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By: Unknown on: 10:05 AM

The Toothsponge The Toothbrush of the Future

In Brazilian industrial designer Fabio Dabori's world, we won't brush our teeth with bristles, synthetic reminders of a barbaric time we cleaned our teeth with animal hair. No, we are enlightened beings, and we will make our pearly whites beam eerily with...a sponge. Electric toothsponges. Dabori says that his patent-pending Giro Sponge holds water, massages gums and polishes teeth all at the same time. He hopes to have it to market soon, with versions for adults and kids. Besides the fact that I think it would feel totally creepy, like brushing your teeth with a wet rag, the real spoiler here is that you would have to floss all the time since it doesn't go between your teeth at all-I hate flossing, and I'm not going to do it more than once a day. 

The Toothsponge The Toothbrush of the Future

By: Unknown on: 2:38 AM

The Tongue Toothbrush Is the Grossest Way to Be Hygienic

Toothbrushes haven't changed much. Sure some fancy tech wiz brushes spin the bristles themselves but at the end of the day, after centuries of use, we still have to hold the damn thing. Not anymore. The T2T is a hands free toothbrush that you slip onto your tongue to do your teeth cleaning. It's the grossest way to be hygienic.

Before, hands-free brushing just meant not brushing your teeth and popping a gum in your mouth. Though that may freshen your breath for a minute or two, it doesn't do too much to actually clean those plaque critters from the enamel. The T2T is coated in toothpaste and you basically twirl your tongue around and let the bristles (it looks like plastic?) get the gunk out.

I know what you're thinking. This is magnificently stupid. And it probably is! I can't imagine a scenario where applying this onto my tongue is easier than just spending the few minutes brushing my teeth. But let's entertain the silliness. By using the tongue brusher, you won't have foam seeping out of your mouth and your arms would be free to do other tasks like driving a car or turning a page of a book or typing a manuscript or beating the drums or whatever you could do with two free hands. I just mimicked a tongue cleaning right now and was able to land nearly all 32 of my teeth (the bottom molars would be tough for me to get to). I looked like a complete buffoon while doing it but was able to use my keyboard just fine!

But I leave with one question, what cleans the tongue when the tongue does the cleaning?

The Tongue Toothbrush Is the Grossest Way to Be Hygienic

By: Unknown on: 2:32 AM

BlackBerry IN Sell For $4.7B

It looks like the days of BlackBerry being an independent company are over. Trading on shares of the company was halted today when the company made it known that it had a major announcement coming. The announcement: It had signed a letter of intent to be purchased by Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. for $4.7 billion, or $9 a share, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Shares had been down 5.6% before trading halted, to $8.23, in the wake of Friday's news that the company would cut its staff by 40% and stop selling devices to consumers. The $9 price tag represents just 4% of Blackberry's peak share value, Journal reporter Shira Ovide tweets. Fairfax currently owns about 10% of BlackBerry, making it the company's biggest shareholder. The Canadian-based company will buy all of the company's outstanding shares. Click for more on its ill-fated company jet.

BlackBerry IN Sell For $4.7B

By: Unknown on: 2:21 AM

iPhone 5S, 5C Sales Record

Apple's new iPhones went on sale this weekend, and it seems customers were plenty ready: They picked up more than 9 million units of the 5S and 5C, a record for the first weekend of sales, the company notes. "This is our best iPhone launch yet," CEO Tim Cook says in a press release, via Business Insider. The site notes that sales might have been even higher had more units been available: Apple nearly sold out of the phones this weekend, but retailers are still getting regular shipments, the company says. Some 5 million units of the original iPhone 5 were sold on its opening weekend, the Verge notes.

iPhone 5S, 5C Sales Record

By: Unknown on: 2:17 AM

Chrysler Files For IPO

 The Chrysler Group has filed paperwork for an initial public offering for some of its shares—the first time the company's shares will be publicly traded since 1998, the AP reports. The move comes at the behest of a United Auto Workers retirement trust, which owns 41.5% of the company, reports USA Today. The trust provides medical coverage for 115,000 former workers and their families, reports the New York Times. Chrysler has set a maximum proposed offering price of $100 million, though that may change, the AP reports.

The move is sure to annoy CEO Sergio Marchionne, who is also the CEO of Fiat, which owns the other 58.5% of the company, notes the Times. Marchionne wants to merge the two auto companies, but the trust thinks its stake is worth more than Fiat is willing to pay, and would rather let the market determine the price. "The union took a very high risk when it accepted shares in a bankrupt company four years ago to cover health care for retirees,” says a labor professor from UC Berkley. "Now they want to share in Chrysler’s success."

Chrysler Files For IPO

By: Unknown on: 2:10 AM

Europe Raids Big Oil Firms

 European authorities raided the offices of BP, Shell, Statoil, and other companies involved in the oil business yesterday, as part of an investigation into what they suspect is a more than decade-old conspiracy to rig oil prices. The European Commission said it had launched "unannounced inspections" of oil company offices in Britain, the Netherlands, and Norway, the Guardian reports. The companies have been accused of colluding to report artificially high prices to a benchmarking agency, much the way banks conspired to fix Libor rates.

