FRED IS BIGGER THAN MILEY CYRUS AND THE JONAS BROTHERS...

Kiran Chetry, 14, is dominating YouTube with his fictional 5 year-old character Fred.  I knew this kid was going to be big.  Kiran gets more views than Miley Cyrus and The Jonas Brothers. Check out Fred's latest video below.

DISASTER HITS CHINA...

The 7.9 magnitude quake toppled the small cites in the steep hills north of Sichuan's capitol Chengdu. This has been the worst earthquake in three decades, killing more than 10,000 people and trapping many more in layers of concrete. The earthquake took place mid afternoon on Monday, May 12, 2008 . For more on the earthquake click here.

This is so scary. I remember watching some earthquake thing on the history channel and they said LA is past due for some big earthquake. Eeeek! It freaks me out just writing that. This is why I need to remember not to take anything for granted. My friends, family, and everyday I get to just live life no matter how hard it gets. I'm so thankful to live another day. Wow. I didn't mean to get all heavy. Eew I love all of you! OMG whatamisaying?

WHAT'S NEXT? ROBO COPS AND TRANSFORMERS?...

by Pierre Baltadano

Over in CNN.com's Technology section, there's a story about a US Marine, Lance Cpl. Joshua Bleill, who lost both his legs from a little above the knees when his Humvee drove over an exploding bomb on October 15, 2006. In most cases, a patient will be fitted with prosthetic limbs coming from any of the several state of the art models out on the market. Bleill, though, is one of two US Iraq war veterans that are using Bluetooth equipped prosthetics.

Bleill's artificial legs are computer and Bluetooth powered to allow each limb to coordinate with the other to properly activate the motors and "joints" to move and propel in a way that attempts to mimic more natural leg movement.

Bleill's set of prosthetics have Bluetooth receivers strapped to the ankle area. The Bluetooth device on each leg tells the other leg what it's doing, how it's moving, whether walking, standing or climbing steps, for example.

"They mimic each other, so for stride length, for amount of force coming up, going uphill, downhill and such, they can vary speed and then to stop them again," Bleill told CNN from Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he's undergoing rehab.

"I will put resistance with my own thigh muscles to slow them down, so I can stop walking, which is always nice."

This is what I love about technology and design. The idea of expanding technology and its applications to work in everyday life rather than using it for the sake of using it...brilliant.

For more about Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Bleill and a little video demonstration click here to go to the article on CNN.com.