Archive for February, 2007

Hope for millions of blind people : Go-ahead for ‘bionic’ eye implant Trials

A bionic eye implant that could possibly help to restore the sight of millions of blind people could be available to patients within two years. US researchers have been given the go-ahead to implant the prototype device in 50 to 75 patients. The Argus II system uses a spectacle-mounted camera to feed visual information to […]

Detox Patches for your feet

Forget fasting and herbal teas… Detox body patches are the latest thing. You simply apply those patches to the soles of your feet before you go to bed and remove them in the morning. While you are sleeping all that disgusting toxins and waste from your body is supposedly absored into the patch. Detoxi for […]

The Big Mac Index & McCurrencies

The Big Mac index is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity (PPP), according to which exchange rates should adjust to equalise the price of a basket of goods and services around the world. Our basket is a burger: a McDonald’s Big Mac. The table below shows by how much, in Big Mac PPP terms, […]

Romance is indeed DEAD

They died young and, by the looks of it, in love.Two skeletons have been found by Archaeologists in Mantua – Italy locked in an embrace. Almost certainly a man and a woman,they are thought to have died young as their teeth were mostly intact, said chief archaeologist Elena Menotti. “It’s an extraordinary case,” said Ms […]