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I’ll never look at a paper clip the same way again!

Posted by on Aug 27, 2011 in Family, Fascinating, Hard to Believe!, Humanity, Real Life | 0 comments

Prejudiced, hatred, biased, narrow-mindedness, racist, judgmental, opinionated!  I either heard those words or they crossed my mind as I watched a movie last night that moved me. The movie – “Paper Clips” has been on my radar for several years and certainly was on my watch list but as is often the case, I hadn’t gotten around to...

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Google’s first self-driving car crashes!

Posted by on Aug 9, 2011 in Fascinating, Hard to Believe!, Real Life, Technology | 0 comments

Have you heard about this thing?  On the roads of Southern California is a car Google has developed that drives itself!  By using a complicated configuration of lasers and other sensitive equipment, reportedly, Google has logged more than 140,000 with these prototypes without incident.  But last week, they had their first accident – not a bad one but...

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