Light bulb efficiency leads through U.S. House, light bulbs flicker in celebration

Not like Congress has something more pressing on his plate right now, but the complaints on Capitol Hill somehow time, minute further their noses in one aspect of our personal life-lighting bag have found. All kidding aside, began to look at it as a second chance at life would get the old, power-hungry light bulbs. If you will recall, way back in 2007 on ' em 2012 kill away was a law passed, but Republicans were trying to undo things that give Americans a bargain option in the coming years. Not the necessary super majority was achieved despite a 233-193 vote in favour of the repeal earlier this week. Unwilling, in the dark left it obtained, was this adamant about around other pushed into something as a change late Friday, which in fact receive the oh so coveted seal of approval. Translation? GE has a production line to reactivate, STAT.

Robots for humanity help around the House scratch your itch (video)

Robots for humanity? Certainly not with our view of the forthcoming cyborg Apocalypse jibe. And it should not, in the light of these joint efforts of noble goal is to support people with disabilities with daily household tasks, most of us take for granted. The project, a collaboration between Willow garage and Georgia Tech healthcare Robotics lab works with the stroke victim of Henry Evans, to develop custom user interfaces, the his mastery of the man-supporting PR2 robot type. This custom, have allowed the mute quadriplegic head-tracking interfaces, sometimes shave his face and even scratch a previously unreachable ten year itch-all with the helping cGesetz the friendly bot. It is a compassionate use of cybernetic tech, which we are accustomed to see, come from Japan and welcome to assist for disabled communities everywhere. Click after the break for a video demo of Henry and his robot PAL.