Update: Basically the same video [YouTube], but from the Associated Press with a voiceover in English.

Nintendo thought people liked Mario Paper so much, they decided to integrate that technology into the new DS model.

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An aspiring weightlifter pumps his iron right next to the fish tank. You can probably guess what happens next.

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“Natural gait is biomechanically impossible for any shoe-wearing person,” wrote Dr. William A. Rossi in a 1999 article in Podiatry Management. “It took 4 million years to develop our unique human foot and our consequent distinctive form of gait, a remarkable feat of bioengineering. Yet, in only a few thousand years, and with one carelessly designed instrument, our shoes, we have warped the pure anatomical form of human gait, obstructing its engineering efficiency, afflicting it with strains and stresses and denying it its natural grace of form and ease of movement head to foot.” In other words: Feet good. Shoes bad.

Walking barefoot may be best, but it’s difficult to do in the modern world. Designers are working on shoes that have less padding, fewer features, and simulate the act of walking barefoot. New York magazine looks at this and other ways we can learn to walk healthier. Link -via Geek Like Me

(image credit: Tom Schierlitz)

Grand Inga was proposed in the 1980s but never got beyond feasibility studies because of political turmoil in central Africa. But now it stands a chance, according to Gerald Doucet, secretary general of the World Energy Council thinktank, which is convening the London meeting.

“It is the greatest sustainable development project, offering Africa a unique chance for interdependence and prosperity,” said Doucet. “It’s much more feasible now than ever. There is a peace settlement in Congo, and economic and technical studies have all shown it is possible.”

Some advocacy groups fear that even if an incredible amount of power is generated, it won’t benefit most citizens of Africa. Terry Hathaway of the organization International Rivers fears corruption in such a large project.

Hathaway said that the 94% of people in Congo DRC and the two in three Africans who have no electricity now were unlikely to benefit because the dam depends on exporting its electricity to existing centres of industry, especially in South Africa where there have been power shortages.

“As it stands, the project’s electricity won’t reach even a fraction of the continent’s 500 million people not yet connected to the grid. Building a distribution network that would actually light up Africa would increase the project’s cost exponentially. It would be very different if rural energy received the kind of commitment and attention now being lavished on Inga,” she said.

The proposed cost of the Grand Inga is estimated at $80 billion. Link -via Digg

This is a :30 commercial spot for Estroven, an over-the-counter menopausal supplement. The campaign is based around a destination called, "Menopauseland." It's a metaphorical place where women are free to explore, indulge themselves and live life to its fullest, without being impeded by the effects and symptoms of menopause. The only way to get to Menopauseland is with Estroven, the natural place to start for menopause relief. The "Menopauseland" campaign is also integrated with an interactive website at: http://www.menopauseland.com.

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Added: April 22, 2008

How to build a rocket launcher out of a chain link fence. Don't try this at home, kids!

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