10 Coolest Computer Mice in the World Part-01

1. Road Mice, in the Shape of Your Favorite Car: Attention car lovers, now you can "cruise" the web in style with officially licensed replica of your favorite car with the Road Wireless Mice ($44.95). These Road Mice have 800 dpi resolution for enhanced accuracy and precision, functioning headlights (with on/off switch to save battery life), and even individual VIN serial numbers so you can get personalized registration and title, just like a real car.

2. Sexy Body Mouse: How could work with a computer ever be a sensual experience? Well, with the Pat-Says-Now Body Optical Mouse ($29.90) you'll be touching and moving around a voluptuous body dressed in fancy lingerie... the whole day.

3. World of Warcraft Mouse: What's a World of Warcraft session without a dedicated WOC mouse? That was gaming peripheral makers SteelSeries' sentiments when they created the SteelSeries World of Warcraft Mouse ($99.99) for its 11 million devoted users. It would take three hands with all digits intact to match the number of buttons on SteelSeries' new World of Warcraft MMO mouse. That's right - 15 programmable buttons grace the rodent's funky cyborgish exterior, and each one of them was designed in conjunction with Blizzard specifically with WoW addicts in mind. The new mouse level's up its macros skillset by affording macros up to 160 characters long, with over 130 predefined commands for drag-and-drop macro creation in place. But you might find yourself spending the majority of your time grinding away at the light scheme. And get this: the world's first WoW mouse boasts no less than 16 million illumination choices with 3 intensity and pulsation levels. Not bad!

4. Germ-Free Mouse: The IOGear's Germ Free Wireless Laser Mouse ($11.99) is coated with a Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) and Silver (Ag) nano-particle compound, which uses two mechanisms to deactivate enzymes and proteins to prevent a wide spectrum of bacteria, virus, fungi, and algae from surviving on the surface of the mouse. It has been tested and proven effective against the settlement of harmful microbes on the insulated surface, an excellent tool for medical offices, libraries, schools and public computers in general.

5. Washable Mouse: If the Germ-free mouse doesn't make you feel clean enough, try the Belkin Washable Mouse ($17.69). With a water-resistant design, the washable mouse can endure spills and you can hand-wash it right under a running faucet. Dirt, food, liquids, germs, bacteria--all wash right off with some soap and water.

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6. Wearable Fingertip Mouse: Meet the Ring-Style Fingertip Mouse ($10.50). This Japanese finger-mouse straps onto your index finger and uses an optical sensor to track your pointing -- a thumb-wheel acts as a clicker as well. The mouse is super-compact and intended for use in cramped circumstances -- you can even use your thigh as a mousing surface, who cool is that?

7. Keypad Mouse: Meet the Adesso AKP-170 Keypad Mouse ($19.99). The 19 Key USB Numeric Keypad and Optical Mouse offers desktop and notebook users an instant benefit of a full-sized, external numeric keypad in a compact form. It functions as a numeric keypad and as an optical mouse it features a wide flip top transparent cover for the keypad and additional scroll wheel for easy web navigation. It is innovative and portable, definitely designed for mobile professionals.

8. Heart Mouse: Feel the love with every click of the Pat-Says-Now Red Heart Computer Mouse ($45.99). It may not be a heart shaped diamond, but for a computer geek it’s almost equivalent to one.

9. Hamburger Mouse: This is one burger at the deskop that won't drop any crumbs into your keyboard - the Hamburger Mouse ($19.95). Its deliciously ergonomic design has a guarantee of approximately three million clicks, probably one million more than you'll ever need in your lifetime, unless you're a sucker for point-and-click RPGs such as old school Diablo.

10. Bamboo Mouse: Get environmentally-friendly with the 3BTN Bamboo Eco-Friendly Mouse ($16.73). Elegant for the executive, practical for everyone. For right or left hand use, with optical sensing technology, PC and Mac compatible.

An Oil Rig Built from Matchsticks: A Man spends 15 years to Build it

Finding your way round the Brent Bravo oil rig is a surprisingly bewildering business, even with a retired rig engineer called David Reynolds as your guide. 'I'm afraid it's a bit cluttered,' says David. 'But that's how oil rigs are.'

