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...talk, play music, tell time and even shake your hand. It can respond to 40 simple commands (like "Nuvo, let's dance") in a Japanese-accented female voice and take pictures with the Cyclops lens mounted on its head. The 15 motorized joints in its body allow Nuvo to perform tricks like headstands and head rolls, as well as to roam freely around the house. Nuvo will even take photos and zap them to your cell phone. Next Product: Partner Ballroom Dance Robot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Inventions 2005: Bot Crazy | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

...document adopted three years after General Francisco Franco died, 30 years ago next Sunday. Were it not thus, Felipe's eldest sister Elena would follow their father Juan Carlos on the throne. Today, Spanish law allows sex changes - and some of the country's 17 autonomous regions perform them on the public health service - but little Leonor won't require the surgeon's knife to become Queen after her Dad. Just the lawyer's pen. The Socialist government of Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero wants to erase the sexism from Article 57 (to apply post-Felipe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Birth of a Nation | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

...filled lull between your work and your sleep. Even if it is just five minutes—make sure you take it. Get your mind off of your work before you drift off into dream land. Call a friend, make a cup of tea, do downward dog motions, or perform a belly dance for your roommates. It will most certainly pay off the next day. I promise...

Author: By Nicole B. Urken, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: DEAR NIKKI: How To Get to Bed | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

...does it feel like to be invisible? Thanks to the invention of the “College Visit,” humankind is finally able to answer this question. Sure, the Facebook leaves you exposed to cyber-stalking, but we all know it’s mad hard to perform a successful “global search.” In fact, this is another reason you should not try to make any friends at another college. For one thing, it’s lame and worthless, but more importantly, it will leave a trail of acquaintances in your wake?...

Author: By Christopher J. Catizone and Chris Schonberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: THE BELL LAP: The Ultimate College Visit | 11/9/2005 | See Source »

...revealed that frequent peyote use causes no long-term psychological damage.According to Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus Lester Grinspoon, who specializes in the effects of psychotropic drugs, a typical sacrament ceremony entails encircling a campfire and swallowing peyote buttons.During the height of the ensuing hallucinations, generally after vomiting profusely, users perform a series of ritualistic songs and dances, culminating in a breakfast feast at sunrise.“One of the most interesting parts of the study for me, as someone who never believed in the harm of controlled hallucinogens, was that it was done at all,” said...

Author: By Mallory R. Hellman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hallucinogenic Cactus Found Benign In Study | 11/7/2005 | See Source »

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