If you think those plastic keys in hotels all goes to dump sites, think again. In Manhattan in New York, Holiday Inn made a hotel made from plastic key cards. This hotel, named Key Card Hotel, opened for business on September 19th to September 21st and was built by Bryan Berg, the world record-holding 'card-stacker'.
This 400 sq ft, two-ton construction includes a guest bedroom, bathroom and lobby, all fully equipped with life-sized furniture.
Kevin Kowalski, senior vice president of global brand management at Holiday Inn, said: ‘The Key Card Hotel is a fun and interactive way to showcase the changes happening at our hotels and is the only structure of its kind to ever be created by a hotel brand.’
Lin Tianzhuan of Shuimen, China, is dubbed the human coral reef. This is because of shell-like growths in his entire body - mostly in his hands and feet. These growths is similar to Dede's, "the Tree Man".
Luckily, doctors in Fuzhou Dermatosis Prevention Hospital were able to cure Lin's condition and he is now going into full recovery.
Before being treated, Lin became a hermit, hiding at the family home. His friends and neighbors are all scared of him and would avoid and stay away from him because of his condition.
"It started with a few hard bumps so I tried to apply antibiotics and creams but it didn't get better," he explained.
"Instead it just got worse. They grew and grew and soon they were all over my arms and legs, my back and even my head. Ii was as if I was turning to stone and it was terrifying," he added.
If you're an avid fan of cycling but often get tired of doing so, then you need Joules, the bicycling robot. Joules sits on the back of a tandem bicycle and does the pedaling for both of you. How cool is that.
At 8 feet and 1 inch, Sultan Kösen currently is the world's tallest living man. His feat was recently recognized by the Guinness World Records and he is included in the book's 2010 edition. He beat Bao Xishun for the world record. Aside from the height, Kösen is also the current Guinness World Record holder largest hands, and largest feet, measuring 27.5 cm and 36.5 cm respectively.
A Turkish national, 26 years old Kösen began growing fast when he was 10 years old due pituitary gigantism after doctors discovered a tumor behind his eyes. His abnormal growth continued the tumor was removed in 2008.
His condition has caused other medical problems and gigantic height causes stress on his knees that he needs to use walking canes for most activities.
He said, "I am great at hanging curtains and changing light bulbs".
Check out this amazing butterfly wing patterns that make butterflies stand out from it's surroundings. Nature really has it's ways of showing off it's beauty.
This is a very sad movie clip taken from The Fragrant Spirit of Life film. This particular scene depicts the very bad effect of poverty to the siblings of three in a small village of Uganda, Africa and how the eldest sister take care of her malnourished and polio-stricken brothers.
If you think you got nothing to be thankful of, watch this video.
This is an amazing footage of a bear attacking a woman and host in a TV show. If not for the bear's mouth guard and the trainer, it would have been worst.
Born in New Zealand, Lucky Diamond Rich is currently the world's most tattooed person. His tattoos covers 100% of his body, including the inside of his foreskin, mouth and ears. He holds this Guinness world record, which was previously held by Tom Leppard, since 2006.
Lucky spent over 1,000 hours having his body modified by hundreds of tattoo artists. He started by having a full collection of colorful designs from around the world tattooed over his entire body. Still not contented, he soon opted for a 100% covering of black ink, including eyelids, the delicate skin between the toes, down into the ears, and his gums. He is currently being tattooed with white designs on top of the black, and colored designs on top of the white.
The Gibraltar Airport is the world's the closest airport to the city that it serves. Constructed during World War II for the British Naval, the airport is only 500 meters from Gibraltar's city center. It's runway intersects with a major city highway and when a plane has to take off or land, traffic is shut down to gave way.
This is a video of Dave Marcel when he was bitten by a shark when he kissing it. Dave is a professional diver. To attract client, one of his trick is to kiss sharks. This time, the shark is not on the mood for it.
Located in Fort Myers, Florida, this 32 stories highrise condo has only one tenant. This is just one example of how bad economy in the US took a toll in the housing industry.
Victor Vangelakos and his family bought one unit here four years ago when the US economy was still solid as steel. Now, they have the whole building to their own as most of the other tenants in the 200-unit condo didn't close on their contracts and others have transferred to an adjacent building owned by the same company because more people live there.
"It's a beautiful building," said their attorney, John Ewing, who is representing 27 others who made deposits on units. "The problem is, it's a very lonely building."
When the Vangelakos' travel from Weehawken, N.J., to spend a week or a few days in their Florida home, they have exclusive use of the pool, game room and gym, but they miss having a few tenants around.
