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	May 16th, 2012 9 crazy coffins Posted about 20 hours ago by Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! 2 Contractor’s delight The perfect funeral is supposed to be a celebration of the life lived by the decease, and for many, a traditional casket just isn’t up to par. The folks at Crazy Coffins have been partnering with coffin connoisseurs Vic Fearn & Company Ltd since the 1860s to make sure future generations of archaeologists won’t be stumped by the legacies their clients wished to leave. Leslie Horn at Gizmodo rounded up nine prime examples of customized caskets to give you some great ideas, because it’s never too early to start planning for the inevitable. What better way to kick off climbing the Stairway to Heaven? You know there’s going to be a line, so might as well make the time pass by doing some tricks on the pearly gates. Full story at Crazy Coffins via Gizmodo. A casket full of oddities. Test score estimates schizophrenia risk Posted about 19 hours ago by Futurity to Holy Kaw! 2 Researchers have created a prototype test to predict whether a person is at a higher or lower risk of schizophrenia. “For first time we have a comprehensive list of the genes that have the best evidence for involvement in schizophrenia,” says principal investigator Alexander B. Niculescu, associate professor of psychiatry and medical neuroscience at Indiana University. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: Fotolia 1 in 7 seniors in US face hunger threat Posted about 18 hours ago by Futurity to Holy Kaw! 2 A new study of hunger trends over a 10-year period found that 8.3 million seniors (about 14 percent) in the United States face the threat of hunger. “In 2005, we reported that one in nine seniors faced the threat of hunger,” says Craig Gundersen, associate professor of agricultural and consumer economics at the University of Illinois, who led the data analysis on the study. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: Fotolia The Story of Send: Google shows what happens when you send an email [video] Posted about 17 hours ago by Annie Colbert to Holy Kaw! 3 If you adhere to the philosophy that the internet is made of cats, then you might think pushing "send" on an email sends felines into a interwebbed frenzy. You might also need to take a break from ICanHasCheezburger. Google offers an alternative (and more logical) view on what happens when you send an email with "The Story of Send," which is one part informative, one part Gmail ad. Embedded media -- click here to see it. Via The Next Web. All things Google. Boycott Facebook Posted about 15 hours ago by Ernie Mac to Dont Tell the Hipsters Your privacy is at risk when using Facebook. Users are losing jobs, scholorships, and relationships. 週末旅行 Posted about 12 hours ago by Koichi Mitsui to s a s u r a u 2 箱根へ。 How to babyproof bottles, pacifiers and sippy cups Posted about 11 hours ago by Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! You’ve got the gates up, all breakable things sent to storage, stowed your button batteries and given away the dog; your house looks safe, but doctors have a few pieces of advice about the things we (and our babies) love best: bottles, pacifiers and sippy cups. Let’s just say that, according to a study from the Center for Biobehavioral Health and the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, injuries from these items put a child in the ER every four hours in the United States, primarily children who are just learning to walk. The major problem comes from falls while the toddlers have these items in their mouths, and the recommendations are sure to earn a mighty groan from parents everywhere: Both the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) recommend that children be transitioned to regular, lidless cups at 12 months of age. The AAP also suggests that parents try to limit pacifier use after six months of age as use after that age may increase the risk of ear infections. If you’ve stopped laughing with a tinge of exhaustion-induced derangement, there’s one other step you can take. For those of us without miraculous parental powers, just try to make sure kids are seated when they use any of these items and figure they’ll probably find a far more ingenious way to end up in the ER. Full story at Newswise. All about safety (if not sanity). Photo credit: Fotolia Shelving death for another day Posted about 10 hours ago by Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! 2 Black Still Life So the black boots are in the back of the closet, you ditched the black hair dye in favor of an ash blond with highlights and your makeup has taken on a more natural tone, but that doesn’t mean those goth days are over, especially if you have the decorating acumen of Brit artist James Hopkins. These subtle skull sculptures are part of his collection Vanitas. Shelf Life Last Days of the Sun Full story at James Hopkins via Laughing Squid. Deathly art. Long Exposure of Earth from ISS Posted about 9 hours ago by Amazing Pics to Amazing Pics via theatlantic.com via The Atlantic: "A composite of a series of images photographed from the ISS, released on March 16, 2012. A total of 18 images photographed by the astronaut-monitored stationary camera were combined to create this composite. (NASA/Don Pettit)" How the growth of mobile is driving cloud computing [infographic] Posted about 7 hours ago by Infographics Monster to Holy Kaw! 1 As smartphone adoption has grown, so has app consumption. As a result, businesses are now prioritizing mobile application development. By 2015, mobile application development projects targeting smartphones and tablets will outnumber native PC projects buy a ratio of 4 to 1. Innovation in mobile is imperative, and there’s a need for tools that enable businesses to innovate quickly. Via Engine Yard. Learn more about cloud computing. Sent by Posterous. Change your email settings or unfollow. Other questions? 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