There's the main body of the rig itself, supported by three enormous circular buttresses, littered with cranes, lifeboats and a helipad marked with an 'H'. Then there's what's called the platform - almost as big as the rig itself and designed to bob about to one side on an enormous floating pontoon.

'So this is your drilling platform,' he continues. 'With the drill floor, pipes, crane housing... That's the derrick - where the oil comes in. And there's an oil tanker - look!'

It's impossible not to look. Not least because, rather than marching round a rain-lashed oil rig in the middle of the North Sea and shouting at the tops of our voices to be heard over the wind, David and I are several miles inland, in a very quiet museum in a little village called Bursledon, on the outskirts of Southampton.

Oh yes, and the entire oil rig - buttresses, cranes, derricks, even the oil tanker - is made out of matchsticks. A staggering 4,075,000 matchsticks, to be precise - all individually whittled to size and glued together by David over the past 15 years.

'It's not my finest work,' he says. 'I was pretty happy with the drilling platform, but the rest's pretty basic - though I suppose that's how rigs are. And it could do with a bit more sanding down. The ships in my "Matchstick Armada" are much better.'

But David's enormous model has caused quite a stir. Last week, it was recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's biggest matchstick model, trouncing the previous record-holder, a 3.5 million matchstick model of the Titanic, and throwing the international matchstick modelling community - yes, there really is one - into a frenzy of excitement.

It has also given David, 51, and his wife Julie, 49, a bit of a jolt. So far in the past week, they've been on television and the radio and their phone has been ringing off the hook with interview requests from all around the world.

'It's been very strange, all this fuss,' says David. 'And quite a change from our usual life, which tends to be rather quiet. But mostly I'm surprised that anyone wants to look at it at all.'

But David's enormous model has caused quite a stir. Last week, it was recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's biggest matchstick model, trouncing the previous record-holder, a 3.5 million matchstick model of the Titanic, and throwing the international matchstick modelling community - yes, there really is one - into a frenzy of excitement.

10 Strangest Body-Part Insurance Policies

1. Cricket player Merv Hughes insured his moustache for $ 370,000: While playing on Australia's national cricket team from 1985 to 1994, Merv Hughes took out an estimated $370,000 policy on his trademark walrus mustache, which, combined with his 6'4" physique and outstanding playing ability, made him one of the most recognized cricketers in the world.

2. Three sisters insured their virginity for £1 million: An Essex insurance company has cancelled what may have been the most bizarre insurance policy in Britain. In the policy, three sisters in the Scottish highlands, who apparently were members of a "Christian group" of some sort, had insured their virginity for £1 million, against the event of any of them immaculately conceiving the second coming of Jesus Christ. Essex-based Britishinsurance.com confirmed it had provided the policy.

The burden of proof that it was Christ had rested with the women and any premium on the insurance was donated to charity, said Mr Burgess. The siblings had paid £100 annually since 2000. If they had secured a payout, they stood to receive £1m. The policy was apparently cancelled partly because of complaints from the Catholic Church, which doesn't look kindly on unauthorized immaculate conceptions.

3. Wine taster insured his nose for $8 million: After years spent worrying about losing his most valuable business asset, Ilja Gort doesn't have to worry anymore, his nose is insured to the teeth. The 47-year-old Dutch wine producer has had his nose and sense of smell insured for five million Euros (£4 million) by Lloyd's of London. The insurance policy states that he may not participate in winter sports, boxing or fire breathing. He may not work as a knife-thrower's assistant; he may not become pregnant and he may not commit suicide.

4. Food critic insured his taste buds for $ 300,000: In 1993, worldwide famous food critic Egon Ronay took out a £250,000 ($353,775) insurance policy on his taste buds.

5. Ronaldo's legs fetch for $144 million: It's normal that if you posses something valuable you insure it, right? Well, in some soccer news Real Madrid announced that they have insured their new star player Cristiano Ronaldo's legs, for an estimated $144 million.