"Being from the city, it's very eerie," Vangelakos said. "It's almost like a scary movie."
Jem Stansfield, climbs the 40m (120ft) BBC building with a pair of vacuum gloves, while being watched by hundreds of people. He used an everyday vacuum cleaner to construct the kit.
At more that 70 years old, Cathie Jung still got what it takes to be the Guinness World Records' living woman with the world's smallest waistline. Her waist measures a astonishing 15 inches. In fact she got a perfect (or imperfect) figure of 39-15-39.
A resident of Connecticut, USA, and dubbed the "Corset Queen", Cathie got her small waistline by wearing tight fitting corset which she wore 24/7 since 1983 - that's 26 years up to now. She first wore one in 1959, for her wedding day. And now she got around 100 of them.
After a nationwide search, the UK's oldest working TV was found in a home of a north London resident. This 1936 Marconiphone is said to have been made in the time that Britain's first "high-definition" television service started.
This old 12-inch (30cm) TV set is owned by an electrical engineer named Jeffrey Borinsky, who collects antique television and radio sets. He bought it 10 years ago and is working on restoring it to its original state.
The July 22, 2009 eclipse is the longest solar eclipse of 21st century. It lasted a maximum of 6 minutes and 39 seconds and can be tatolly seen off the coast of Southeast Asia, particularly in China, India and Nepal. Many tourist have gathered to this country to witness this natural phenomenon.
Not to be surpassed until June 2132, the eclipse was the the second in the series of three eclipses in a one-month period, being book-ended by two minor penumbral lunar eclipses, first on July 7 and last on August 6.
Thousands of pilgrims gathered on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India to experience the eclipse as a religious or spiritual event. Some people expected that there would be a relationship, either positive or negative, between their health and the occurrence of the eclipse. Indian scientists observed the solar eclipse from an Indian Air Force plane
If you've been to a lot of weddings, you might say that the entrance is the most exciting part to watch. But this couple, Jill and Kevin, made their wedding entrance extraordinary that you might not wanna miss this.
At the age of 16, David Wei Liang Howell became UK's youngest chess grandmaster. Born on November 14, 1990, and now 18 years old, Howell earned the title when he came second during the 35th Rilton Cup in Stockholm on January 2007. The record was previously held by Luke McShane who was six months older when he became a grandmaster.
Howell has been playing chess since the age of five years and eight months, after his father bought a second-hand chess set. He quickly learned and defeated his father and soon came to the attention of the Sussex Junior Chess Association, where he received tuition from a number of established county players. He progressed rapidly and became the British Under-8, Under-9 and Under-10 chess champion.
In August 1999, Howell became famous internationally when he broke the world record for the youngest player to have defeated a Grandmaster in an official game. He defeated GM John Nunn in a blitz game at the Mind Sports Olympiad. David still holds this record. He is also the youngest player in the world to have qualified to compete in a national chess championship, taking part in the British Chess Championship in August 2000. He came fourth in the Player of the Year ballot held by the British Chess Federation during 2000.
On July 16, 2009, at age 17, Zac Sunderland became the youngest person to sail solo around the world, a record previously held by Australian David Dicks. Zac began his trip on June 14, 2008 at the Marina del Rey, California on board his sailboat he name Intrepid. After 13 months and 2 days at sea, he arrived at Marina del Rey, California greeted by his family and friends and a crowd of reporters, a world record holder.
When Sunderland decided to attempt the circumnavigation, he purchased a 36 feet (11 m) Islander for $6,000, using all of his savings. With the assistance of his father, he retrofitted the yacht for the trip. Sunderland planned to complete his voyage in April 2008 with a maximum time of 18 months. He continued his schooling while on his trip, saying, "I have all my books with me. I have one more year to finish at high school and I have to send back my tests (via e-mail) to my mom. She's going to grade them and make sure I am doing well.
With just two knives - a Swiss army knife and a machete, Xavier Rosset, survived 300 days in the tropical forest of Tonga, in the uninhabited, 64-square-kilometre volcanic Pacific island called Tofua. His companion - a wild pig he captured in the island. But unlike Tom Hanks in the movie Cast Away, he said he didn't talked to the pig.
This young Swiss adventurer and former professional snowboarder, totally isolate himself and survive only on food and shelter got by his own hands. He said he did this to challenge the modern way of life that many of us got used to.
Rosset document his adventure with a video camera and will be aired later this year.
