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GM Researching Windshields For Old Drivers

beuges writes "General Motors researchers are working on a high-tech windshield that users lasers and infra-red sensors to identify and enhance important objects for older drivers with vision problems. 'For example, during a foggy drive, a laser projects a blue line onto the windshield that follows the edge of the road. Or if infrared sensors detect a person or animal in the driver's path during a night drive, its outline is projected on the windshield to highlight its location.' And it's not only older drivers who will benefit: 'Some features would be helpful to drivers of all ages. If a driver is speeding, a pink box frames an approaching speed limit sign to draw the driver's attention.' The 65 and older population in the US will nearly double in about 20 years, meaning more people will be struggling to see the road like they used to.

Digitizing Old Magazines?

"I have a lot of old video game magazines, they're nice for playing 'classic games' because a lot of classics are impossible without the manual, and hard without a magazine (the magazine obviously negates the need for a manual usually). But they'd get damaged with a flatbed scanner, and digital cameras are hard to set up right for capturing old magazines. I know that old documents are digitally archived with very high-res cameras..." So, the question is, what is the best way to capture all the information in old magazines in digital format? Does anyone have a home-built rig taking after the angled-pair-of-scanners setup that Project Gutenburg uses?

How Old Am I? Star Cluster Perplexes Astronomers

Ever have one of those moments when you can't remember how old you are? A group of astronomers may have felt they were having a "senior moment" when they couldn't seem to figure out exactly the age of stars in the open star cluster NGC 6791, located in the constellation Lyra. Conventional thinking among astronomers is that stars in open clusters form at the same time, but in this particular cluster, researchers found stars at three different ages: one group of white dwarf stars appeared to be 4 billion years old, a second group of white dwarfs seemed to 6 billion years old, while the other regular stars were calculated to be 8 billion years of age. The astronomers say this dilemma may fundamentally challenge the way astronomers estimate cluster ages.

IndyCar drivers to take on troops in Halo video game challenge

IndyCar Series drivers Graham Rahal, Justin Wilson and Vitor Meira will join Indy Lights drivers Dillon Battistini and Brent Sherman to take on U.S. troops in Kuwait in a video game battle on Thursday, July 3, live via the internet ahead of this weekend's IndyCar race at Watkins Glen International.

Girl, 9, 'robbed at knifepoint by 10-year-old boy trying to steal her games console'

A 10-year-old boy allegedly pulled a knife on a nine-year-old girl after she refused to give up her games console.

Girl, 9, 'robbed at knifepoint by 10-year-old boy trying to steal her games console'

A 10-year-old boy allegedly pulled a knife on a nine-year-old girl after she refused to give up her games console.

Texas police say 12-year-old girl drove mom to bar

LONGVIEW, Texas - A 35-year-old Texas woman has been jailed after police say she made her 12-year-old daughter drive her to a bar.

Texas police say 12-year-old girl drove mom to bar

LONGVIEW, Texas -- A 35-year-old Texas woman has been jailed after police say she made her 12-year-old daughter drive her to a bar. Police in Longview say they watched a minivan turn into a driveway without signaling on Wednesday and bump into a home at a low speed. They say the car was driven by Jennifer Lynn Rosenberg's daughter.

Texas police say 12-year-old girl drove mom to bar

LONGVIEW, Texas - A 35-year-old Texas woman has been jailed after police say she made her 12-year-old daughter drive her to a bar.

Knights of the Old Republic MMO Confirmed

Zafsk writes to tell us Gamespot is reporting that in a surprise move from E3 2008, EA's CEO John Riccitello announced that the long debated BioWare MMORPG is going to be a Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic sequel of sorts. Currently the KOTOR MMO is slated for a 2009 release. "BioWare's first Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic game was released in 2003 for the original Xbox and PC, and was named the year's top RPG by GameSpot. An Obsidian Entertainment-developed sequel was released in 2004 and 2005 on the same two respective platforms. Both critically acclaimed games are set several thousand years before the events of the Star Wars films, and cast players as adventurers who eventually become powerful Jedi Knights."

