The World And BeyondIn Here we speak about anything in the world, around the world and even outside, within the galaxy.Electric nail files and laser guided scissors- April 30, 2008 They probably seemed like a good idea at the time - laser-guided scissors to help you cut in a perfect straight line. But the genius who thought of them will be sad to learn that they have just been voted among the most pointless household gadgets ever. As hundreds of shoppers questioned in a survey pointed out, the scissors cannot help those with unsteady hands - the laser is attached to thehttp://badabe123.blogspot.com/2008/04/electric-nail-files-and-laser-guided.html Scientists defrost giant squid with 10.8 inch eyes- April 30, 2008 A super-rare colossal squid caught off Antarctica has the biggest eyes in the world, scientists said today - larger than a dinner plate and used for hunting down its prey. One of the squid's two eyes, 10.8 inches across and with a lens as big as an orange, has been found intact by the marine scientists who are slowly defrosting the vast creature. Its carcass has been preserved at New Zealand'shttp://badabe123.blogspot.com/2008/04/scientists-defrost-giant-squid-with-108.html Father raped daughter for 24 yrs- April 28, 2008 A 73-year-old man has confessed to holding his daughter captive in his cellar for nearly 24 years and fathering seven children by her, it was revealed today. Josef Fritzl is said to have told Austrian police he imprisoned his daughter, Elisabeth, for more than two decades and raped her repeatedly. "He has now said that he locked up his daughter for 24 years and that he alone fathered her sevenhttp://badabe123.blogspot.com/2008/04/father-raped-daughter-for-24-yrs.html Bionic eye implants make blind 'see again'- April 21, 2008 Two blind patients have been able to see their families again after Britain's first "bionic" eye operations. The surgery gives new hope to sufferers of diseases affecting the retina for which there is no cure. Surgeons at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, carried out successful operations to implant an artificial retinal device into the eyes of two blind patients as part of a European-widehttp://badabe123.blogspot.com/2008/04/bionic-eye-implants-make-blind-see.html Enthusiast spends years building 30ft dream boat - but it is now too big to take out of garden- April 17, 2008 A man who built a home-made boat in his back garden over five years was left scratching his head after discovering he'd made it too big for him to get it out. Trained engineer, John Melling, started building the 30-feet Trimaran yacht at the bottom of his back garden five years ago - but it has now outgrown its home and is proving a problem to move. Mr Melling, who works as a financial adviser,http://badabe123.blogspot.com/2008/04/enthusiast-spends-years-building-30ft.html Huge Cruise Ship To Be Built.- April 17, 2008 The world's biggest cruise liner is to have a New York-style "Central Park" on the ship, its owners have revealed. Royal Caribbean is building the 220,000-tonne liner with the working name Project Genesis and the announcement is the latest salvo in the intensely competitive global cruise market. The company said the park would be "a revolutionary design in which the centre of the ship opens tohttp://badabe123.blogspot.com/2008/04/huge-cruise-ship-to-be-built.html |