Global Good News http://globalgoodnews.posterous.com The Pepper Zoo highlights GOOD news ranging from heroism and raw talent to worldly awareness at Global Good News posterous.com Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:44:00 -0700 100 Most Powerful Black Men on Twitter http://globalgoodnews.posterous.com/100-most-powerful-black-men-on-twitter http://globalgoodnews.posterous.com/100-most-powerful-black-men-on-twitter

According to BlackWeb20, these men have the ability to drive massive traffic with a single tweet of a link and exist on thousands of lists created by their fans.  The following list contains the 100 most powerful black men on Twitter. Congratulations from The Pepper Zoo!

The men marked with a have verified Twitter accounts.

Click on their Twitter name to congratulate them!

Rank Picture Profile Followers Following Updates Listed Tweet
1 LeBron James
LeBron James | Already Home

King of Akron

 699,832 33 131 9,697
2 iamdiddy
iamdiddy | EVERYWHERE!!!

KING COMBS

 2,856,578 282 8,966 20,279
3 kanyewest
Kanye West | Def Jam

www.kanyewest.com

 867,358 1 464 11,509
4 barackobama
Barack Obama44th President of the United States		 5,160,178 716,012 860 100,582
5 Tyga
TYGA | LA – All dayEmail: Tygabooking@Gmail.com… for show bookings		 331,973 250 2,374 4,926
6 SouljaBoy
Soulja Boy | Interscope RecordsMy name is DeAndre Way, I’m 20. I love girls, rapping, making beats, anime, manga, video-games, kush, fast internet, and counting money. #blessed		 2,321,742 6,338 17,739 14,807
7 rickyrozay
Teflon Don

Maybach Music Group CEO BOOKING RICKYROZAYBOOKINGS@GMAIL.COM

 206,406 40 2,897 1,963
8 THE_REAL_SHAQ
THE_REAL_SHAQ | BOSTON/EVERYWHEREVERY QUOTATIOUS, I PERFORM RANDOM ACTS OF SHAQNESS		 3,154,941 614 2,565 29,082
9 chrisbrown
Chris Brown | EARTH!!IM JUST ME!!!FRESH IZ A WAY OF LIFE.. so everyday is a new beginning		 743,913 161 260 12,398
10 MARLONLWAYANS
marlon wayans | ÜT: 34.156066,-118.450035I hate haters. LIVE LOVE LAFF! for booking call CHRIS SMITH at ICM 310 550 4200		 339,939 567 13,575 6,581
11 JDior_
Justin Dior Combs | Out here in NYPRINCE COMBS		 83,228 541 9,351 1,814
12 terrellowens
Terrell Owens | ÜT: 39.137637,-84.51077Wide Receiver #81 Terrell Owens		 482,027 623 8,056 7,569
13 BowWow
Bow Wow | Studio/Movie setRAPPER/ACTOR Cash Money Records/ Universal Motown		 577,108 575 14,597 8,068
14 LilTwist
Lil Twist #TeamTwist | YMCMB/ UniversalYOUNG MONEY MILLIONAIRE		 317,933 54,589 11,208 11,856
15 liltunechi
Lil Wayne #FreeWeezy | MarsIM YOUNG MONEY Weezy F Baby		 611,387 19 70 9,451
16 UncleRUSH
Russell Simmons		 429,417 103 7,350 7,260
17 thegame
THE GAME | COMPTON SANITATION PLANTSTR8 OUTTA COMPTON CALIFORNIA. WAS BORN THE GAME & I AM 100 % SURE THAT I WILL DIE THAT WAY…… WESTSIDE 4 LIFE !!!!		 227,489 243 3,558 4,175
18 TreySongz
Trey Songz | NEW ALBUM 9.14The Best at what I do..		 995,500 610 3,005 12,213
19 SnoopDogg
Snoop Dogg | LBCMore Malice CD + DVD IN STORES NOW		 1,841,655 1,181 2,848 20,295
20 Tyrese
Tyrese Gibson | Watts CaliforniaTyrese’s NEW single You Put Up With Me & Last Digital Comic Book MAYHEM on iTunes is here— http://bit.ly/5DJO9L RT!!		 1,274,524 1,371 4,703 8,356
21 questlove
Questo of The Roots | philadelphiayour favorite twitterer’s favorite music snob.		 1,365,977 2,036 20,207 11,330
22 diggy_simmons
Diggy Simmons | ÜT: 34.101479,-118.316028YOUNG CR?FTER$ IMAGINE. DREAM. CREATE MUSIC.FASHION.ART		 203,757 628 1,684 3,238
23 drakkardnoir
Drizzy Drake | Where The Wild Things Are

