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Text messages direct to your contact lens
"New technology that will allow information, such as text messages from a mobile phone, to be projected onto a contact lens worn in the human eye has been developed by Belgian researchers."
Perfect 10? Never Mind That. Ask Her for Her Credit Score.
Its a lot closer to being a test of character than physical appearance is likely to be - those there are definite exceptions dealing with unfortunate circumstances. Money tend to be one of the big sources of conflicts in marriages but, along with that, I wonder if divorce risk (and accompanying demands for payment) is one thing increased the prominence of credit scores.
Weirdest and Sexiest Costumes from the Original Star Trek
Costumes tended to be rather on the strange side at times.
California Megaflood: Lessons from A Forgotten Catastrophe
"A 43-day storm that began in December 1861 put central and southern California underwater for up to six months, and it could happen again." - "Geologic evidence shows that truly massive floods, caused by rainfall alone, have occurred in California every 100 to 200 years."