Music made from discarded objects rocks

I heard this the other day and loved it."Chad VanGaalen makes music with a variety of objects turned instruments, including motorized mallets that bang on old drums and other objects he found while sifting through trash containers. Check out the samples on the link below,...

Explotions at Mexican consulate in New York could be related to Brad Will's a...

Explotions at New York consulate could be related to the assassination anniversary of independent journalist Brad Will. Investigations are being made declared Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly when he was asked about...

Why the Financial Meltdown Reflects the Fundamental Failure of the Bush-McCai...

"The financial meltdown on Wall Street is more than a cyclic correction brought on by a mismanaged business cycle. It is emblematic of a problem at the very foundation of the right wing economic philosophy that...

ARPHID Alert Mixes Old Testament with New Tech But it is Still a Threat to Pr...

RFID tags are radio frequency identification tags, which are sometimes referred to on the Web as "ARPHIDs." If you are a citizen of the USA, you either have one of these in your passport now, or you will have one in your new passport. In Europe (sorry, not sure about Canada)...

WAR: Brain will be battlefield of future

Millions of dollars will be spent over the next few years on 'medical research' as pharmacological land minds and bullets are developed to incapacitate the brains of enemies. The powers that be will be and are...

U.S. Agents Can Seize laptops,ipods,books

"U.S. federal agents have been given new powers to seize travelers' laptops and other electronic devices at the border and hold them for unspecified periods the Washington Post reported on Friday. Under recently disclosed Department of Homeland Security policies, such...

India on High Alert

Indian cities are on "high alert" today as police seek the bombers responsible for yesterday's campaign that left 45 dead.   " Ahmedabad was the scene of sectarian violence between Hindus and Muslims in early...

US Air Farce: Crew members fell asleep while holding missile launch devices

"Three ballistic missile crew members fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices, US authorities revealed today.'Decisive and urgent steps' are now needed to restore respect for nuclear weapons within the US Air Force following this latest incident at a base in...

"Fastest Man on No Legs": Double Amputee Just Misses Olympic Berth

Update: This chapter in Oscar Pistorius' Olympic story does not end happily, but the future is still bright for this super-determined athlete."On Wednesday, the athlete, nicknamed the "Blade Runner", ran his best...

Too Many Gadgets can make your Vacation a Disaster

Our electronic age has made many of us so dependent on gadgets that we may have withdraw symptoms if we don't take the laptop, cellphone, Blackberry, MP3 Player, GPS among other things when we travel.  One day...

Is Apple Socially Responsible… or too slow to confirm it

"We witnessed the public stunt shown by Greenpeace everywhere about Apple’s products and its use of toxic substances in laptops and other devices. The main problem between Greenpeace guerrilla tactics is Apple slow...

Frozen chickens security tagged to deter shoplifters

When even the cheapest chickens are security tagged to stop shoplifters stealing them then we really must be in an economic trough. This news in the same week that Gordon Brown tells us that Brits must stop wasting...

Could animals be transformed into medical devices?

I thought this was such a fascinating project. Not totally sure it is a good idea! But so thought provoking, as good design projects are, and I love the imagery that accompanies the project. " Revital Cohen's  final project at the Design Interactions department looked at...

12,000 Laptop Losses Per Week at US Airports

It strikes me as odd that someone would walk away from a security checkpoint without their laptop- would you even bring the thing with you if it weren't an integral part of the reason for travel? So, yeah, I can...

Welcome back to the United States. Now let's see what's on your laptop

So, authorities need a search warrant to look at your computer at home, and reasonable suspicion that you're doing something wrong to search your laptop in places like a coffee shop, but if you're crossing the border...

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