Thank Me Later

 1,103,895 199 247 14,184
24 lilduval
lil duval | UP THRU DERE!FOR BOOKING EMAIL RICHBROKEENT@GMAIL.COM		 325,637 192 20,246 4,707
25 TonyGaskins
Tony A. Gaskins Jr | Tampa, FlBestselling Author/ LIFE COACH/ Speaker/ Author Consultant/ Most importantly a SERVANT of God		 24,552 10,019 6,889 1,008
26 Wale
Wale Folarin | ÜT: 38.893159,-76.773387Official Twitter of Wale #nodaysoff ..EVER		 276,643 483 16,128 5,255
27 RevRunWisdom
Rev RunWords of wisdom non-stop.. Pls don’t be offended if I don’t reply or follow u, But I Love you!		 1,341,602 0 6,577 21,105
28 myfabolouslife
Fabolous | Where the Cash AtIts Loso, In Case You Aint Know So aka The Best Who Ever Twitted		 591,407 342 3,027 7,782
29 thejuelzsantana
Juelz Santana | Harlem, USABorn to Lose, Built to Win!		 209,229 1,948 2,898 2,489
30 UsherRaymondIV
usher		 654,054 47 256 12,815
31 OGOchoCinco
Chad Ochocinco | ÜT: 39.093454,-84.516828OCNN Presents the Official Twitter Page of Chad Ochocinco. Part of the Rock Software Family.		 1,192,560 1,196 19,884 16,590
32 KevinHart4real
Kevin Hart | Philly/LAMy New Comedy DVD – SERIOUSLY FUNNY – In Stores Now!!		 442,496 186 6,779 5,305
33 DeRayDavis
DeRay Davis | Chicago / L.A.

DONT BE FOOLED BY FAKE COONMEDIANS http://www.deraydavis.com DeRay The Difference Davis is Booked thru Chris Smith at ICM 310.550.4245

 116,336 375 5,897 1,892
34 THEREALSWIZZZ
SWIZZ BEATZTHE BEST		 254,286 1,439 2,681 3,464
35 50cent
50cent | NYCIt’s the kid 50 Cent | G-Unit		 3,039,562 20 829 16,578
36 reggie_bush
Reggie Bush | The Best CoastI can do all things through Christ who strengthen’s me		 1,293,291 122 1,253 10,128
37 RealTalibKweli
Talib Kweli Greene | ÜT: 40.688701,-74.163884MCEO		 176,443 595 11,775 5,145
38 1Omarion
OMARION | IN ORBITA MAN WITH MORALS A MAN WITH RESPECT A MAN GOD FEARING AND HUMBLE A REAL MAN		 268,573 211 5,482 3,610
39 ToureX
Touré | Your MindA meme is a terrible thing to waste. Fuse, Simon & Schuster, Tennis Channel, MSNBC, Rolling Stone, Vibe… Infinite Juice.		 17,986 1,900 29,349 951
40 SeanKingston
SEAN KINGSTON | OUTTA SPACE

SUPPORT MY NEW SINGLE LETTING GO feat Nicki Minaj On iTUNES NOW!!!!!!

