science and technology
people suck sometimes
a couple in south korea was arrested for child neglect–their daughter died of malnutrition. here’s the depressing part–the parents neglected their real-life child in order to raise a virtual child on the interwebs. the article said the couple “were hooked on an online game called “Prius,” where they were raising a virtual daughter…They admitted to [...]
one bad one spoils the bunch
apple admitted that the company that can usually do no wrong had hired underage workers at three plants outside of the u.s. where iphones and computers are made. the report said “Across the three facilities, our auditors found records of 11 workers who had been hired prior to reaching the legal age, although the [...]
greenlit
tonight’s 60 minutes finally blew some air on the fire surrounding bloom energy– a clean energy company that for years has been rumored to hold the key to our clean energy future. bloom energy’s fuel cell has caught the eye and captured the investment dollars (in the neighborhood of $400M) of silicon valley venture [...]
did you know?
the u.s. is all abuzz about the ridiculous amount of snow that has fallen this winter. as the midwest begins to recover from the wallop they just got and the east coast braces for another couple feet, i thought it’d be good to find you some news you can use about snow. i googled “where [...]
they’re real and they’re fabulous
according to the folks in jolly old england, males are going the other way with breast reduction surgey. it is the largest growing segment of the plastic surgery industry two years in a row. according to recent medical research, the british association of aesthetic plastic surgeons says that these types of surgeries nearly [...]
souped-up ipod touch*
most of you have probably already made up your minds on whether to buy the highly anticipated apple ipad or not so i’ll keep this brief and let you get to video of steve jobs introducing the product today. the wifi version will be available in 60 days (mid march) and the 3g version will [...]
you are “tripp”in
despite the role models that have been placed before the altar of virginity (jamie-lynn), new figures revealed that the teen pregnancy rate is at a 16 year high. researchers attribute the rise in knocked-upedness to the proliferation of abstinence-only sex-ed classes popping up all over. the guttmacher institute says that in 2006 there were “71.5 [...]