Feel World of Warcraft - New Drivers for 3D Controller

A company that specialises in 3D touch technology, Novint Technologies, have announced they are developing drivers for World of Warcarft. The drivers will be for use with the Falcon controller, which replaces the mouse or joystick in some games.

Are OEMs Using RIAA-Based Sound Card Drivers?

An interesting new conspiracy theory has arisen today. It appears that several laptop OEMs have been having "issues" with their sound card drivers: specifically, the Stereo Mix option is missing from their drivers, which basically means you can't record audio (except from Mic In). Whoops! Is this a case of Dell and others working with the RIAA?

Area Arts & Entertainment News

Old Mill State Park: The Marshall County (Minn.) Council on Aging will sponsor a Celebration of Summer program Sunday at Old Mill State Park. Bring a dish to pass for a 1 p.m. potluck dinner. Beverages and utensils will be provided. A music festival from 1 to 5 p.m. will be sponsored by Newfolden Lions Club and Friends of Old Mill; bring a treat to share and a lawn chair. Other activities: Horse-drawn wagon rides, door prizes, horseshoes and classic cars. Bring your classic car to display. The Marshall County Historical Society will serve free ice cream cones in memory of past creamery picnics. All are welcome. Park pass: There will be a $3 special group daily vehicle pass good for that day; at the park office, please tell the office you're attending the picnic.

Pequot museum team researching old battle sites

An area where hundreds of Pequots died in a bloody massacre by colonial settlers and other American Indians in 1637 is being eyed as a possible National Battlefield site.

Pequot museum team researching old battle sites

GROTON, Conn. - A team from the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center is using a $22,000 grant to study sites for possible inclusion in the federal National Battlefields listing. They hope to search for artifacts and information about the following events and sites.

Check scanners add Linux support

A vendor of digital check scanners has updated its closed Linux drivers, releasing drivers for recent versions of Red Hat and Ubuntu. Digital Check can also supply custom drivers for device makers and OEMs, it says.

100+ Year Old Levi's Sold on eBay

Old Levi’s jeans, found in a paper bag in an abandoned California gold mine, sold for $36,099 on eBay last week. The pair of jeans dated from the 1890’s and were “covered in candlewax from the candles the miner was using to light the tunnel he was working in” according to the unidentified seller. The starting bid was $9.99 and quickly skyrocketed to

Wax Museum - Old Goa's new attraction

Old Goa, dotted with several world heritage monuments including churches of the colonial Portuguese era, has got another international tourist attraction - ''Wax Museum''.

GM to build world's biggest rooftop solar station: report (AFP)

LONDON (AFP) - US automobile giant General Motors (GM) will announce on Tuesday that it will build the world's largest rooftop

Old News

Is John McCain too senile to be president? The quotes used by the AP’s Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar to contextualize a new AP-Yahoo News poll, in which 38 percent of voters said the Arizona senator is “too old,” certainly suggest that this is the question on voters’ minds.

102 year old gran on Facebook

102-year-old Ivy Bean decided it was time to get herself some online action when she heard about the site through staff at the care home where she lives.

Age-old Magic Tricks Can Provide Clues For Modern Science

Revealing the science behind age-old magic tricks will help us better understand how humans see, think, and act, according to researchers at the University of British Columbia and Durham University in the U.K.

Do Old Glass Windows Sag?

If you look at glass in old windows, it can look distorted, apparently because the lower part of the pane is thicker than the upper part.

11-Year-Old Charged In Pa. Gun-Store Heist

An 11-year-old boy joined four teens in a late-night gun shop heist that netted 15 firearms — then boarded a city bus for the trip home, police said.

16-yr old too young to know downloading music illegal

A 16-year-old girl who argued she was too young to understand that downloading music from the internet was illegal has been ordered to pay reduced damages.

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