"It was hard, yes, very hard," Mr Rosset said, freshly arrived back in Europe after ending his 10-month stint in Tonga.
His island of choice was Tofua, a 64-square-kilometre volcanic isle home to nothing except "some pigs, lots of coconuts, a lake and tropical forest".
"At the beginning I had to try hard to survive," the former professional snowboarder said.
The man with the world's longest hair is Tran Van Hay. This 73 year-old Vietnamese has hair that measures at approximately 6.2 meters long. Due to it's massive size, he balanced it on his head under a scarf which makes it looks like a giant turban.
Tran Van Hay is proud of his "achievement" and with the help of his wife would gladly unravel his hair on the table to show off.
Here's a pictures of Tran with his long hair that hasn't been washed for more than six years.
Now we have an excuse to swear (you know, those F_ _k and S_ _T), because scientist discovered that it's not all bad. It can actually help reduce pain and make you tolerate it than any encouraging words can do. Scientist believe that the brain circuitry linked to our emotion is involved in this phenomenon.
So next time you're in a doctor's office for a flu shot, don't be shy to swear. Give this post to your doctor and he'll understand. Now I know why this lady is swearing a lot.
The study, published today in the journal NeuroReport, measured how long college students could keep their hands immersed in cold water. During the chilly exercise, they could repeat an expletive of their choice or chant a neutral word. When swearing, the 67 student volunteers reported less pain and on average endured about 40 seconds longer.
If you've been eating this popular fruit, there's a big chances that you're not opening it like the experts, the monkeys. You see, it doesn't take a genius to open it, but if you want to know how to open a banana like a monkey does, you might wanna watch this.
If you're a big fan of BitTorrent, you might want to fire up your bittorrent client with one of the top ten most pirated movies on BitTorrent right now. RocknRolla, who was starred by 300's Gerard Butler, tops the list.
If you are bored with theme parks and carnivals, why not hit the road and visit the world's largest roadside attractions. This super extra-large building and statues will certainly make your vacation days "overwhelming".
World's largest basket-shaped building, Newark, Ohio.
"Big Golden Guitar", located at Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
The World's Largest Muskie, at the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame; Hayward, WI.
World's Largest Axe in Nackawic, New Brunswick
Paletta Grande. The big scoop aluminum sculpture situated posterior to Da Vinci's Horse is 12x12 foot with a 22 foot wood handle.
Salem Sue a.k.a. The World's Largest Holstein Cow, is a large fiberglass holstein cow sculpture located in New Salem, North Dakota
In China, Jin Chang's small two-storey home is holding down a £300 million development scheme by refusing to abandon his home. His house the last one standing in the area in the center of a construction site. Jin Chang is asking more compensation before agreeing to demolish his house.
Elise Tan Roberst is a 2 year old child from Britain with 156 IQ. She is the youngest member of MENSA, the oldest and best known high-IQ society in the world. At 2 years old, Elise can also recite the phonetic alphabet, count to 10 in Spanish and memorize the capital of 35 countries.
To give you an idea about how intelligent she is, consider this, Albert Einstein, named the greatest scientist of the 21st century has an IQ of 160. See her video below.
Rita Levi Montalcini is a 100 years old scientist from Italy who has recently celebrated her 100th birthday. Together with Stanley Cohen, she won a Nobel Prize in 1986 for discovering mechanisms that regulate the growth of cells and organs.
At 100 years old, Montalcini says that her mind is sharper than when she was at her 20's, which she attributed to her experiences in life.
"At 100, I have a mind that is superior — thanks to experience — than when I was 20," she told the party, complete with a large cake for her.
The Turin-born Levi Montalcini recounted how the anti-Jewish laws of the 1930s under Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime forced her to quit university and do research in an improvised laboratory in her bedroom at home.
If you think you are safe with all this gadgetries in you position, watch this video and see how a GPS can leave you vulnerable to break-in to you house.
Who says a pet dog is vulnerable when it's away from it's home. Well, this one not the case. Sophie, a pet dog survived in island eating baby goats for four months. While her owners was, Dave and Jan Griffith, was on a sailing trip off the coast of Australia, Sophie fell into the water and was never found. Four months later, she was discovered in an island four miles from where she fell and was reunited with her owners.
Sophie’s mind-boggling survival story, chronicled on TODAY Tuesday, began as Jan and husband Dave took their pet along for a sailing trip off the coast of Australia last November. When the sea grew rough, Sophie dropped into the water.
“We searched well over an hour,” Jan Griffith told the Brisbane Times. “We thought once she hit the water she would have been gone because the wake from the boat was so big.”
