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Maybe we shouldn't have been so sure of ourselves. An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association points out that in the morning after 24 hours of sleeplessness, a person's motor performance is comparable to that of someone who is legally intoxicated. Curiously, surgeons who believe that operating under the influence is grounds for dismissal often don't think twice about operating without enough sleep...
...Plenty of problems remain, including bust or near-bankrupt corporate giants such as Daewoo Motor and Hynix Semiconductor. But thanks to restructuring efforts forced by the crisis, the economy is proving to be surprisingly resilient, mature and self-assured?especially so considering that the international investment community classifies Korea as a developing country. Consumer confidence is booming, and a survey of 600 companies last week showed business confidence is at a record high. Stocks seem to be weightless?the benchmark Kospi stock index has soared 75% since Sept...
...erstwhile tour of the old klongs of Bangkok was transformed into a quest for authentic kafae thung, or Thai bag coffee. We took off from Nonthaburi, a small town just north of Bangkok. As we quietly chugged through the network of canals in Poon's canopied, motorized canoe, he watched for the itinerant vendors who sell coffee and other necessities to residents who live in the weathered stilt houses lining the waterways. At times we plowed through clumps of water hyacinths so thick we almost stalled, until Poon cut the motor, lifted the propeller out of the water and drifted...
...Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) officer received a report of an individual slumped over in a motor vehicle near 175 N. Harvard St. The officer did not find the individual after searching the area...
...around the implanted electronics. Another drawback is that the Freehand system provides no tactile feedback for things like temperature, so users also have to be careful when handling hot objects such as cigarettes or coffee. To get around this problem, Thomas Sinkjaer and colleagues at the Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction at Denmark's Aalborg University are developing neural prosthetics that can actually feel the texture of objects and transmit this information back to the user...