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June 2012: Invent Your Own Anything
The 6th annual Invention Awards are here, from an inflatable tourniquet to a better lobster trap to spring-loaded hocket skates. This issue is all about the celebration of invention.
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Use hand gestures instead of the remote?
Cool
BUT WAY TOO MUCH WORK!!
Until you sneeze and your DVR erases its hard drive ;)
Confused.. how would sneezing make your DVR erase? Are you coding that motion in as your delete motion? lol. Trying to figure out what would be the gesture to slow mo.
Really guys? We got antimatter research, redefinition of the kilo, and freaking flying cars and you're talking about a hands free tv?! Shame on you!
Loljk, but really, why don't we have flying cars yet? Back to the Future really set my hopes pretty high...
Way to go China! Banning smoking is a great step. However, until you ban the unprotected use of noxious chemicals indoors cigarettes are the least of your problems resulting in "smoking people".