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Artist implants 'third ear' on his own arm
2007-10-11 16:58:22
Performance artists are known for pushing the bounderies, but one Australian has astonished his contemporaries by having a third ear implanted onto his arm. The Cypriot-born eccentric Stelios Arcadious spent 10 years searching for a surgeon willing to perform the controversial operation. He got his wish after working as a Research Fellow at Nottingham Trent University's Digital Research Unit. The ear was grown in a lab from cells and implanted into the 61-year-olds left forearm in 2006. Mr Arcadious said he thought art "should be more than simply illustrating ideas." Once the ear has fully developed he hopes to get a microphone implanted as well. "It is more of a relief at present than an ear but it is still recognizable as an ear," he said.The last operation was in September 2006 and its only now that I'm about ready for the next step."I hope to have a tiny microphone implanted to it that will connect with a bluetooth transmitter; that way you can listen to what my ear is hearing. ...
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How Forward Thinking...
2007-10-11 15:58:12
Iranian police have warned 122,000 people, mostly women, about flouting strict Islamic dress codes since April and nearly 7,000 of those attended classes on respecting the rules, a newspaper said on Thursday.Such crackdowns, on the women as well as on men deemed to have haircuts considered too Westernised, are an annual event and usually last a few weeks. But this year’s measures have been longer and more severe than in recent years.Some government critics see the crackdown as part of broader measures to quash dissent in the media and other areas. Others see it as part of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s efforts to revive values from the early days after the 1979 revolution.“Since the beginning of the crackdown from Ordibehesht (the Iranian month that started in April), 122,000 people have been given a warning for improper dress and 6,947 of them have taken part in guidance classes,” the daily Jomhuri-ye Islami reported.Some women, particularly in cities during the hot summer mo ...
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Let it Snow...
2007-10-11 13:33:10
BRECKENRIDGE, Colorado — Female Breckenridge ski-patrollers are using their fit bodies for more than just saving skiers this year. Funds raised from “The Women of Ski Patrol’ 2007-2008 calendar, featuring 18 female Breckenridge ski-patrollers in artistic, partly nude photos, will benefit the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, a new digital mammography machine in Summit, and the Breckenridge Ski Patrol Fund.The calendar, on sale now, was a way for the ladies who patrol to do some good.“The women on patrol tend to be really tight,” said Susie Nothnagel, Breck ski patroller for nine years.get it HERE
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Researcher: Humans will Wed Robots
2007-10-11 13:04:56
The University of Maastricht in the Netherlands is awarding a doctorate to a researcher who wrote a paper on marriages between humans and robots.A British artificial intelligence researcher at the college, wrote in his thesis, "Intimate Relationships with Artificial Partners," that trends in robotics and shifting attitudes on marriage are likely to result in sophisticated robots that will eventually be seen as suitable marriage partners.The researchers conclusion was based on about 450 publications in the fields of psychology, sexology, sociology, robotics, materials science, artificial intelligence, gender studies and computer-human interaction.The thesis examines human attitudes toward affection, love and sexuality and concluded that the findings are just as applicable to human interaction with robots of the future as they are to the relationships between humans of today.DUDE: Guess what?, some men already HAVE...
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I wish I 'Got' them ...but, I don't...
2007-10-11 13:01:03
Here is an interview with Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood about In Rainbows.Let's face it, guitar work on their early hit CREEP was cool....but after that...well...THEY AIN'T NO TED NUGENT...
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Voicemail from Optimus Prime
2007-10-11 12:57:04
It appears this viral site for the Transformers DVD release is spreading fast, so you may want to send a message soon. The DVD arrives Oct. 16 as a regular release and a two-disc special edition.
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Lars and the Real Girl
2007-10-11 11:49:39
Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling plays Lars, a painfully shy loner who lives in the garage next to his brother and sister-in-law's house. Crushed by the loss of his parents, he orders a lifelike doll named Bianca over the Web and convinces himself she's his girlfriend.reviews HERENote: Origins of the actual doll he purchases can be traced back to a product created in the mid 1980s called MacPlaymate for Macintosh computers. Playboy sued artist/developer Mike Saenz, Frank Brooks and a guy named Chuck Farnham for 2 million dollars for copyright violations regarding the use of the name PLAYMATE in the product.
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Nascar Rash...
2007-10-11 10:51:59
The House Homeland Security Committee planned a fact-finding trip about public health preparedness at mass gatherings and decided to conduct the research at two of the nation's most heavily attended sporting events, NASCAR's Bank of America 500 event this weekend and the UAW-Ford 500 last weekend.Staff who organized the trips advised the NASCAR-bound aides to get a range of vaccines before attending -- hepatitis A, hepatitis B, tetanus, diphtheria and influenza.
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