Panasonic Shampoo Robot Testing in Tokyo Salon

 

Everybody knows the future is going to be filled with robots doing practically everything for us, including washing our hair. But that isn’t too far into the future now that Panasonic has created a shampoo robot that’s currently undergoing its first tests in Tokyo, Japan. Hair salon Super Hair Seo in the nearby city of Nishinomiya is playing host to the Head Care Robot.

It was first introduced back in 2012 and is a reclining chair and a mechanized washbasin. It works by first scanning your head to get an idea of its shape since it can accommodate any head shape and then it releases shampoo jets and gets to work on your scalp with its 24 robotic fingers (eight of which work the back of your neck while the rest work on your head). After it’s done shampooing, the robot applies conditioner (and another scalp massage) and finally blow-dries the hair. Panasonic says the special Head Care Robot provides a relaxing experience and plans to commercialize it soon after getting feedback from trials at Super Hair 

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Viruses: Adult sites are safer than religious sites 

Risk of computer virus on religious sites three times higher.

When visiting religious sites on the Internet according to one study, there is a three times higher risk of catching a computer virus than erotic or pornographic sites.

According to a study by the U.S. computer security firm Symantec pages with pornographic content are rather safe. As a basis, the company believed that the operators have erotic or pornographic sites have a financial interest in their customers with virus-free pages, so as not to scare. The study is based on data collected Symantec last year as part of the monitoring of hacking into more than 200 countries.

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Pretzelnator, A Crowd-Sourced Burger Available at McDonald’s Germany

 

The Pretzelnator is the first of five burgers to be created from the crowd-sourced Mein Burger campaign started by Berlin agency Razorfish Germany for McDonald’s Germany. In this campaign, McDonald’s Germany encouraged their customers to create a custom burger and then have their creation voted on at their website. The winning Pretzelnator burger is now being served in McDonald’s locations in Germany for a limited time. It is topped with ham, American and Italian cheese and has a pretzel-like bun. In this video, 

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Protests against sperm-patent 

Non-breeding process in plants and animals are 

likely to be patentable, ask Greenpeace consultant.

Environmentalists have warned of a patent relating to the selection of sperm for breeding animals. Non-breeding process in plants and animals are likely to be patentable, Christoph Then, Greenpeace adviser and Ruth Tippe required by the initiative "No Patents on Life" on Wednesday in Munich.

The European Patent Office (EPO) will decide this Thursday on the complaint of the opposition against a patent, where it comes to selecting sperm for procreation of male and female animals. "In our view, the patent is not granted," said Then.

Of particular interest is the selection of cattle, said Then. Because in male offspring of cows bred for milk production was not worth the mast. Conversely, had bred cattle fattening on low milk yield, so the females would bring less revenue. The selection of works on the weight of the sperm: The sperm with the male Y chromosome are a little easier, those are heavy with X-chromosomes.

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The impossible texting & driving test 

More and more traffic accidents are due to texting. If we want to reduce the 1.2 million traffic victims worldwide each year, we have to act. How do you convince youngsters not to text while driving? Prove them it is a very bad idea: oblige them to text while driving! See how Belgian learner drivers reacted when they were told they had to pass the mobile phone test in order to get their driver's license.

 

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Student abandoned in DEA holding cell drank own urine to survive

 

Daniel Chong, a 24-year old student at UC San Diego, was taken into custody during a drug raid and abandoned in a holding cell for five days without food or water, according to NBC San Diego.

“They never came back, ignored all my cries and I still don’t know what happened,” he said. “I’m not sure how they could forget me.”

On April 21, Drug Enforcement Agents raided an apartment where Chong and his friends were smoking marijuana. Nine people were arrested and the agents reportedly seized ecstasy pills, marijuana, prescription medication, psychedelic mushrooms and weapons, according to CBS 8 News. Seven of those arrested were taken to jail and one was released.

Chong, however, was left handcuffed in a 5 ft. by 10 ft. holding cell.

Chong said he screamed and kicked the door, but to no avail. Eventually, he began hallucinating and drank his own urine in hopes of staying hydrated. After days without any human contact, he tried to kill himself by breaking his glasses with his teeth, and using the glass to cut himself.

Surprisingly, Chong allegedly found a bag of methamphetamine in the holding cell, which he used to stay awake.

After five days, a DEA worker heard noises coming from the holding cell and discovered him. Chong was taken to the hospital, where he spent three days in the intensive care unit.

The DEA has not apologized to Chong. He has not been charged with any crime.

Watch video, courtesy of NBC San Diego, below: 

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TSA bypasses background checks for new hires 

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