Screams, Segway, Silicon Saves Lives
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Screams are apparently all the rage, so much so that they are being introduced in to technology products as a saleable feature.
The first such product is a mobile phone with a built in security system. Quite why it's taken so long to develop such a system with half of all UK street crime involving mobile phones is a mystery. The system is remotely activated once the phone is reported stolen, it disables the phone, wipes the memory and then emits a conspicous squeal.
The second scream comes from a smoke alarm. Researchers have found that a child's mother's voice is twice as effective at waking up sleeping little Lizzy than a conventional smoke alarm. They also found that the child woken by the parents voice was more cognitive, quicker, assisting an effective escape.
One of the more amusing stories from the past few weeks was that of the Segway recall. Seemingly the revolutionary transporter has been plagued by a software glitch which can cause the machine to suddenly tip backwards throwing off the rider. There have been six complaints reported as a result of the glitch leaving the users with various wrist, back and head injuries. Readers may have seen the Segway in use by the BBC at the British Open Golf Championship as a camera car, much to the amusement of Nick Flado and Phil Mickelson.
Finally, Ananova reports that a Bulgarian woman was saved from serious injury following a car crash by her 40DD breast implants. While Elena Marinova, 24, walked away from head on smash both cars were written off and the other driver seriously injured. According to the local police the implants provided protection to the ribs and vital organs much like an airbag, they did go on to qualify that unlike an airbag Ms Marinova's boobs weren't designed for crash protection and did explode.
The second scream comes from a smoke alarm. Researchers have found that a child's mother's voice is twice as effective at waking up sleeping little Lizzy than a conventional smoke alarm. They also found that the child woken by the parents voice was more cognitive, quicker, assisting an effective escape.
One of the more amusing stories from the past few weeks was that of the Segway recall. Seemingly the revolutionary transporter has been plagued by a software glitch which can cause the machine to suddenly tip backwards throwing off the rider. There have been six complaints reported as a result of the glitch leaving the users with various wrist, back and head injuries. Readers may have seen the Segway in use by the BBC at the British Open Golf Championship as a camera car, much to the amusement of Nick Flado and Phil Mickelson.
Finally, Ananova reports that a Bulgarian woman was saved from serious injury following a car crash by her 40DD breast implants. While Elena Marinova, 24, walked away from head on smash both cars were written off and the other driver seriously injured. According to the local police the implants provided protection to the ribs and vital organs much like an airbag, they did go on to qualify that unlike an airbag Ms Marinova's boobs weren't designed for crash protection and did explode.
