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Lenovo awarded NSW DET netbook contract
Scroll down to the comments by students in this article. Under the arrangement, Lenovo will supply 220,000 IdeaPad S10e laptops to school students in years 9-12. The machines feature advanced network security and remote management tool. They also include theft protection features such as hardware level reporting, retrieval and remote disabling functions and RFID tagging.
Eye-socket camera films from inside the head | Crave - CNET
There's a blurred line between challenge and opportunity.
Having lost his eye in a childhood accident and suffered a lot of pain, Rob Spense, a 36-year-old filmmaker, has decided to do something that'll put filming and seeing into just one eye, quite literally.
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There's a blurred line between challenge and opportunity.
Having lost his eye in a childhood accident and suffered a lot of pain, Rob Spense, a 36-year-old filmmaker, has decided to do something that'll put filming and seeing into just one eye, quite literally.
Air Conditioned Seat Cushion "Suzukaze"
Kuchofuku, which develops and sells air conditioned clothing that uses almost no energy compared to conventional air conditioners, has developed the "Suzukaze" air conditioned seat cushion as its newest product.
ClassPress™ ›› Where students are heard by themselves only!!
The spiel defeats the purpose: "Private classroom environment
Other blogging sites make anything you post available for the world to see... With ClassPress, no one outside your class can view or participate!"
Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body: Autopsy
Visible Proof - Forensic views of the body - Video of actual autopsies quite amazing but not for the faint hearted.
Teen sues school for 'failing'
A student who can barely read or write is suing the Victorian education department for $300,000 for failing to teach him properly.
Microwaved Water - See What It Does To Plants
Below is a science fair project that my granddaughter did for 2006. In it she took filered water and divided it into two parts.
Boy suspended for stick-figure drawing of water pistol - Education
Four kindergarten boys were suspended in 2000 for playing cops and robbers, even though they were using their fingers as guns.
See-Through Frog Bred in Japan
Masayuki Sumida, a professor at the Institute for Amphibian Biology at Japan's Hiroshima University, bred the frog to be a humane learning tool. "You can watch organs of the same frog over its entire life, as you don't have to dissect it,"
Teenager survives ride in wing of a Boeing-737 | NEWS.com.au
A 15-YEAR-old Russian boy suffered acute frostbite after riding the wing of a Boeing-737 plane on a 1300km two-hour flight.
Teacher fights to take gun to class | Oddly Enough | Reuters.com
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - An Oregon high school teacher on Tuesday sued for her right to bring a gun into the classroom for personal protection, clashing with anti-gun advocates fighting for years to rid U.S. schools of weapons.
Fake Name Generator
The Fake Name Generator creates entire fake identities including name, address, email, phone number, birthday, mother's maiden name, credit card, and SSN. You can even customize your character's sex and name origin (nationality). Could be handy for testi
Fogonazos: Swimming with polar bears
Since July 2004, in the little town of Cochrane, northern Ontario (Canada), you can visit the Polar Bear Habitat, a kind of local zoo where people can live the once-in-a-lifetime experience of an outdoor swim with polar bears.
Fogonazos: Top 10 Most amazing facts about the Earth
It turns out that in some places you will feel slightly heavier than others. A low spot can be seen just off the coast of India, while a relative high occurs in the South Pacific Ocean.
18 Tricks To Teach Your Body - Men's Health
Studies have shown that patients who sleep on their left sides are less likely to suffer from acid reflux. The esophagus and stomach connect at an angle.
puravida radio
Marco Celeghin and friends produce this fun and eclectic music show straight outta the Bronx of Vienna.
BBC NEWS | Man claims new sleepless record
A Cornish man says he has broken the world record for sleep deprivation by staying awake for 11 days and nights.
Geeky Rare-Earth Magnets Repel Sharks
In testing at the Bimini Biological Research Station shark lab in the Bahamas, Stroud and Herrmann have found that sharks dramatically avoid magnets made from neodymium, iron and boron. The magnets even rouse sharks from tonic immobility, a coma-like stat
LiveScience.com: Americans and Japanese Read Faces Differently
Japanese people tend to shy away from overt displays of emotion, and rarely smile or frown with their mouths, Yuki explained, because the Japanese culture tends to emphasize conformity, humbleness and emotional suppression, traits that are thought to prom
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Here's a roundup of some of the coolest tech for dogs from companies in Japan and the United Stat
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