 668,916 51,084 10,383 20,876
41 DwightHoward
Dwight Howard | Orlando, FLAfter the ring!		 1,679,730 4,489 9,931 9,822
42 ChrisJohnson28
Chris Johnson | ÜT: 33.985365,-118.396649THE REAL CJ		 156,705 313 3,939 3,053
43 CV31
Charlie Villanueva | Detroit, MICharlie V. was born Aug 24, 1984 in Queens, NYC; a Hispanic basketball player for the Detroit Pistons; drafted 7th in the 2005 NBA Draft by the Toronto Raptors.		 105,581 375 2,915 2,378
44 omarepps
OMAR EPPS | WORLDWIDEBROOKLYNWORKS FILMS		 909,230 99 1,881 5,766
45 levarburton
LeVar Burton | Los Angeles, CAActor, Director, Educator		 1,598,460 184 1,838 12,316
46 shawnemerriman
Shawne Merriman | ATLANTA,GABooking Contact is dlo117@gmail.com Artist,Entrepreneur,SongWriter,Boss Chick & BBC Is Da movement,Real Friend, Female Hiphop Entertainer, Georgia Peach Baby!		 143,171 337 4,893 3,436
47 RayJ
RayJ		 253,186 716 2,081 3,386
48 Lloyd_YG
Lloyd- Young Goldie | BedrockNo Struggle, No Progress		 87,300 191 1,449 1,284
49 OfficialBraylon
Braylon Edwards | JerseyOfficial twitter page of New York Jets ProBowl WR #17 & Lifetime Michigan Wolverine #1 Braylon Edwards		 26,134 80 1,143 1,095
50 CornelWest
Cornel West | Princeton, NJ1 of America’s most provocative public intellectuals; a champion for racial justice through the traditions of the black Church, progressive politics, & jazz.		 56,425 114 336 2,410
51 TheRealDJKhaled
DJ Khaled | Miami

PRESIDENT OF DEF JAM SOUTH!!!!

 127,072 1,210 6,985 2,252
52 jimjonescapo
Jim Jones| HarlemSALUTE-DIPSET CALL ME: 1 (917) 675-3685;		 1,624,877 209 4,185 3,614
53 donlemoncnn
Don Lemon | ÜT: 33.781365,-84.350283CNN Anchor		 72,037 16,506 2,659 2,555
54 iamwill
will.i.ami.am.will…and all the other i.am’s are jockin’ my style		 369,756 30 211 8,753
55 kerryrhodes
Kerry Rhodes | Arizona#25 on the Arizona Cardinals		 371,727 98 15,509 2,121
56 DeMar_DeRozan
DeMar DeRozan| ÜT: 33.913351,-118.32999Living my dream….		 44,162 232 6,446 1,468
57 Oneandonlycp3
CP3		 222,311 336 1,934 5,182

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/480774/ad2.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5erFtxyBLo9X The Pepper Zoo thepepperzoo The Pepper Zoo Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:44:00 -0700 The Pepper Zoo Welcomes President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle to Miami http://globalgoodnews.posterous.com/the-pepper-zoo-welcomes-president-barack-obam http://globalgoodnews.posterous.com/the-pepper-zoo-welcomes-president-barack-obam

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President Barack Obama is scheduled to attend a fundraising event at the Fontainebleau Hotel tonight; therefore, we welcome the Obamas to Miami! Drivers are also advised to expect some traffic delays between Miami International Airport and the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. Traffic could be delayed on State Road 836, State Road 112, Interstate 195 and the A1A near the hotel (ABC-10).

