Oh no! Heidi and Spencer have planned a trip to Iraq. Haven't the poor troops been through enough. Supposedly John McCain's daughter is putting together the trip. Let's hope she also put's together some outfits for them FULL of bling to see how it goes. Or maybe they can just desert-style their previous music video shoot. The most hated girl on The Hills is now going to be the most hated girl in the Middle East
Bush's War is a two-part series is probably gonna get PBS's funding cut some more but they have done something remarkable by not only putting together a documentary on the beginnings of the Iraq war and in posting it online, they have also given access to excerpts that were cut for time by including. That's around 400 hrs of free footage that the people have access to. Doing this is also so much more engaging for those that want to go more in-depth into a documentary that already promises to give unprecedented inquiry and coverage to such a sensitive subject. Thanks PBS and Frontline. That's that for the politics. Oh, and here's hoping I don't get followed for life for posting this.
Sorry for the Debbie Downer coming up but just check this out. I know it's a departure from what most would want to see or expect to see here but just click on. Won't say anything more...just something to think about.
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Wired.com "How Good People Turn Evil, From Stanford to Abu Ghraib" Pictures Story
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.
