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...fourth year of a degree in finance and economics and wants to study abroad, says he has lost all faith in Bangladesh's leaders-in "the way they talk, the way they express themselves, the way they act like kids, the way they don't compromise." Nearby, beneath election posters strung across a street and fluttering in a gentle breeze, Nazrul Islam, a father of three, agrees. Nazrul sells flags for a living. The past few months have been tough going-the unrest has halved his earnings to about $4 a day as fewer people have dared to venture outside...
Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport has had its share of problems since it opened last September. The $3.8 billion project's latest snag: cracks appearing in the runway exits, making taxiing difficult and raising fears that the landfill beneath the airport could be sinking. Patching the surface has proved frustrating, with more rifts appearing daily...
Using items of clothing as mobile message boards is a ubiquitous form of expression. So how can you stand out from the crowd? Try getting illuminated. Philips Research's Lumalive combines red, green and blue LED pixels to form an array of colors beneath any fabric's surface. The LEDs are housed in a flat plastic sheath, which is connected to a control driver containing the battery and a playlist of preprogrammed images. SMS texts can be sent to a GSM receiver enabling a variety of new messages. (The Lumalive parts are easily removed for laundering.) London-based industrial designer...
...Pascual-Leone did not stop there. He extended the experiment by having another group of volunteers merely think about practicing the piano exercise. They played the simple piece of music in their head, holding their hands still while imagining how they would move their fingers. Then they too sat beneath the TMS coil...
...It’s our job to understand their motives, and to appreciate that the separation anxiety that runs just beneath the surface of our interactions is very real on both sides. To a parent, seeing your child’s politics change while they’re away from home and out of your grasp has got to be agonizing. It’s a little more change, a little more distance. That can’t be easy to watch...