I know Britni isn't too keen on the idea, but if I ever lose a limb or become paralyzed, sign me up.
Paralysed people can now control artificial limbs by thought alone
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to Britni
Happy Birthday to you...
Happy 24th Brithday to the best girlfriend in the world. :)
It's not very often that I really like a piece of art. But this stuff is geekily orgasmic.
Complexification - "The fact that mathematics does such a good job of describing the Universe is a mystery that we don't understand. And a debt that we will probably never be able to repay."- Lord Kelvin, 1897
Amal Graafstra Gets an RFID Implant
Ok, I'll admit it. The geek in me is jealous. Very jealous. Britni would probably have some other comments, but I would love to do something like this. To be able to just walk up to the door, wave my hand and have it unlock would be great. This is even more enticing since the lock on our apartment has become quite cranky lately. Not to mention I haven't had any sort of body mod since my dermal punching.
World's baddest-ass amateur roboticists
article description ripped from Boing^2
This month's Wired has a stupendous article on three kids from working-class Mexican migrant families in Phoenix who became amateur roboticists and took home the gold for developing a world-beating subaquatic robot using parts they bought with $800 they'd fundraised.
Ever wanted to see a refrigerator shredded like paper? Steel oil drums disappearing in seconds? Your wish is granted (flash required)
Finger length predicts physically aggressive personalities, study shows
My index finger and ring finger are exactly the same length. I wonder what that means? Anyone that knows me knows that I'm not a physically agressive person by any means. Well unless it's Fuzzy, I'm allowed to hit him.
The Turnpike Prank: Avoiding Tolls On The Massachusetts Turnpike.
Seeing the toll booths every time we go into the city and dropping 80cents when we forget our "cancer causing" ipass makes me want to try this too!