"Even small distortions of assessed prices may have a huge impact on the prices of crude oil," which could in turn hurt consumers at the pump, the EC said in a statement, according to the Telegraph. While it didn't name its targets, BP, Shell, Norway's largely government-owned Statoil, and the price reporting firm Platts all say they're cooperating with investigators, with Statoil confirming a raid aided by Norwegian antitrust authorities. Though there's no timetable for the investigation, the AP believes political pressure is likely to mount for more regulation of the industry.

Europe Raids Big Oil Firms

By: Unknown on: 2:06 AM

Stupid Woman R.I.P Stupid driver mistakes the brake pedal with throttle. Different angle.

Stupid Woman R.I.P Stupid driver mistakes the brake pedal with throttle. Different angle.

By: Unknown on: 1:45 AM

AC Milan 1-2 Napoli

Napoli kept up their 100 per cent start to the 2013-14 season with an impressive 2-1 over AC Milan at San Siro on Sunday.

The visitors started the game brightly and were soon ahead through Miguel Britos, with Gonzalo Higuain doubling their lead just after half-time.

Mario Balotelli squandered the chance to regain a foothold in the match, missing the first penalty of his career, though the Italy international scored a brilliant consolation strike at the death.

Both sides enjoyed winning starts to their Champions League campaigns on Wednesday, and the hosts made three changes from their 2-0 success over Celtic as Ignazio Abate, Urby Emanuelson and Andrea Poli replaced Cristian Zaccardo, Kevin Constant and Antonio Nocerino.
Meanwhile, Rafael Benitez made two alterations from Napoli's 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund, with Giandomenico Mesto and Blerim Dzemaili coming in for Christian Maggio and Gokhan Inler.
Benitez’s side flew out of the traps and carved out a host of early opportunities, with Valon Behrami and Higuain particularly threatening.
And this early pressure paid off when Britos headed home from close range after just five minutes.
The Uruguayan stole into the six-yard box and converted calmly after defensive partner Raul Albiol had knocked a deep free-kick back across goal.
Milan's top scorer Balotelli brought a good save out of Pepe Reina four minutes later as the hosts sought an immediate response, and the lively Italy international then curled a free-kick just wide shortly after.
The home side dominated the remainder of the half, but struggled to create any clear-cut chances as the Napoli defence stood firm in the face of lengthy spells of Milan possession.
While Massimiliano Allegri’s men continued their bright play in the second half, they quickly fell further behind thanks to Higuain's third league goal of the season after 53 minutes.
The Argentina international struck a powerful effort from outside the area and Christian Abbiati was unable to prevent the shot from finding the bottom corner, even though he got a hand to it.
Milan were handed a way back into the game a minute before the hour mark though when Albiol brought down Balotelli in the box.
However, the forward was thwarted by a superb Reina save, the Spaniard getting down well to his right as the former Manchester City and Inter man missed the first penalty of his career.
Undeterred, the ever-dangerous Balotelli threatened again 10 minutes later as he struck a powerful against the bar.
And the 23-year-old did eventually get the goal his performance deserved as he bent a glorious strike past the helpless Reina in the 91st minute, but Napoli held on to maintain their perfect start to the Serie A season.
The defeat was compounded for Milan after the final whistle when Balotelli was shown a red card, with his dismissal appearing to be for dissent.

AC Milan 1-2 Napoli

By: Unknown on: 2:50 PM

Bruce Jenner confirms skin cancer surgery

Bruce Jenner's face went under the knife again.
But this time it was for medical, as opposed to cosmetic, reasons.
TMZ is reporting that Kim Kardashian's stepfather had surgery on his nose Monday to remove a hunk of cancer, resulting in 30 stitches. The former Olympian (and current questionable plastic surgery poster boy) was snapped sporting a big bandage the next day in Calabasas, Calif.
Doctors are pointing to golf-induced sun damage as the culprit, the website says.
It's not the first time Jenner's face has had cancer carved out of it. Last year, the right side, just in front of his ear and under his sideburn, fell victim.
 Jenner has given a statement to his Keeping Up With the Kardashians reality home, E! News.
"I was diagnosed with a form of melanoma called basal cell carcinoma and have undergone Mohs surgery to remove it. I have been struggling with this for several years and appreciate all of the support and prayers while I continue to fight the battle against skin cancer."
The statement is medically confusing, considering the fact that basal cell is, by National Library of Medicine definition, a relatively minor, non-melanoma form of skin cancer.

Bruce Jenner confirms skin cancer surgery

By: Unknown on: 1:42 PM

NASA spends 24 million $ a year on unneeded facilities

WASHINGTON — When NASA began planning for a return visit to the moon several years ago, the agency naturally started building the necessary infrastructure to get there.
That included a $350 million test stand at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to accommodate special testing requirements for rockets being built as part of what was called the Constellation Program.
The test stand was only two-thirds complete when President Obama canceled Constellation in 2010. Directed by Congress to finish the project anyway, NASA spent another $57 million on it. When it's completed this month, the test stand will sit idle indefinitely until a new use is found, but will still cost taxpayers $900,000 a year to maintain.
The A-3 test stand will join a growing list of unused or underutilized structures costing the space agency tens of millions of dollars to maintain each year, according to NASA Inspector General Paul Martin. An in-house study last year estimated that NASA has up to 865 "unneeded" facilities, collectively costing more than $24 million in annual upkeep, he said.

