25 May 2007
Virtual Hallucinating Goggles

Break out the tinfoil hats! I gotta get me a pair of these!

We can't say we'd be first in line to get a dose of Schizophrenia or anything, but Janssen L.P.'s Virtual Hallucinations system shows promise of helping cops, paramedics, and social workers understand a bit more of what the afflicted go through.

(link) [Engadget]

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World Population Becomes More Urban Than Rural

A true milestone, and one that most folks will miss. Even if they shouldn't.

There’s no big countdown billboard or sign in Times Square to denote it, but Wednesday, May 23, 2007, represents a major demographic shift, according to scientists from North Carolina State University and the University of Georgia: For the first time in human history, the earth’s population will be more urban than rural.

(link) [NCSU]

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