6. 13-year-old World Yo-Yo champion Harvey Lowe insured his hands for $ 150,000: Representing the Cheerio Yo-Yo Company of Canada, 13-year-old Harvey Lowe won the 1932 World Yo-Yo championships in London and toured Europe from 1932 to 1935. He even taught Edward VIII, the Prince of Wales, how to yo-yo. Lowe was so valuable to Cheerio that the company insured his hands for $150,000!

7. Coffee taster has a tongue insurance for $14 million: Costa Coffee's Coffee taster, Gennaro Pelliccia has a tongue insured for $14 million dollars. Pelliccia has tasted tens of thousands styles of coffee, and thru his tongue is able to discern the differences. “The taste buds of a Master of Coffee are as important as the vocal cords of a singer or the legs of a top model, and this is one of the biggest single insurance policies taken out for one person," said a spokesman for Lloyd's broker Glencairn Limited, which arranged the insurance cover.

8. Actress America Ferrera had her teeth insured for $10,000,000: Ugly Betty's leading lady America Ferrera has had her smile insured for $10 million by Lloyds of London insurance market. But the insurance wasn't taken out for pure vanity. The policy was taken out by Aquafresh White Trays, a teeth whitening manufacturer that is working with the actress on a charity campaign that gives jobless women free dental care.

9. Actress Bette Davis insured her waist for $28,000: In the '40s, actress Bette Davis bought a $28,000 policy buffering herself against losses due to gains - her own weight gain, that is. The insurance was issued by Lloyd's of London.

10.  Keith Richards's middle finger – $1,600,000: Fearing that his foes would break his left middle finger he so often uses to flip them off, the 63 year-old guitarist for the Rolling Stones and poster boy for longevity through hard living had it insured. The Star article said he “recouped after an injury”. The actor is allegedly suffering from arthritis in his index finger.

10 Amazingly World's Smallest Sculptures (Part-01)

1. "Little People" is a fantastic street art project by artist Slinkachu, where photos are taken of tiny figures that are placed in public locations throughout London. This one is called "Overpowered."

2. Willard Wigan is the creator of some of the world's smallest sculptures. The above scene is situated inside a sewing needle, it's a tribute to the Obama Family. Wigan takes months to complete a piece and works between heartbeats to avoid hand tremors. He uses a tiny surgical blade to carve his figures out of gold and grains of sand which are then mounted on pinheads. He uses a hair plucked from a dead fly to paint them (the fly has to have died from natural causes, as he refuses to kill them for his art).

3. Toothpick artist Steven Backman has carved this miniature replica of San Francisco's landmark, the Golden Gate Bridge. Measuring 1 7/8”(L) x 1/8”(W) x 3/4”(H), it was sculpted from one single toothpick and glue.

4. Online beauty site, FeelUnique commissioned artist Willard Wigan to create the world's first ever lipstick sculptures – of Brad and Angelina! The lippies, measuring 4mm by 9mm took over 50 hours to sculpt and will be auctioned off on the FeelUnique site, with all proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Campaign.

5. Who says you can't put a camel through the eye of a needle? Russian miniaturist Nikolai Aldunin has fit seven through this one. The artist works between the beats of his heart, in order to keep his hands perfectly still. He creates works of art so tiny that a microscope is needed to see them.

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6. A team of Japanese engineers created the smallest statue ever. A three-dimensional bull the size of a red blood cell has been etched in plastic by engineers at Osaka University in Japan. Measuring only 10 by 7 micrometers -- one micrometer is one-thousandth of a millimeter -- the bull is the smallest truly three-dimensional sculpture ever created.

7. This pin-head sized replica of the Lloyd's of London building, by Willard Wigan, has been sold for £94,000 at auction. The work, which took four months to be created using white gold and platinum, is no larger than a granule of sugar and must be viewed through a microscope.

8. Also by artist Steven Backman, this is a miniature replica of the Empire State Building.

9. Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo diligently carved hundreds of miniature ice figures as part of a recent installation for WWF, only to watch them slowly melt in the heat of the day. As the sun beat down on the tiny sculptures they stooped and slumped, lending an ephemeral quality to the already very cool installation.

