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TwitterUgly only begins to describe what is wrong with these cell phones. Some of them lack such phone basics as keypads and displays.Twelve Cell Phones We Love to HateSome cell phones really look great, but are impossible to use. Other cell phones have cool features, but are ugly ducklings.
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May 6th, 2009 
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February 24th, 2009 admin Image from Esther’s SpaceFrom Live Science:The Internet is no doubt changing modern society. It has profoundly altered how we gather information, consume news, carry out war, and create and foster social bonds. But is it altering our brains? A growing number of scientists think so, and studies are providing data to show it.What remains to be seen is whether the changes are good or bad, and whether the brain is, as one neuroscientist believes, undergoing unprecedented evolution.Read more ….My Comment: I do not know about my brain …. but my hands suffer from carpel syndrome.
Posted in Science News Tags: Brain, Brains, Evolution, Image, Live Science, Neuroscientist, No Doubt, Scientists, Social Bonds Comments OffIs The Internet Warping Our Brains?
February 24th, 2009 admin Image from Esther’s SpaceFrom Live Science:The Internet is no doubt changing modern society. It has profoundly altered how we gather information, consume news, carry out war, and create and foster social bonds. But is it altering our brains? A growing number of scientists think so, and studies are providing data to show it.What remains to be seen is whether the changes are good or bad, and whether the brain is, as one neuroscientist believes, undergoing unprecedented evolution.Read more ….My Comment: I do not know about my brain …. but my hands suffer from carpel syndrome.
Posted in Science News Tags: Brain, Brains, Evolution, Image, Live Science, Neuroscientist, No Doubt, Scientists, Social Bonds Comments OffA Major Advancement In Controlling Artificial Limbs
February 11th, 2009 admin Amanda Kitts was fitted with a bionic arm after she lost her arm in an automobile accident in 2006. (Shawn Poynter for The New York Times)From International Herald Tribune:Amanda Kitts lost her left arm in a car accident three years ago, but these days she plays American football with her 12-year-old son, and changes diapers and bear-hugs children at the three Kiddie Cottage day care centers she owns in Knoxville, Tennessee.Kitts, 40, does this all with a new kind of artificial arm that moves more easily than other devices and that she can control by using only her thoughts.”I’m able to move my hand, wrist and elbow all at the same time,” she said. “You think, and then your muscles move.”Her turnaround is the result of a new procedure that is attracting increasing attention because it allows people to move prosthetic arms more automatically than ever before, simply by using rewired nerves and their brains.Read more ….
Posted in Science News Tags: American Football, Artificial Arm, Artificial Limbs, Automobile Accident, Bear Hugs, Bionic Arm, Brains, Car Accident, Day Care Centers, Diapers, Elbow, International Herald Tribune, Kiddie, Knoxville Tennessee, Left Arm, Nerves, New York Times, Poynter, Prosthetic Arms, Turnaround Comments OffDigital Overload Is Frying Our Brains
February 9th, 2009 admin From Wired News:Paying attention isn’t a simple act of self-discipline, but a cognitive ability with deep neurobiological roots — and this complex faculty, says Maggie Jackson, is being woefully undermined by how we’re living.In Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age, Jackson explores the effects of “our high-speed, overloaded, split-focus and even cybercentric society” on attention.
Posted in Science News Tags: Brains, Cognitive Ability, Digital Overload, Erosion, High Speed, Instant Messages, Interruption, Maggie Jackson, Paying Attention, Phone Calls, Roots, Self Discipline, Text Messages, Wired News Comments OffKissing Feels So Pleasurable Due To Hormone Surge, Find Scientists
February 8th, 2009 admin From The Telegraph:The reason that kissing feels so pleasurable is that sparks a surge of hormones in our brains, according to new research.Couples who share a passionate kiss this Valentine’s Day will enjoy sensations of relaxation and excitement because of a complex series of chemical processes, as well as their love for their partners.The study showed that women need more than just a kiss to experience the same chemical high as men – with additional features such as a romantic atmosphere of dimmed lights and mood music also required.Wendy Hill, professor of psychology at Lafayette College, Pennsylvania began the research to find out why the mundane physical activity of rubbing lips can elicit such a gratifying emotional response.Her team tested the levels of two hormones, cortisol and oxytocin, in 15 couples before and after holding hands and kissing.They found that kissing reduced the levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, in both sexes. But levels of oxytocin, a hormone linked to social bonding that they expected to be boosted by kissing, only rose among the men.Read more ….
Posted in Science News Tags: Both Sexes, Brains, Chemical Processes, College Pennsylvania, Cortisol, Emotional Response, Hill Professor, Holding Hands, Hormones, Lafayette College, Mood Music, Oxytocin, Passionate Kiss, Physical Activity, Relaxation, Romantic Atmosphere, Sensations, Stress Hormone, Valentine S Day, Wendy Hill Comments OffReading This Will Change Your Brain
February 6th, 2009 admin Jeff Sherman / Taxi-Getty ImagesFrom Newsweek:A leading neuroscientist says processing digital information can rewire your circuits. But is it evolution?Is technology changing our brains? A new study by UCLA neuroscientist Gary Small adds to a growing body of research that says it is.
Posted in Science News Tags: Alteration, Brains, Circuits, Digital Information, Dramatic Shift, Early Man, Getty Images, Human Brain, Jeff Sherman, Neuroscientist, Newsweek, Rapid Evolution, Taxi, Technological Skills, Ucla Comments OffScientists To Football Players: Give Us Your Brains
February 1st, 2009 admin Brains! Brains!!: Gaetan Lee (CC Licensed) From Popular Science:Amidst a growing body of evidence tying severe health problems to multiple concussions, researchers are tapping NFL stars for a more hands-on corroborationWhenever rich people gather, charities flock hoping to solicit donations of time and money.
Posted in Science News Tags: Body Of Evidence, Boston University School, Boston University School Of Medicine, Brains, Charities, Chris Nowinski, Corroboration, Flock, Football Players, Former Athletes, Former Nfl Players, Gaetan, Health Problems, Nfl Stars, Popular Science, Professional Wrestler, Ramifications, School Of Medicine, Super Bowl, Time And Money Comments Off