Engineering students at Rice University are working on something, for their senior thesis project, that could very well be revolutionary. They call it VEST, and it is being made to help the deaf “feel” speech.
VEST, Versatile Extra-Sensory Transducer, uses data collected from someone speaking and converts it into a pattern of vibrations from 24 computer chips located across the back of the worn…
Football Coach Jim Harbaugh has put his foot down; “American Sniper” will not be censored at the University of Michigan on his watch. He tweeted:
The Center for Campus Involvement (CCI) had announced this past Tuesday morning that it would house a showing of Clint Eastwood’s blockbuster film during a weekly event held on campus, called UMix.
They had shelved it that very night after a…
“Come on in, boys! The police won't take you away, the morgue will,” said 92-year-old Twylia Smock to would-be burglars.
Regardless of the fact that she is legally blind, Smock refused to be a victim.
"All of a sudden, someone is kicking and beating on my back door, trying to get in," Smock said.
She had just locked her back door and placed a board up before the thieves tried to break and…
During an excavation of the area below an Ottoman prison in the Old City of Jerusalem, Archaeologist Amit Re’em found what he deems to be revolutionary.
One room in particular speaks for roughly 2,700 years of history. Layers of nearly every era of the city are laid bare on top of one another, from the time of the First Temple through the Roman, Crusader, and Ottoman periods - even up to…
During an excavation of the area below an Ottoman prison in the Old City of Jerusalem, Archaeologist Amit Re’em found what he deems to be revolutionary.
One room in particular speaks for roughly 2,700 years of history. Layers of nearly every era of the city are laid bare on top of one another, from the time of the First Temple through the Roman, Crusader, and Ottoman periods - even up to…
Though he didn’t find the film particularly funny, North Korean defector and activist Lee Min-bok has been sending thousands of copies of “The Interview” across the border - using balloons.
According to CNN, Lee says he does this to tell the truth to his fellow North Koreans, so that, maybe, they will rise up for the sake of revolution. He says:
“I want my people to know the truth. That is…
Goldfish have taken over Teller Lake in Boulder, Colorado. Wildlife officials have come to the conclusion that a handful pet goldfish were released into the lake a few years back, and have since risen to numbers in the thousands.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesperson Jennifer Churchill believes that the fish, though domesticated, are capable of out-competing other fish in the lake and could…
Nineteen states allow teachers and other parent-authorized caregivers to spank children (and administer other forms of corporal punishment), so long as these disciplinary actions are not shown to be cruel and intentionally torturous.
The discipline administered within your home and within schools are defined separately, meaning that you could choose to not incorporate spanking into your…
The answer? Try 1.1 gallons… for one, single, tiny almond. Seriously.
This is not previously unknown information to farmers. You would hope that the government in California is aware of those numbers. But that isn’t stopping Gov. Jerry Brown from punishing citizens for lengthy showers or watering their “nice little green grass.”
Think of it this way. The Blue Diamond brand of almonds offers…
This is, most likely, going to be one the most exciting videos you’ll see today.
Two extreme adventurers get together to perform a stunt that will leave you with a gut-wrenching sensation. These daredevils put on their “wingsuits” and strap on their GoPro cameras, just so they can glide along the French Alps and hit a small target. They're moving so fast, it's a wonder they could pull this off…