10. Incredible Hulk, also by artist Willard Wigan.

Caught on camera: Dolphins play football with a JELLYFISH

Dolphins have been filmed playing an impromptu game of football... using a jellyfish as an improvised ball.
A team of marine biologists were astonished to see a dolphin swim under a jellyfish and with a quick flick of its tail shoot it out of the water.
The bottlenose dolphins were caught on video performing the strange activity off the Welsh coastline. One dolphin was able to flip the jellyfish six feet up in the air.

A dolphin positions itself underneath a jellyfish before unceremoniously scooping it up out of the sea

Scientists believe their game of flipball goes back hundreds of thousands of years.
But it may go some way to explaining why dolphins in captivity are so skilful with balls at sealife parks around the world.
Marine experts Jonathan Easter, 23, who saw the dolphins at play, said: 'One thing is for sure, they were having fun. There were floating blobs of jelly and the dolphins were flipping them about.
'They swim under the jellyfish, then at the right moment flick their tail up to give it a good kick.
'They were not always accurate but when they had a direct hit the jellyfish were literally kicked out of the water.
'We have been studying individual dolphins in Welsh waters for some time but we got more than we expected from this trip.

A dolphin positions itself underneath a jellyfish before unceremoniously scooping it up out of the sea.

These incredible images provide a privileged insight into the lives and behaviour of bottlenose dolphins.
'But this behaviour has never been seen before and it presents more questions than answers!'
But there is a sting in the tail - some of the Barrel jellyfish sadly died from being flipped.
The marine biologists were from the Countryside Council for Wales, Sea Watch Foundation and Marine Awareness North Wales.
They were studying Britain's largest coastal population of bottlenose dolphins, which live in Cardigan Bay during the summer to breed and feed.

Watch the fascinating footage here...(Click here)

10 Coolest Bottle Openers Part-01

1. Ring Thing Bottle Opener: Everyone can be a little Irish with this Ring Thing Bottle Opener ($12.95), a shamrock-engraved finger-ring that doubles as a bottle opener. Wearers of this certain social lubricant always become the talk of the tavern. Wear it on your social finger (middle Finger). Hook the bottle cap with the Ring Thing and lift your wrist. Pssshhhhhhht... enjoy your drink!


2. Sandal Bottle Opener: Nothing to pop a top packed in the cooler? No problem. The Reef Sandal Bottle Opener ($13.49 - $39.95) has you covered with a built-in-the-sole bottle opener. Now that's a sandal we can all enjoy.

3. USB Flash Drive Bottle Opener: The TrekStor SB-Stick with Bottle Opener ($43.71) will not only quench your storage thirst with its 25MB/s read speed and 12 MB/s write speed, but is also sure to have you sipping suds at your desk thanks to the bottle opener that’s built into the device’s brushed aluminium housing. A USB 2.0 connector port features at the sober end of the device and storage fans can pick the unit up in 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16 GB capacities.

4. Bike Chain Bottle Opener: How on earth would you recycle a bike chain? Well, here's an idea: the Bike Chain Bottle Opener ($11.95). A "green", environmentally-friendly opener; now you can get drunk --and-- save the planet at the same time.

5. Baseball Cap Bottle Opener: You'll always be able to open bottles with the Guinness Pint Bottle Opener Baseball Cap ($17.00) This olive baseball cap with Guinness pint and brand embroidered on front of cap has a convinient bottle opener on the visor, so you'll always have it with you on a sunny day.

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6. Credit Card Bottle Opener: It's the world's only credit card that doesn't expire. Put the Credit Card Bottle Opener ($6.19) right on your wallet, cuz you're gonna pay for some beers with this cool opener.


7. Fridge Magnet Bottle Opener: The Fridge Magnet Bottle Opener ($40.78) is the easiest way to pop open a cold one straight out of the fridge. This stainless steel bottle opener instantly opens your bottles with a flick of the wrist and is ultra stylish too, right where you need it most.


8. Key Bottle Opener: The Key Bottle Opener ($9.48) can’t open a secret chest filled with gold dubloons. But, it can open a beer, which we figure is just as good. The opener is made from tough nickel steel and is the perfect size and shape to hang from your keychain.


