New Contact Lenses Promise On-Demand Bionic Eyesight

A team at the University of Washington has created a flexible contact lens, assembled with functional circuitry and LEDs. Potential uses for the "Bionic Contact Lens" include virtual displays for pilots, video-game projections and telescopic vision for soldiers.

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At Halliburton/KBR, sexual assault is part of the workplace.

Jamie Lee Jones, a young computer tech, was gang-raped on her fourth day by coworkers after being drugged; the other, Tracy Barker, was sexually assaulted by a State Department employee. Both immediately reported their assaults, only to have KBR first lock them in isolation, then question their accusations.

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Baltimore Cop Vs. A 14 year old Skateboarder

I'm not 'man.' I'm not 'dude,' I am Officer Rivieri.

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Ten Principles Of Effective Web Design

Since the visitor of the page is the only person who clicks the mouse and therefore decides everything, user-centric design has established as a standard approach for successful and profit-oriented web design. In order to use the principles properly we first need to understand how users interact with web-sites, and how they think.

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Time travelers from the future 'could be here in weeks'

The first time travelers from the future could materialize on Earth within a few weeks. Physicists around the world are excitedly awaiting the start up of the £4.65 billion Large Hadron Collider, LHC - the most powerful atom-smasher ever built - which is supposed to shed new light on the particles and forces at work in the cosmos and reproduce con

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Guitar Rising for Real Guitar Heroes

I love the idea of Guitar Rising, which can use any real electric guitar, from a Fender Telecaster to a Gibson Les Paul. The software teaches you how to play actual songs, tracking your accuracy much like Guitar Hero would do, as their demo video shows.

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Holographic displays step closer

US researchers have developed a novel polymer that allows holographic images to be quickly captured. The material can also be wiped and re-used. The first applications are likely to be in medicine, but the developers are optimistic that it will find other uses in future.

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