Magnetic retainer lets you operate machinery with your tongue, gives linguistics new meaning - engadget
22 February 2012, 4:47 pm
The sensors track the location of a tiny magnet attached to the tongues of users. In earlier versions of the Tongue Drive System, the sensors that track the movement of the magnet on the tongue were mounted on a headset worn by the user.

Brazil At Risk Of Becoming One Big Petrobras - Forbes
22 February 2012, 1:20 pm
It’s probably not the biggest risk Brazil faces, but it is worth noting that the one true magnet that’s attracting all of that foreign capital flowing into Brazil is due to just one company: oil and gas rich Petrobras (PBR). Brazil’s ...

Injury magnet - Shreveport Times
22 February 2012, 12:37 pm
It apparently wasn't enough that the 2011 baseball season resulted in Tommy John surgery for Tyler Frederick. No, the UL infielder had to throw in a fractured wrist in the offseason, too, before he could finally say he is close to fully healthy.

Should Preschoolers Have Homework? - New York Times Blogs
22 February 2012, 10:42 am
The parents I spoke with, who send their children to paid preschool in places like Chicago, the five boroughs of New York, New Jersey and the St. Louis suburbs, are looking at a range of kindergarten options, from private to public to magnet to charter.

PCTEL to Showcase New Precision GPS L1/L2 Antenna at AUSA Winter Symposium - Business Wire
22 February 2012, 7:36 am
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PCTEL, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCTI), a leader in antenna and scanning receiver solutions, announced today its new GPS L1/L2 ruggedized antenna designed for reliable performance in high-precision, heavy-duty GNSS tracking ...

Infolytica to Release MagNet v7 Multi-Threaded for Faster Solutions - ThomasNet Industrial News Room
22 February 2012, 7:22 am
Engineers and designers worldwide use MagNet to help them accurately model, analyze and predict the performance of their electromagnetic and electromechanical devices. MagNet v7 will allow for multi-threaded operations, resulting in faster solutions.

The post-mortem polarization of Whitney Houston - News-Democrat
22 February 2012, 7:00 am
Whitney Houston often has been a magnet for envy. As a teenager, young Whitney grew up with a home swimming pool, the only child in her East Orange, N.J., neighborhood with one. Her friends learned to swim with the athletic "Nippy," as they ...

Business Magnet Directory Moves IT Infrastructure to Local Green Data Centre - Consumer Electronics Net
22 February 2012, 4:30 am
Businessmagnet Ltd one of the UKs leading business to business directories has moved its web server resources and IT infrastructure to one of the UKs largest hosting providers, Serverchoice.com located in hometown Stevenage. Due to the ongoing increase in ...

STEM magnet to be named 'iTech Preparatory' - Columbian
16 February 2012, 7:58 am
The new Vancouver magnet school that will focus on science, technology, engineering and math now has a name — Vancouver iTech Preparatory. The Vancouver school board gave the school its official name this week. The school is scheduled to open ...

Magnet link to bombings in Thailand, India - Australia Network News
15 February 2012, 3:55 am
Thai investigators believe they have found a link between this week's bomb blasts in Bangkok and New Delhi, two of three such plots to shake world capitals this week. Thailand has charged two Iranian suspects in connection with the Bangkok plot, which came ...