 

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Eric Joyners recently opened a new exhibition in San Francisco, California at the Corey Helford Gallery. In all of its sweet splendor, the vintage twist on his artwork is what gives it an illuminating appeal. The use of colorful robots, food and mystery, make the work feel playful yet intriguing. Check it out!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/480774/ad2.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5erFtxyBLo9X The Pepper Zoo thepepperzoo The Pepper Zoo Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:49:00 -0700 Snack Attack: Schools Try to Get the Junk Out (GLOBAL GOOD NEWS) http://globalgoodnews.posterous.com/snack-attack-schools-try-to-get-the-junk-out http://globalgoodnews.posterous.com/snack-attack-schools-try-to-get-the-junk-out

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It's not hard to figure out that stocking school vending machines with sugary sodas and salty, fatty snacks is a bad idea. Replacing those culinary culprits with something more nutritious is tougher. But a growing number of school districts around the country are trying anyway. Efforts to get empty calories out of students' hands are being made in almost every state, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A 2008 School Health Profiles Survey found that fewer secondary schools were selling less nutritious snacks compared with two years before.
According to the Institute of Medicine and the National Center for Health Statistics, the average young person gets more than 10 percent of his or her calories from saturated fat, takes in less than two-thirds the recommended intake of calcium and more than double the recommended amount of sodium. And for boys and girls ages 9 to 13, 21 percent get more than one-fourth of their energy intake from added sugars.

Food in the lunch and breakfast programs must meet nutritional standards to qualify for federal reimbursement, but food sold in other school venues, including vending machines, aren't subject to those requirements. Some states have passed their own laws regulating vending machines, including California, which forbids some non-nutritious snacks. In San Francisco, the school board has a stricter policy, passing a wellness policy implemented in the 2003-04 year that banned sodas (this is now part of the state standard, too) and nixed snacks like baked potato chips.

Drinks allowed in San Francisco school vending machines include water, juice, milk and juice/water blends with no added sweeteners, caffeine or herbal supplements. Snacks include yogurt bars, tuna salad and crackers, fruit bars and sunflower seeds. Healthier snack machines are showing up all over. Jolly Backer, CEO of San Diego-based Fresh Healthy Vending, says the company has machines in 1,700 locations, including schools, across the United States. Offerings include items such as yogurts and fresh fruit. 'All the top-selling drinks and snacks that you'd find in a Whole Foods Market you'll find in our machines,' says Backer.

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A new peptide, in gel or film form, allows cells inside teeth to regenerate inside the mouth within a month. Dentists will not have to do any more drilling, thanks to this innovative technology.

"It's not like toothpaste," which prevent cavities, said Nadia Benkirane-Jessel, a scientist at the Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale and a co-author of a recent paper. "Here we are really trying to control cavities (after they develop)." The gel or thin film contains a peptide known as MSH, or melanocyte-stimulating hormone.

It could make trips to the dentist much more enjoyable, with less pain and discomfort. It also avoids crowns after a cavity is filled. Pow!

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Geothermal energy is a clean, unlimited energy source that does not require certain weather conditions to work properly. Google has funded the development of a jet engine-inspired drill for geothermal drilling, which produces energy through super-heated water. In August, they will drill a 4-inch hole to 1,000 feet deep. If the procedure goes as planned, the price of geothermal energy will be more inexpensive.

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Fetima Ptacek is not your average nine-year-old young girl. Not only is she one of the highest-paid models, but she has made many appearances on various televisions shows and movies. In addition to her many talents, she earns around $250,000 a year. Most importantly, she attends school in Queens, New York. 

She has further aspirations to become a lawyer, and the first female president of the United States. In her short career, she has made multiple appearances on "Saturday Night Life," starred in a leading role for "The Miracle of Spanish Harlem," and met Michelle Obama (her new pen pal) on the set of "Sesame Street."

She says of Obama, "She is very down to earth. I look up to her - literally." Check out the interview with CBS News:


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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/480774/ad2.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5erFtxyBLo9X The Pepper Zoo thepepperzoo The Pepper Zoo Tue, 11 May 2010 21:04:56 -0700 South Korea: Samsung Electronics to spend $21 billion on health, green energy http://globalgoodnews.posterous.com/south-korea-samsung-electronics-to-spend-21-b http://globalgoodnews.posterous.com/south-korea-samsung-electronics-to-spend-21-b SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's biggest business conglomerate Samsung Group said on Tuesday it would invest 23.3 trillion won ($20.6 billion) by 2020 in new businesses including health care and green energy technology.