9. Skeleton Bottle Opener: Isn't this sweet? No it isn't. The Skeleton Bottle Opener ($34.95) is the toughest opener ever, pussies beware.



10. Simpsons Homer Talking Bottle Opener: Officially licensed, the Simpsons Homer Talking Bottle Opener ($7.99) goes crazy for beer everytime you use this bottle opener. Duff, anyone?

How a Robotic bed Converts into a Wheelchair with a Simple Voice Command???

Moving patients between beds and wheelchairs can be physically tiring for both them and their carers. Now Panasonic have created a revolutionary robotic bed that will transform itself from one to the other.

The device converts smoothly from bed to wheelchair with a simple voice command from the user. It automatically separates different components as it converts and is then moved around using a joystick on the right armrest.

The developers hope the Robotic Bed will help people with limited mobility become more independent.

'Now, the user can join the family meal by converting the bed into a wheelchair and moving to the dining table without the need of assistance from other people,' a spokesman said.

The technology was shown to reporters at Panasonic headquarters in Osaka, Japan

According the the electronics giant, the wheelchair has an intuitive controller that allows the user to easily drive it and give it instructions to go back into the bed.

In the wheelchair mode, the robot can detect people and obstacles in its way to safely guide the user to avoid collisions.

In bed mode, the robot adjusts and optimizes the mattress to contour to the body shape. The robot also helps the user turn over to prevent bedsores.

The Robotic Bed also features Robotic Canopy, an interface that lets the user watch television and operate home appliances as well as check security camera.

The display of the Canopy moves according to the user's position and lifts automatically when the robot is converted into the wheelchair mode.

Panasonic sees a profitable future in robotics due to ageing populations, particularly in Japan. The company formed a robotics unit last year and has its sights set on sales of £600,000 in 2015.

Arctic Ocean 'will be ice-free within 20 years'

Global warming will leave the Arctic Ocean ice-free during the summer within 20 years, raising sea levels and harming wildlife, a leading British polar scientist said today.

The changes will mean the top of the Earth will appear blue rather than white when photographed from space and ships will have a new sea route north of Russia.

The Catlin Arctic Survey, completed earlier this year by a team led by veteran polar explorer Pen Hadow, is the latest research into the condition of Arctic ice.

Global warming: Veteran polar explorer Pen Hadow and Ann Daniels prepare to swim through thin Arctic ice during their research completed earlier this year

Open sea: Ann Daniels during the Catlin Arctic Survey, which found that the Arctic Ocean will be almost entirely free from ice within a decade

Drilling and observation figures obtained during a 450km route across the northern part of the Beaufort Sea suggest the area is almost entirely made up of young, 'first-year' ice, whereas the region traditionally consists of older, thicker 'multi-year' ice.

Peter Wadhams, Professor of Ocean Physics at Cambridge University, has spearheaded the team analysing the results.

He said much of the melting will take place within a decade, although the winter ice will stay for hundreds of years.

'The summer ice cover in the Arctic will completely vanish in 20 to 30 years time. There won't be any sea ice there at all,' he said.

'In much less time than that, the ice in summer will be shrinking back to this last bastion north of Greenland and Ellesmere Island, so within a decade we will see a largely ice-free Arctic Ocean in summer.

'It won't be very long before we have to start thinking of the Arctic as an open sea. Man has taken the lid off the northern end of his planet and we can't put that lid back on again.

crucial: Most of the decrease in sea ice will happen before 2020, leaving the Arctic Ocean clear for marine transport

Calling for a 'solid deal' in Copenhagen, Dr Sommerkorn added: 'Such a loss of Arctic sea ice cover has recently been assessed to set in motion powerful climate feedbacks, which will have an impact far beyond the Arctic itself - self-perpetuating cycles, amplifying and accelerating the consequences of global warming.

'This could lead to flooding affecting one quarter of the world's population, substantial increases in greenhouse gas emission from massive carbon pools and extreme global weather changes.

'Remove the sea ice and we are left with a much warmer and very different world.'

Hadow, the first person to trek solo and unsupported from Canada to the Geographic North Pole, said his 73-day expedition had added weight to a growing consensus that Arctic summer ice sheets would be all but gone in 10 years.