A Mean Old Man!

An old man and woman were married for many years, even though they hated each other. When they had a confrontation, screaming and yelling could be heard deep into the night. The old man would shout, "When I die, I will dig my way up and out of the grave and come back and haunt you for the rest of your life!" Neighbors feared him. They believed he practiced black magic, because of the many strange occurrences that took place in their neighborhood. The old man liked the fact that he was feared. To everyone's relief, he died of a heart attack when he was 68. His wife had a closed casket at the wake. After the burial, she went straight to the local bar and began to party as if there was no tomorrow. Her neighbors, concerned for her safety, asked, "Aren't you afraid that he may indeed be able to dig his way up and out of the grave and come back to haunt you for the rest of your life?" The wife put down her drink and said, "Let him dig. I had him buried upside down!"

Now speaker dock that dances along with your music

Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a robotic speaker dock, which dances along to a user's music. Called Shimi, it looks like a bizarre futuristic table lamp. Its inventors have now set up a Kickstarter project to manufacture the gadget. "We are seriously excited to present our project to you: Shimi, the first musically intelligent robotic speaker dock," the Daily Mail quoted it's creators as saying. "Shimi is a real robot with artificial intelligence that analyzes music it plays through his speaker-ears and generates real-time unique dance moves to bring the music to life in a fun, cute way," they added. The gadget uses five motors to move, and also has facial recognition software so it can automatically rotate so its speakers are always pointing towards the listener. It also has a microphone and can understand human speech, so owners can simply tell it what they want to hear. They can also tap along and the robot will adjust its rhythm accordingly. The team also promises to keep developing the robot once they hit their 100,000- dollar target. "We will keep developing new applications for Shimi. We are already working on applications that will allow Shimi to respond to your facial expression, learn your musical tastes, and recommend new music to you," the researchers stated.

RESERVA TIEMPO!

Reserva tiempo para REIR, es la música del alma. Reserva tiempo para LEER, es la base de la sabiduría. Reserva tiempo para PENSAR, es la fuente del poder. Reserva tiempo para TRABAJAR, es el precio del éxito. Reserva tiempo para DIVERTIRTE, es el secreto de la juventud eterna. Reserva tiempo para SER AMIGO, es el camino de la felicidad. Reserva tiempo para SOÑAR, es el medio de encontrar tus objetivos. Reserva tiempo para AMAR Y SER AMADO, es el privilegio de los hijos de Dios. Reserva tiempo para SER UTIL A LOS OTROS, esta vida es demasiado corta para que seamos egoístas. Nosotros no perdemos tiempo en la vida; lo que se pierde es la vida, al perder el tiempo .

Whitney Houston lands posthumous Guinness World Record

Whitney Houston has achieved a posthumous entry into the Guinness Book of World Records for the most simultaneous hits on the U.K. singles chart by a Solo Female. The tragic diva was given the accolade after 12 of her tracks entered the chart in Britain following her death in February, Contactmusic reported. This honour was previously bestowed upon late singer Amy Winehouse, following her death last year in July. The feat has been made possible by her loyal fans, who flocked to buy the superstar's back catalogue in the days after her bathtub death in a suite at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles on 11th February.

Gadgetwise Blog A Phone That Can Take a Dunking

People prone to dropping their phones in the drink – a drop in the toilet is one of the most common cellphone accidents — are usually condemned to buying vaultlike cases to protect their phones from everything including the kitchen sink. But the Kyocera Hydro comes with its dive suit built in. The phone, $130 without a contract from Boost Mobile, is waterproof for up to 30 minutes in water about three feet deep. The phone is compact, about 4.5 by 2.5 by 0.5 inches and weighing 4.16 ounces. The screen is a 3.5 HVGA IPS touch screen that’s clear and legible. Kyocera textured the back of the case with a faux carbon fiber checkerboard. Inside is a one GHz processor, not the fastest on the market, but pretty snappy, and it can take up to a 32-gigabyte micro SD memory card. It comes with a two-GB card installed. The phone’s connection is only 3G. The camera has 3.2 megapixels with software for scene settings, like night portraits or sports, a digital zoom and an LED flash. Using Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, the phone should work with most current apps, and of course it works with all of the Google goodies the Android interacts with, like your online contacts list and Gmail. The call quality was good in my test. In addition to being waterproof, the phone’s chief attraction may be Boost’s pricing plan, which reduces the monthly fees if payments are made on time. The Android plan, which starts at $55 for unlimited talk, text and data, goes to $50 after six on-time payments, $45 a month after 12, and $40 after 18. As with most carriers, the data part of “unlimited“ is conditional – you get 2.5 GB of full-speed data (that’s the connection you use for Web browsing, streaming video and music), after which you still get data but at a slower speed. The phone worked fine after a half-hour in a bucket of water. And while it is waterproof, it makes no claims against jolts, like some rugged phones, such as the Casio G’zOne Commando. But the Hydro may be the right device if you long to Web surf in the shower or text in the tub.

Giant 914 kilo cheeseburger sets new world weight record

A US casino has created a new world record with their bacon cheeseburger that is 10 feet in diameter and weighs more than a ton. The behemoth burger was served up at the Black Bear Casino Resort near Carlton in Minnesota and tipped the scales at 914kg, the Daily Express reported. Guinness Records representative Philip Robertson verified the record for the biggest burger. He called the feat a result of "remarkable teamwork" and said that the burger "actually tastes really good." According to Duluth News Tribune, the previous mark of the biggest burger was a mere 400kg. The casino's burger included 60lb (27kg) of bacon, 50lb (23kg) of lettuce, 50lb (23kg) of sliced onions, 40lb (18kg) of pickles and 40lb (18kg) of cheese. It took about four hours to cook and a crane was used to flip it.

New smartphone case may reduce cancer risk

A new smartphone case, which has been made of the same material as a NASA spacecraft, claims to reduce antenna radiation and cancer risks. Although it's still unclear as to exactly how bad the problem of cellphone radiation is, the WHO has already reclassified it as "potentially carcinogenic for humans." The problem Pong claims to be resolving is that mobile devices emit microwave energy, and the majority of it is absorbed by the heads and bodies of phone users while making calls. The Pong case, which is available for a range of different smartphones, claims to redirect radiation away from the user and reduce exposure by up to 95 percent. According to Pong's Chief Technology Officer, Ryan McCaughey, their invention doesn't make mere empty promises to ward off those deadly radiations, and the case has been rigorously tested to check its effectiveness "The scale we base our research is the industry standard of SAR, or specific absorption rate. All cell phones are measured to this standard, and what we do is compare the effect of a cellphone on SAR with and without the Pong case," the Herald Sun quoted McCaughey as saying. "Our lab tests, including independent lab tests, which we feel are a very important validation, show that we reduce SAR by up to 95 percent below current safety limits. But even McCaughey admitted that the case isn't a complete solution, because not enough known is yet known about how safe even small levels of radiation are. "There's so far no known safe limit. We can't say that someone using the Pong is going to be completely safe from radiation, but we're of the feeling that less exposure to radiation is better, and that's what Pong is providing," he added.