A Massachusetts-based team has developed and implanted a sensor and that allows a man to control objects by thinking.

The trial has been done with Matthew Nagle who was paralysed in a knife attack 4 years ago. The technology known as neuromotor prosthesis (NMP) has allowed Matthew to:

1. Move a computer cursor to open an e-mail
2. Play simple computer games
3. Open and close a prosthetic hand
4. Use a robot limb to grasp and move objects

The uses of this technology could be of real benefit in the future and the idea of cyborgs could become a reality (just hope they’re not like the Cybermen in Doctor Who). You can read more about it over at the BBC.

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In my younger years my two favourite toys (by far) were Lego and Star Wars figures (the originals not that Jar Jar Binks fool). Why I didn’t think of making a carbonated Han Solo out of Lego I’ll never know, fortunately Nathan Sawaya did think of it and made that legendary wall hanging Han. Read the rest of this entry »

I have to say this is one of the more odd gadgets I’ve come across. The USB Ghost Radar supposedly does just as it says, detect ghosts.

This USB gadget might be perfect for any of the psychics out there. The device itself seems to be quite complex, with an array of sensors and alert lights, as well as a very complex algorithm for detecting the paranormal which analyses the sensor data, factors in biometric feedback from your skin, makes lunar-cycle adjustments and many other things. For the most part the sensors take in information dealing with unusual magnetic waves in the room.
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Here’s another neat spying gadget, the spy sunglasses. The spy sunglasses record everything you see in front of you within a 92-degree field-of-view, allowing you to capture a much broader spectrum than you may be actually looking at. Your regular, direct vision captures only 3-degrees.
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Here in the United States, a lot of people don’t get the concept of a bidet and that’s a shame. To me, it’s a simple equation: when “cleaning up” with mere toilet paper and one suffers a little accident by way of “poo poo” on the finger does one just wipe that finger off? Of course not! You wash, with water and soap. Why must the buttocks suffer the slings and arrows of crass paper while the digits enjoy a nice soapy washing? 

Like many Americans I was blissfully unaware of the incredible array of toilet technology until that master thespian Paul Hogan showed me the light in his landmark epic “Crocodile Dundee.” When the lovable lout Dundee stumbled upon a bidet in the fancy hotel and quickly figured out its use, the bathroom scales fell from my eyes. 

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Do you always want to have the latest, coolest gadget? If so you could be suffering from a genetic disorder.

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Frequent oil changes are essential to the long term health of any car, and this gadget should be on the wish list of anyone who wants to save money by doing their own oil changes.

If you’ve ever done a DIY oil change the old-fashioned way, I’m sure you’ll know how it goes. You’ll get dirty, probably burn yourself on the exhaust manifold, and finally get your hands and wrists covered in oil, when at last you manage to get the drain plug off!

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