Japan is road testing new traffic lights that can be seen by people who are colour-blind as well as drivers with perfect vision.
The signals have been developed by Taro Ochiai, a professor at Kyushu Sangyo University, with the first set of traffic lights installed in the southern city of Fukuoka. A second month-long test is to be started in Tokyo before the end of February
Yet another sketch for Planet-Pulp.com’s January Comic Sketchjam show — Bruce… one of my all time faves. pencil sketch with colors in PS Brett Parson artwork — via deviantART
In March, the Mozambican legislature is expected to pass a bill that would revise the country’s draconian abortion law and legalise voluntary abortions in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. In doing so, Mozambique would become the ninth African country to liberalize its abortion policy in the last decade. Since 2003, 28 countries have ratified an African Union protocol supporting the right to abortion in cases of rape, incest, or high-risk pregnancies. In these incremental changes, there may be signs of a continental shift — via redwolf.newsvine.com
I love this song, and this is always what I picture when I listen to it — via deviantART
Doxa’s Splash Gent is a good looking sport watch, with a nice masculine appearance that should win a lot of compliments — via Watches Watcher
A deranged burglar was found smeared in peanut butter and chocolate, according to police reports.
Officers in Neon, Kentucky allegedly found 22-year-old Andrew Toothman wearing only a pair of boots when they entered the Food World store at 6.00am on Tuesday morning.
According to the report Toothman had also written sorry
on the shop floor using NyQuil pills — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The UK housing market is amazing. In some areas, a budget of just under £600,000 might struggle to get a semi-detached property. But if you move much further north, this 19th century 14-bedroom Craig Gowan mansion in Broughty Ferry, near Dundee could be had instead.
Nip outside and you’ll find a gravelled area for parking, along with extensive gardens. There’s also planning permission for another house in the garden, according to the listing. Talking of planning, the house is also being pitched as a potential three-apartment development, with planning already in place.
Or just keep it as a huge Victorian hangout. Either way, the price is around £590,000 — via WowHaus
An undercover police officer chased himself round the streets for 20 minutes after a CCTV operator mistook him for suspect
All my paintings are drawn by hand with a brush and watercolour on first-class 260 gm cotton paper — via Etsy
The Hamilton Khaki Navy Pioneer is designed to resemble a vintage marine chronometer. The effect is even better when the watch is placed in the hevea wood presentation box that comes with the watch converting it to a table clock — via Watches Watcher
A 3D printer-created lower jaw has been fitted to an 83-year-old woman’s face in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind.
The transplant was carried out in June in the Netherlands, but is only now being publicised.
The implant was made out of titanium powder — heated and fused together by a laser, one layer at a time.
Technicians say the operation’s success paves the way for the use of more 3D-printed patient-specific parts.
The surgery follows research carried out at the Biomedical Research Institute at Hasselt University in Belgium, and the implant was built by LayerWise — a specialised metal-parts manufacturer based in the same country
A prominent Conservative has broken ranks with his allies on the religious right
by declaring his support for the Government’s controversial plans to legalise gay marriage.
In an interview with The Independent, Tim Montgomerie dismissed criticism that extending equal rights to gays and lesbians would weaken marriage. He said Tories and church leaders should support gay marriage because it would save the institution, not destroy it. Marriage is probably the most important Conservative institution and excluding people from it is therefore excluding people from Conservativism to a significant extent,
he said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This 1976 Honda CB750 is owned by Jon Brindley, a champion of the Washington DC music scene. Jon also happens to be a friend of MotoHangarowner Pat Jones, which explains why the bike looks so good. It’s an interesting mix of sharp graphics and authentic patina, and it didn’t happen by accident — via Bike EXIF
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Laid Back, originally uploaded by Red Wolf.
Laughing At You Not With You, originally uploaded by Red Wolf.
Surreptitious Glance, originally uploaded by Red Wolf.
Big Monopoly has learned in the past century that when they look like a little spoiled brat having a tantrum, politicians will throw taxpayer money their way to shut them up. Therefore, this is a behaviour they emulate as soon they are given a good enough excuse. It’s simply a reinforced, learned behaviour.
A boycott against Big Monopoly will not work. Any noticeable drop in profits will cause them to throw a tantrum at policy makers and complain how their profits are dropping due to piracy, and request harder enforcement of their copyright monopolies at the expense of our civil liberties and the freedom of the net.
Buying more of their products (yeah, right) will not work. Any noticeable raise in profits will cause them to commission reports to policy makers illustrating their grandiose importance to the economy as a whole, suggesting that they are the direct reason for at least several hundred per cent of the gross national product. Therefore, they will argue, they need additional protection as a national interest.
Doing nothing will not work either, as we are constantly on the retreat in civil liberties — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Laughing Squid has been a long-time supporter or my art, and it was a special treat when they approached me to do their poster for their ten year anniversary party. Later, we turned the poster art into a full-page back cover advertisement for Hi-Fructose Magazine — via joshua ellingson
John Samuel Maxwell was sentenced to 15 years Tuesday in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for a charge of burglary of a habitation that occurred in Red River County.The case, with 6th District Judge Eric Clifford presiding, stems from an incident that occurred last February in which the defendant entered a camper trailer that was a habitation for two Red River County residents. The two residents did not know Maxwell or give him permission to enter their home. Once inside the home, Maxwell forced the homeowners from their camper and proceeded to destroy the inside of the residence.
At one point, after tearing off the refrigerator door, Maxwell stripped off his clothes and covered himself in butter. Once law enforcement officials arrived on the scene and secured the area, a standoff ensued that lasted over an hour. Maxwell finally made his escape from the residence wearing no more than a plastic bowl on his head and a single sock on his foot. Members of the Red River County Sheriff’s Office apprehended the defendant some 25 yards from the residence. According to law enforcement personneland the victims, Maxwell appeared to be under the influence of an unknown substance.
Because of the professional response of the Red River County Sheriff’s Office, nobody on scene suffered any injuries,
said District Attorney Val Varley. Our office has been in frequent contact with the victims of this matter and they were very satisfied with the 15-year sentence. As always, our primary goal is to see that justice is done. I feel as if that goal was accomplished
— via phishhook
Canadian designer D’Arcy Jones, designed the Mosewich House in Kamloops, BC, Canada — via CONTEMPORIST
Three Mozambicans have been sentenced to 25 years each in a South African court for rhino poaching, according to the South African national parks body.
The men were found guilty of illegally hunting rhino in the Kruger National Park in July 2010.
The head of SANParks, David Mabunda, said the sentence was harsher than other similar cases.
In 2011, a record 450 rhino were killed in South Africa, according to the Department of Environment Affairs — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Now that the SOPA and PIPA fights have died down, and Hollywood prepares their next salvo against internet freedom with ACTA and PCIP, it’s worth pausing to consider how the war on piracy could actually be won.
It can’t, is the short answer, and one these companies do not want to hear as they put their fingers in their ears and start yelling. As technology continues to evolve, the battle between pirates and copyright holders is going to escalate, and pirates are always, always going to be one step ahead.
But what’s clear is that legislation is not the answer. Piracy is already illegal in the US, and most places around the world, yet it persists underground, but more often in plain sight. Short of passing a law that allows the actual blacklisting of websites like China and Iran, there is no legislative solution. That’s what SOPA and PIPA were attempting to do, but it so obviously trampled on the First Amendment, it was laughed out of existence as the entire internet protested it. The only other thing you could get the internet to agree on was if they tried to institute a ban on cat pictures — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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