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Submission + - Survey links health insurance affordability and us (bizjournals.com)

Submitted by lumenistan
lumenistan writes: A 2009 Employer Health Benefits Survey, released Sept. 15 by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust, found that family health insurance premiums rose about 5 percent in 2009. What's interesting is what one might infer from the average family total premium: n00bz should pay an amount that makes it clear they're not 133t and are not worthy.
Communications

Speculating On the Far Future of Cellphones 220

Posted by timothy from the how-about-just-better-coverage? dept.
Trio writes "What will cellphones look like in in future? silicon.com explores five future characteristics that could shape tomorrow's phones — from a wearable prototype such as MIT's SixthSense device which projects mobile data into the user's world, to a mobile that mixes the real and the virtual by using holographic telepresence. So far, so futuristic, but one question remains: will there be enough spectrum to support all this wireless communication?"

Comment Very effective in at least one area (Score 4, Funny) 295

by lumenistan (#29138525) Attached to: A Video Ad, In a Paper Magazine
The fools at the Academy for the Slightly Evil laughed at me when I introduced my doctoral dissertation proposal last month, but now look, the winds are shifting in my favor! This is going to go far to aid my goal of getting as many batteries as possible into the landfills that service Los Angeles and New York.

1. Average Joe gets/reads/disposes of newspaper
2. Batteries get dumped along with newspaper
3. ???
4. Profit!

Looks like I WILL get my D.Ev after all!
Displays

A Video Ad, In a Paper Magazine 295

Posted by timothy from the who'dathunkit dept.
lee1 writes "The first-ever video advertisement will be published in a traditional paper magazine — Entertainment Weekly — in September. The video will be displayed on slim-line screens around the size of a mobile phone display and will have rechargeable batteries. The associated chip can hold up to 40 minutes of video, and uses technology similar to that used in singing greeting cards, playing the movie when the page is turned. The first clips will preview CBS shows and advertise Pepsi, but they will only be distributed in Los Angeles and New York. Imagine the fun hacking possibilities."
Education

Parents Baffled By Science Questions 656

Posted by samzenpus from the don't-get-smart-with-me dept.
Pickens writes "The BBC reports that four out of five parents living in the UK have been stumped by a science question posed by their children with the top three most-asked questions: 'Where do babies come from?', 'What makes a rainbow?' and 'Why is the sky blue?'. The survey was carried out to mark the launch of a new website by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills called Science: So what? So everything."
Image

NASA Wants To Fund Space Taxis Screenshot-sm 136

Posted by samzenpus from the would-you-like-a-trip-to-the-stars dept.
NASA plans on using $50 million in stimulus funds to seed development of a commercial passenger transportation service to space. Potential space taxi inventors have 45 days to submit their proposals. The proposals will be competitively evaluated and the winners will be announced by the end of September. It is unclear what other Commodore 64 games NASA plans on making a reality, but I hope Arkanoid makes the short list.

Comment Re:Hitchhiker's Guide? (Score 1) 264

by lumenistan (#29018337) Attached to: New Company Seeks to Bring Semantic Context To Numbers
This is slashdot, so nitpicking is called for when you get to a subject as holy as Douglas Adams. He only had one s in his first name. His parents weren't bestselling authors and so could only afford a single 's'.
Of course, I do see a Wheel of Fortune "Before and After" puzzle here: Frederick D_uglass Adams.

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