An audit the inspector general's office released in February identified another 33 facilities, including wind tunnels, thermal vacuum chambers and other launch infrastructure, that NASA wasn't fully utilizing or that had no identifiable future mission. Taxpayers spent $43 million in 2011 to maintain those facilities.
Martin told a House, Science, Space and Technology subcommittee Friday that NASA's attempts to determine what it needs to get rid of haven't gotten far mainly due to "fluctuating and uncertain requirements."
Over the past six years, NASA's goal in human exploration of space has transitioned from the space shuttle program to the Constellation Program to the Space Launch System that targets a Mars mission by the 2030s.
"Changes to national space policy initiated by the president and Congress have increased the difficulty of determining which facilities NASA needs," Martin told lawmakers. "Because decisions about whether to retain specific facilities depends heavily upon the missions NASA undertakes, frequent changes to these missions complicate the agency's efforts to manage its infrastructure."
The issue is especially problematic for NASA, where more than 80% of facilities are at least 40 years old and beyond their design life. In addition, the estimated cost of NASA's backlog of deferred maintenance projects stood at $2.3 billion in 2012.
Even when the agency sees a chance to make money off its surplus property, it's not easy.
Members of Congress are raising concerns about NASA's plan to lease the historic Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, which costs the agency $1.2 million a year to maintain. The pad, which supported the Apollo and shuttle programs, is no longer being used. Agency officials said they will demolish the pad unless they find a tenant.
NASA officials were close to leasing the pad to SpaceX, an aerospace company that was the first to fly cargo to the International Space Station, until another company, Blue Origin, submitted a competing bid to take over pad 39A and operate it as a multi-user facility.
Earlier this month, Blue Origin filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office, effectively delaying any action on a lease until possibly Dec. 12, the GAO's deadline to rule on the matter.
The dispute between the two companies has spilled into Congress, with some members urging NASA to open the pad to multiple users and others backing the agency's handling of the issue.
On Friday, two panel members — Republican Mo Brooks of Alabama and Democrat Ami Bera of California — said NASA should opt for a multi-user lease.
"I have reservations about the potential adverse effect on our space program of one of our primary launch pads being taken over by one user," Brooks said. "In my judgment, (it) would tend to both stifle competition and reduce the ability of 39A to be used as a backup by other private users or by NASA itself."
But GOP Rep. Bill Posey, whose Florida district includes Kennedy Space Center, asked members to let NASA do its job. Too often, the agency's attempts to act efficiently have been hampered by politics, he said.
"Billions and billions and billions of dollars (have been) wasted because we have the parochial interests of different members trying to micromanage what NASA does," he said. "It's like a city councilman trying to tell a police chief who to arrest and who not to arrest."

NASA spends 24 million $ a year on unneeded facilities

By: Unknown on: 1:38 PM

The Canon A2600 is a camera that gets the job done without costing too much money.

While there are some phenomenal new cameras on the market, sometimes budget trumps all other concerns. Maybe you're looking for a gift or a starter camera for someone you know, but you don't have a ton of money to sink on something that may not last forever. Enter the Canon PowerShot A2600 ($149 MSRP): a bargain-buy point-and-shoot that may not outperform higher-end cameras, but does give you a reliable option for quick snaps to share with friends.
The controls are about as basic as they get, and there are several shooting modes that cover just about all of the common situations you'd want a point-and-shoot for. Fireworks, snowy pictures and even low-light situations all have presets, so the A2600 should feel at home in a variety of situations. Mind you, the picture quality leaves much to be desired, but this will work in a pinch — especially for Facebook photos.
We should point out that we did have some fun with the effects filters on the A2600. While your picture quality isn't going to fool anyone into thinking you're a pro, filters like the toy camera mode (faux-vignetting) and miniaturization (faux-bokeh) will make your pictures look very interesting — if you're creative in how you use them.

Given the price of the A2600, it's a tempting camera to give your kids, but that may not be a good idea. The casing doesn't feel very sturdy, so it will not survive the rough and tumble of a kid's adventures. Additionally, the camera doesn't have much in the way of grip, so handling may be difficult in fast-paced situations.
Assuming you've equipped the strap and are ready to start snapping photos, you'll be delighted to see an acceptably large screen with an attractive menu. This is a huge plus, but the buttons are somewhat small and hard to press if you're operating the camera with one hand.
Despite older models of Canon point-and-shoots using AA batteries, the A2600 does not. Those of you who want to use the A2600 for long periods of time may want to pick up an extra NB-11L battery to extend its life on a night out or family trip.
Let's face it: For under $150, you're not going to be getting a camera that stays in your family from generation to generation. However, if you're looking to grab a basic camera on the cheap, the Canon PowerShot A2600 is definitely worth checking out.

The Canon A2600 is a camera that gets the job done without costing too much money.

By: Unknown on: 1:35 PM