This February NewSouth Books will publish censored versions of "Huckleberry Finn" and "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" that substitute racial epithets like "nigger" "injun" and "half-breed" with "slave" "Indian" and "half-blood" respectively. An introduction by Auburn University professor Alan Gribben contends that "even at ... [Read More]

University of Washington professor Magnus Feil told his students to "push the boundaries of current upper-limb prosthetic design." Differently-abled The students simulated life as an amputee by taping up one hand and soon realized that their restricted hand was still capable of simple tasks like bracing objects. "That ... [Read More]

I received the Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500 as a Christmas present, which was great since it's something I'd never buy for myself even though I really needed it. I was still using the mouse that came with my computer even after the glued on glide bumpers came off. That combined with the USB cable dragging on the ... [Read More]

In the fourth and final episode of the Doctor Who Adventure Games, Shadows of the Vashta Nerada, Amy and the Doctor visit a future where global warming has flooded 75% of the Earth's land mass and forced humanity to live in underwater cities. Under Pressure It's the first game in the series to create a real sense ... [Read More]

When the Griffin house loses power (yet again) the characters reluctantly perform another Star Wars parody: Family Guy: It's A Trap!. The opening crawl warns you to "lower your expectations" explaining that they "ran out of gas" after the first two movies but Fox forced them to make another. It's not just self-deprecating ... [Read More]

Lots of stores sell holiday albums, but Target actually made their own! The store chain commissioned 14 original Christmas songs. But these aren't some short 30 second jingles made just for TV spots. The Christmas Gig 2010 album features full-length songs complete with their own music videos. Granted they're just static shots ... [Read More]

Never overdraw your bank account again with the "Proverbial Wallet." It connects to your account through Bluetooth smart phones and provides tactile feedback on your virtual assets. "The idea is to restore that physical sensation of money slipping away," explains co-creator John Kestner, a research affiliate of the MIT Media ... [Read More]