Samsung picked solar cells, rechargeable cells for hybrid electric cars, light emitting diodes (LED), biopharmaceuticals, and medical devices for new growth areas in its first detailed investment plans to challenge rivals such as General Electric, Dutch firm Philips Electronics and Japan's Sanyo Electric. The group, which generates around one fifth of South Korea's total exports, forecast the new growth businesses would create 50 trillion won in annual revenues for group companies including its flagship firm Samsung
Electronics by 2020. The investment plan comes after Lee Kun-hee, the son of its founder, returned as the chairman of Samsung Electronics in March, nearly two years after he stepped down following a legal scandal.

Lee, 68, has repeatly warned most businesses and products that represent Samsung today would disappear from the market in 10 years and said it needed to start again. 'Governments around the world are now investing in green industries to address the issues of depleting energy resources... We must move ahead decisively to take this opportunity,' Lee said in a statement.
Samsung Electronics is the world's top maker of computer memory chips and LCD screens and No.2 handset manufacturer.

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As odd as it may sound, donating your pantyhose can help clean up the recent Golf Coast oil spill. Hanes brands are donating 50,000 pairs of used pantyhose to create oil-absorbing hair booms. The booms will absorb and trap oil. Chris Fox, vice president of corporate social responsibility for Hanes Brands, says,

"We were fascinated to learn of this other use for pantyhose. Hair acts as a sponge. When you put these booms in oil-polluted water, they absorb the oil and leave the water crystal clear." For more information or to donate, visit www.matteroftrust.org.

 

 

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The infamous "Hollywood" sign in Los Angeles just might become the next luxurious hotel in the area. Christian Bay-Jorgensen, a Danish architect, has released an impressive set of designs that lays out the letters to be built twice their current size. Complete with bars, restaurants, and pools, the facility will be built behind the letters. With 10 floors of space, the rooms will have a beautiful view of the LA skyline. The designer also added that there will be rooftop terraces on top of the letters, which could house 308 rooms. The best view of the city.

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Located in Dubai, the Dubai Fountain shows that it is worthy of its title of the most expensive water fountain in the world. It can reach up to 492 feet in the air. According to sources, it was built for $217 million by WET Design, which is the same company that created the fountain at the Bellagio Hotel, in Las Vegas. The 900-foot long water show uses 6,600 lights, 50 colored projectors, and hundreds of servos, all computer controlled and synchronized with music to offer some of the most sophisticated water entertainment since Zeus decided to impregnate Danaë. Beauty at its finest.

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The Bahati Foundation, a program which works to inspire youth through the sport of cycling, has collaborated with Cannondale and Mike Giant to produce this bad boy of a bike. Mike Giant, a renowned graffiti and tattoo artist, put his spin on it. The Cannondale X Mike Giant Graffiti Bike features urban-inspired aesthetics provided by Mike Giant, and is a Cannondale SuperSix HI MOD frame/fork, 54cm, with Shimano Di2 drive train, custom Shimano Dura Ace wheels, PRO Vibe carbon bars, stem & set post, Fizik Aliante saddle, and COntinental Grand Prix 4000 tires, just like the Bahati Team issue bikes. 100% of proceeds from the auctioned off bike, will go towards The Bahati Foundation's GIVEBACK programs.

 

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More than three months after the January 12th earthquake, over 1 million Haitians still live in tents. With the rainy season approaching, Yele Haiti has taken a big step towards supplying housing for the people of Haiti. Spearheaded by Wyclef Jean's wife, temporary homes are being built to provide tenants with a dry and warm place to live.

The units are made of wood and cement with metal roofs and last several years, or until permanent housing becomes available. The temporary homes can also house up to six people, as they are 12 feet by 12 feet in size. Women and children will be the first ones to live in the facilities.

