitution.
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Guam has a problem with brown tree snakes. Specifically, it has two million brown tree snakes, and they’re slowly decimating other native species. So scientists have come up with a solution, the only logical one really: fill a bunch of dead mice with painkillers, give each corpse a tiny parachute, and throw them all out of helicopters into the jungle. No but really. More »
Here at HuffPost Parents, we are suckers for cute photos. From dads’ first snaps with their babies, to baby and dog cuddlers, we love to highlight the sweet moments that arise when raising kids. And so, when we were introduced to a daddy and daughter who dress up in matching outfits (one of which includes unicorns) we had to share their pictures with all of you.
“I’m super lucky. She’s the bomb,” Reddit user luuuisss wrote about his daughter. You’re not too bad yourself, dad.
Today at Columbia University in New York, deliberations begin to determine which works of American journalism published last year are deserving of Pulitzer Prizes, the most coveted award in news. The list of journalists who sit on the Pulitzer nominating juries is supposed to be kept secret until the awards are unveiled, but we’ve obtained 44 of their names, along with titles and affiliations, which we’ve published below. (It’s likely an incomplete list: Last year, 77 people sat on the nominating juries for journalism Pulitzers.)
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The first game of spring training can provide some unusual scenarios.
Such as Detroit slugger Miguel Cabrera facing Atlanta closer Craig Kimbrel – in the third inning.
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