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Submission + - Berlin "sex academy" offers tips for visit (reuters.com)

Submitted by suraj.sun on Saturday July 11, 2009 @11:01PM

suraj.sun writes: "Finally — an exhibition for those who always have to touch everything."

BERLIN (Reuters) — Wannabe Latin lovers can improve their technique by playing with the erogenous zones of naked mannequins at a new interactive exhibition that has now opened in Berlin.

The "Amora sex academy" that opened in Berlin on Thursday welcomes visitors with the wry slogan, "Finally — an exhibition for those who always have to touch everything."

More than 50 interactive displays guide visitors through the intimate areas of the male and female bodies, offering helpful tips on everything from striptease to oral sex and how to achieve a perfect orgasm.

A voice shrieks "That's it!" when the visitor manages to put his finger on the elusive G-spot.

Next to it is what the museum called its "Spank-o-meter." It measures the level of pleasure a mannequin receives when spanked with a leather whip.

Founded by Frenchman Johan Rizki, the sex academy opened in London earlier this year and is also due to come to Barcelona.

Reuters : http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56952420090712

Submission + - Cheney Is Linked to Concealment of C.I.A. Project 1

Submitted by archatheist on Saturday July 11, 2009 @10:56PM

archatheist writes: The Central Intelligence Agency withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight years on direct orders from former Vice President Dick Cheney, the agency's director, Leon E. Panetta, has told the Senate and House intelligence committees, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday.

Submission + - Hackers' Next Target - Your Brain? 2

Submitted by

Hugh Pickens

on Saturday July 11, 2009 @07:00PM

Hugh Pickens writes: "Wired reports that as neural devices become more complicated — and go wireless — some scientists say the risks of "brain hacking" should be taken seriously. "Neural devices are innovating at an extremely rapid rate and hold tremendous promise for the future," said computer security expert Tadayoshi Kohno of the University of Washington. "But if we don't start paying attention to security, we're worried that we might find ourselves in five or 10 years saying we've made a big mistake." For example, the next generation of implantable devices to control prosthetic limbs will likely include wireless controls that allow physicians to remotely adjust settings on the machine. If neural engineers don't build in security features such as encryption and access control, an attacker could hijack the device and take over the robotic limb. "As these medical devices start to become more and more complicated, it gets easier and easier for people to overlook a bug that could become a very serious risk," says Kohno. "Because the internet was not originally designed with security in mind, it is incredibly challenging — if not impossible — to retrofit the existing internet infrastructure to meet all of today's security goals" but until now, few groups have considered how neural devices might be hijacked to perform unintended actions. "The first thing is to ask ourselves is, 'Could there be a security and privacy problem?'" Kohno says. "Asking 'Is there a problem?' gets you 90 percent there, and that's the most important thing.""

Submission + - Human Language Gene Changes How Mice Squeak 2

Submitted by archatheist on Thursday May 28, 2009 @12:49PM

archatheist writes: Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, have engineered a mouse whose FOXP2 gene has been swapped out for (different) human version. This is interesting because the gene is implicated in human language, and this has changed how mice squeak. Forget planet of the apes... get your tiny paws off me, you darn dirty mouse!

Submission + - Superbugs use in nanotechnology !

Submitted by SCOBLEIZER on Friday September 07, 2007 @09:13AM

SCOBLEIZER writes: According to Imperial College London (ICL) scientists, the characteristics of the superbug called Clostridium could have important commercial uses in nanotechnology.Nanotechnology is opening up to many new areas, and our research points to applications for this exciting technology in fighting superbugs like C. difficile," said Dr Fairweather.

Submission + - Norman Borlaug: The Greatest Man You Never Heard O (associatedcontent.com)

Submitted by

MarkWhittington

on Friday September 07, 2007 @08:59AM

MarkWhittington writes: "Recently the greatest human being living received a special Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of his achievements. This man has previously been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He is very likely responsible for saving the lives of over a billion people in the Third World from starvation. Yet his name is unknown to the general public. His name is Norman Borlaug, an American agricultural scientist and father of what has become known as the Green Revolution."

Submission + - iPhone Price Slash Forces $100 Rebate (thestreet.com) 1

Submitted by ExE122 on Friday September 07, 2007 @08:46AM

ExE122 writes: Steve Jobs, facing criticism for a drastic $200 slash in iPhone prices, has agreed to give early customers a $100 rebate. According to the article, "the move came just hours after Jobs was dismissing complaints and implying that the customers wouldn't get a penny." Jobs has apparently been making the same dismissive comments to angry customers and the press alike before the compromising decision to offer a rebate was made.

Submission + - Laser zaps viruses in blood (pressesc.com)

Submitted by

amigoro

on Tuesday September 04, 2007 @03:28PM

amigoro writes: "Lasers can be used to zap viruses in blood, making the process of disinfecting blood for transfusions more efficient, a father-son team reported in the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. The researchers aimed a low-power 425 nm wavelenghth visible laser with a pulse lasting 100 femtoseconds (10-13 second) into glass tubes containing saline-diluted viruses that infect bacteria, also known as bacteriophages and the amount of infectious virus within each cube plummeted 100- to 1000-fold after the laser treatment."

Steve Fossett Missing 317

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday September 04, 2007 @03:13PM from the high-flier dept.

jd writes "Steve Fossett, the first person to fly a plane around the world without refueling, the first person to fly around the world in a balloon, and possibly the record-holder for the highest-altitude glider flight, is missing in Nevada. He is reported to have taken off in a light aircraft last night and has not been seen since. As he had filed no flight plan, would-be rescuers have no idea where to even begin looking. The plane took off from a private airstrip on a ranch at the south end of Smith Valley in western Nevada."

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