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If you are the kind of person who rushes around in the morning, but always makes the time for toast, you will love the Scan Toaster printer concept by designer Sung Bae Chang.
Details are scarce, but we do know that it connects to the internet via USB and is capable of printing images or text on bread using some sort of flexible "module" unit heated by a wire.
Each module can move 30-degrees vertically, realigning to burn out the image of your choice. That means you could read the news and eat breakfast in one compact fiber-filled unit.
The Scan Toaster concept was good enough to make it as a finalist in the 2008 Electrolux Design Lab competitionIf you are the kind of person who rushes around in the morning, but always makes the... more
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The US Transportation Security Administration expects that 30 unrobing security scanners will be installed in US airports by the end of 2008.
These scanners use 'millimeter waves' that can pierce through clothing to see suspicious objects like metals and plastics on people's bodies; the only catch is that this renders the traveler completely nude with full view of genitals, but a blurring of the face.
Many activists say that these 'graphic' images should not be a security measure as it greatly invades privacy.
The TSA argues that the images rendered by the machines are immediately disposed of after viewing and can in no way be transmitted anywhere, stored, or printed. The TSA also says that these scanners are merely an efficient (a scan takes about three seconds) alternative to body-patting.
I don't know about you, but I'm not ashamed of my junk. In any case, I'd still opt for a pat-down; they're way more fun.The US Transportation Security Administration expects that 30 unrobing security... more
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British twin brothers, Howard and Austin, have found their true calling working as Stringers on the mean streets of South Los Angeles, where they risk their lives daily to deliver unimaginable breaking news footage to the world's major media outlets such as CNN, ABC, NBC and others.British twin brothers, Howard and Austin, have found their true calling working as... more
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