A male model has been fired for eating a croissant whilst on a photo shoot for trendy clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch. Belgian Florian Van Bael was told to leave the set when he was seen eating the pastry at what was considered to be an inappropriate moment.
eLEGS is a unique exoskeleton for general consumers designed to allow wheelchair-bound folks to walk. The product, based on some early work at the Berkeley Robotics and Human Engineering lab. In this video, a nearly paralyzed young woman walks again after 18 years.
If you are the CEO of Microsoft and you are asked what is your favorite Xbox game, you are probably better off going with a generic answer like “Halo” instead of gleefully responding “Beach Volleyball, baby!”
Would the über-macho Microsoft boss pick something brutal, such as Halo or Call of Duty? Or what about a title his boardroom buddies could empathize with, such as Tiger Woods PGA Tour? Nope. Instead 54-year-old Steven Anthony Ballmer beamed the broadest of smiles and in entirely typical fashion yelled: “Beach Volleyball, baby!”
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The biggest hurdle for companies selling 3D TVs? No one wants to wear the goofy glasses. Nothing like having consumers less interested in your product after they try it. Feel free to post your favorite “you’re doing it wrong” picture in the comments section.
A study about consumer attitudes toward 3-D television found many who were less interested in the technology after they actually experienced it.
Intel has launched a new app today called the Intel Boxed CPU Decoder. The app is extremely easy to use, simply select type of processor or socket, select the processors you want to compare and there you have it! It is actually harder to find and download the app than it is to use it (you actually have to search “Intel decoder” on iTunes). No word yet on a version for Android phone users.
The 12-foot-high flood of sludge inundated several towns, sweeping cars off the road as it flowed into the nearby Marcal River. Emergency workers rushed to pour 1,000 tons of plaster into the Marcal River in an attempt to bind the sludge and keep it from flowing on to the Danube some 45 miles away. The red sludge in the reservoir is a byproduct of refining bauxite into alumina, which took place at an alumina plant run by the Hungarian Alumina Production and Trading Company.
