Random links
- Professor Mann claims to win Nobel Prize; Nobel Committee says he has not
- Hopefully soon we can stop having half of the world's climate scientists claiming to be Nobel Prize Winners - to quote a representative of the Norwegian Nobel Institute: "Unfortunately we often experience that members of organizations that have indeed been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize issue various forms of personal diplomas to indicate that they personally have received the Nobel Peace Prize. They have not."
- Nominal wage changes in the eurozone
- A very interesting plot showing wages changes in various European countries during the periods 2000-2009 and 2009-2012. Greece goes up 23% in the first period and then down 19% in the later (still positive). Germany - the "winner" of all of this shows an 18% drop in the first period and just a 2% gain in the latter.
- The US Patent Office Has Invalidated Apple’s Bounce Scroll Patent
- How this patent could be invalidated before Apple's patent on a rectangular phone with rounded edges I'm just not sure. This is still one of the patents which Samsung was convicted of violating in the US though.
- Bedsores no match for shocking underpants
- "Neuroscientists have designed a pair of pants that look a bit like cycling shorts and which send tiny electric currents to the wearer's bottom. The undergarment has the potential to prevent pressure ulcers in people with mobility problems. This could save the US an estimated $12 billion annually. ... and in the US alone about 60,000 people die each year from complications related to bedsores, such as infection or gangrene."