“They’re getting wet from the hard rains. The temporary houses have been tested and keep out rain, even on days and nights when it rains nonstop," says Claudinette. "“What we take for granted is so important to everyone."

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/480774/ad2.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5erFtxyBLo9X The Pepper Zoo thepepperzoo The Pepper Zoo Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:53:00 -0700 Obama fulfills Cairo pledge with entrepreneur summit http://globalgoodnews.posterous.com/obama-fulfills-cairo-pledge-with-entrepreneur-2 http://globalgoodnews.posterous.com/obama-fulfills-cairo-pledge-with-entrepreneur-2 The two-day entrepreneurial summit brings together a diverse group of people ages 20 to 79, 'everybody from ... the Davos crowd to people that are not traditionally invited to things like this,' said one senior administration official.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and other senior U.S. officials will participate in sessions alongside private sector experts like Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang, Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus and Arif Naqvi, head of Abraaj Capital, the largest private equity firm in the Middle East.

The aim is to bring together successful business and social entrepreneurs from different countries, venture capitalists, development bankers and other business experts to discuss ideas and share experiences with a view toward creating support networks that will help promote development in the region.

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If you didn't believe that 2010 was the year of 3D, think again. The Pepper Zoo presents the new $100 bill: Featuring a 3D ribbon that runs across the middle of the bill. Wealth never looked so good.

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The May 2010 edition of Vogue pays homage to great American women. One of those women happens to be Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, and the glowing editorial profile couldn’t have come at a better time — just days before f8 and amidst a new batch of Facebook features and revised privacy terms. The in-depth profile is a fascinating read and includes details from Sandberg’s past and present jobs, as well as interesting tidbits about her personal relationships.

The magazine paints her as a experienced visionary that will take Facebook to profitability and beyond, just as she did for Google. We also get an inside look at her secretive conversations with Mark Zuckerberg prior to her Google-to-Facebook transition. On the business side of things, we learn that Sandberg believes that Facebook has a huge opportunity — $621 billion a year potential to be exact — in demand generation advertising.

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Zach Bonner is not your average twelve-year-old boy. In fact, he is a rather unique child. As part of a journey to help millions of homeless kids in the country, he began a 2,500-mile "March Across America" in March. The mission will end in September. Marching five hours per day for 178 days, his journey from Tampa to Los Angeles is truly inspiring.

"'March Across America,' I hope, will give voice to the millions of kids that do not have one. If it only helps one child, it will be completely worth it." Philanthropy became the primary focus of his life when he was six-years-old. After a hurricane hit his hometown of Tampa, he felt compelled to deliver water and supplies to his neighbors in a little red wagon. In 2005, he founded the nonprofit Little Red Wagon Foundation to help underprivileged children and to build awareness among neighborhoods.

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The world is waiting for the day that a cure for cancer will be invented; however, with the help of John Kanzius, that day may be right around the corner.

John Kanzius was diagnosed with leukemia in the spring of 2002, which helped motivate him to invent this machine. He was searching for a solution to killing off cancer cells without going through the pain of chemotherapy. Therefore, he invented a machine that generates an intense electromagnetic field and kills cancer by heating nanoparticles attached to the tumors (from the inside, out).

In 2004, he filed for a patent and introduced the idea to close friends and doctors. Many renowned scientists were attracted to the device, including David Geller, the co-director of the Liver Cancer Center at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and Steven Curley, a professor of surgical oncology at Houston's Cancer Center. Curley says, "What John has done is find a way to produce a radio-frequency field so intense and so focused, it's achieving heating rates that have never before been described."

It was tested on rats, who are still alive. In late 2010, it will be tested on humans. Could it be a cure for cancer?

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A German designer, Samuel Treindi discovered a way that people can transform waste heat from incandescent light bulbs into something less wasteful. A pulley system creates space to hang clothing, where the heat from the light can dry them. It's simple and affordable for anyone who wants to save energy. By using light to see AND dry clothes, the new light bulbs will be a great multi-purpose solution.

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