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LED tattoos could turn your body into a screen
This is amazing:Researchers there are developing silicon-and-silk implantable devices which sit under the skin like a tattoo. Already implanted into mice, these tattoos could carry LEDs, turning your skin into a screen...The silk substrate onto which...
What\'s wrong with rationing health care?
If all goes according to plan, the Senate will vote this evening whether to allow the health care bill to be debated on the Senate floor. The votes that will ultimately decide the bills fate will come from two Democratic Party senators, Mary Landri...
Hollywood\'s most overpaid stars
In business, it's called a return on investment calculation; the amount of money one expects to earn back after making some investment. The money could be spent on capital equipment or marketing, but whatever it is, it's generally expecte...
Why doesn\'t Palestine just declare independence?
If only it were this simple. A declaration of independence would allow the Palestinians to demarcate a state covering territory that best reflects minimal Palestinian requirements -- without having to negotiate those red lines. This is particularly...
Bob Marley: Richest dead celebrity
This was a surprise. I would have guessed the logical nominees would be Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson or John Lennon. According to Fortune, Marley will be passing them all shortly.Toronto-based private-equity firm Hilco Consumer Capital has stru...
Making sense of half full glasses
Speaking of half full glasses: ...

