Are you still hoping for a pill that will instantly get rid of your
spare tire, the fat under your arms, or your oversized thighs? This is
not about a pill, but an injection scientists are working on, and it
doesn’t work instantly, but it does seem to work – at least on
preliminary tests in mice.
The Knucklecase for the Apple iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S cushions your smartphone from life’s hard knocks while helping callers get a grip on any situation. Sure it’s as subtle as a punch in the nose but if you don’t like it… tough!
From the “roof of the world” to the roof of your mouth, China’s Tibet 5100 Water Resources Holdings Ltd. will never Everest in its quest to be the world’s most desired luxury bottled water. The climb to watery wealth has a downside, however, and those who can least afford this premium product could end up paying the most.
A nation-wide study of more than 1100 pre-school children up to 5 years of age in Australia
indicates that 20 percent of children are obese even before they enter
school. Particular habits formed at home were identified as leading
causes of a condition that is both physically and socially deleterious
to kids and can continue all their lives – obesity….
If you’ve had a loved one with advanced Alzheimer’s disease, you likely know what sundowning syndrome
is, even if you’ve never heard the term before. Alzheimer’s patients
with this syndrome either don’t sleep at night or wake up after a short
sleep and may create havoc, waking up caregivers and disturbing others
in the home, possibly for hours. But a care center in New York City has
an innovative program for night owl Alzheimer’s patients, that lets them
‘play,’ while their caregivers sleep….
Neurowear, the creators of those bizarre Necomimi cat ears, have taken the field of brainwave actuated mood indicators to a new, lower level with "Shippo", the world’s first mind-controlled wearable tail!
What about looking at this image could possibly affect your subsequent behavior? If you think this image is
cute, look at some similar ones of baby animals; they might have a positive impact on your performance at work today.
Starbucks’ success in China owes much to the global coffee company’s strategy of harmonizing their stores and menu with local culture and customs. Take the new Starbucks Coffeehouse in Fuzhou, for example, which channels the ambiance of a classic thousand-year-old Song Dynasty garden.
What was once science fiction is becoming a reality faster than you
might have thought thanks to the work of internationally-supported
applied presence and applied cognitive neuroscience research. Just ask Tirosh Shapira who recently, from a laboratory in Israel, commanded a humanoid robot
in a French laboratory to walk and pick up objects simply by imagining that he himself was walking and picking up objects.
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) issued a global alert today, warning of a newly identified SARS
virus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) found in a Qatari patient
now being treated in the United Kingdom. Although the WHO did not issue
specific travel warnings yet, it is awaiting any evidence that this, the
most deadly kind of upper respiratory infection you can get, poses a
serious public health risk.
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