At approximately US$2,000 (Rs.100,000), the Tata Nano is the world's cheapest car to date. This city car is manufactured by Tata Motors of India and aimed primarily for the Indian market (too bad for the US market). It was presented on January 10, 2008, at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, India and will be available in on March 23, 2009 to the Indian consumers.
With a dimension of 122 in. X 59.1 in. X 63 in. (LxWxH), it's amazing that this car has a capacity of four passengers and have four doors.
The prefix "nano-" derives from the Greek root 'nanos', meaning dwarf. "Nano" also means "small" in Gujarati, the native language of the Tata family, founders of the Tata Group.
Snailfish is the world's deepest living fish. In this video, scientists were able to film several snailfish nearly five miles below the surface of Japan Trench in the Pacific ocean. This is the first time snailfishes are filmed at this depth.
This video was taken by the a UK-Japan team using a remote-operated landers designed to withstand immense pressures to comb the world's deepest depths for marine life.
If you have a heart problem, this canned pork brains could be your last meal. With 3500mg cholesterol per serving, a can of this "delicious and nutritious" brain matter constitutes to up 1170% of your daily cholesterol recommended dietary allowance.
A Korean woman named Cha has failed the driving test for 771 times. Since 2005, she has been taking the preliminary written section of the driving test but has never passed, averaging only 30-50, while the passing mark is 60 out of 100. It is estimated that, Cha has spent more or less five million won for all the exams. If she pass, she plans to buy a car for her door-to-door food selling business.
"I feel sorry every time I see Cha fail. When she passes, I'll make a commemorative tablet myself and give it to her," one officer was quoted as saying.
Hippopotamus is considered as Africa's deadliest animal. This seemingly gentle giant of the river has killed more humans than all of Africa's most dangerous mammals combined. Hippopotamuses are very violent-tempered animals specially when there are calves around. Crocodiles are no match to this river giant.
Hippos are very aggressive towards humans and are often considered one of the most dangerous animals in Africa. It is claimed that they kill more people than any other animal except mosquitos.
After the NBA superstars' pre-game half court trick shots, here's another NBA half-time trampoline dunk show. This time, it's painful. As the guy do the trampoline dunk, he launches too far causing his chin to slam in the rim, as in, Rim in Your Face. :)
Located in Northern Russia, the Kola Superdeep Borehole is the world's deepest man-made hole to earth's ground. It measures 40,226 feet or over 7.6 miles below the earth's surface.
Site of the Kola Superdeep Borehole
Considered to be the pride of Russian geology, the hole was created by the USSR and was the result of a scientific drilling project to drill as deep as possible to investigate the continental crust. The drilling began on May 24, 1970 on the Kola Peninsula, using an "Uralmash-4E" and later an "Uralmash-15000" drilling rig. After 24 years the drilling was stopped because it was getting too hot inside it.
The site is currently controlled by the State Scientific Enterprise on Superdeep Drilling and Complex Investigations in the Earth's Interior (GNPP Nedra) as the Deep Geolaboratory. As of 2003, the deepest active bore is SG-5, at 8,578 metres (28,143 ft) deep and 214 mm (8+7⁄16 in) in diameter.
Born on September 18, 1961 in Reading, Pennsylvania as Lori and Dori Schappell, Lori and George Schappell, is believed to be the world's oldest female conjoined twins. The sisters are craniopagus conjoined twins which means their heads are joined together since birth. Though they share 30% of their brain matter, the sister have a very different personalities and living, insofar as possible, individual lives and a a mark of individuality, and disliking the fact that their names rhymed, Dori changed her name to Reba. By 2007 she was preferring to be known as George.
While Lori is able-bodied, George has spina bifida which has caused growth retardation of her lower body and severe mobility impairment. The two women are therefore of very different heights. There was no wheel chair that suited George's unique condition, because to move around, she must be raised to her sister's height, to avoid undue strain upon Lori's neck and back. The only thing on wheels that was the right height was a bar stool. Using this as the foundation, George designed the wheelchair that she currently uses. One of the benefits of having a high wheel chair is that, unlike most people in conventional wheelchairs, the user is raised to about the height of a standing adult, which better facilitates normal communication.
Marsupial mammals like Kangaroo carry their young through early infancy in their distinctive pouch (called the marsupium). Babies are born blind, underdeveloped and very delicate and immediately after being born, they need to climb to their mothers pouch or they will die. This video shows the babies extraordinary journey of a new-born Kangaroo from it's mother's birth canal to it's pouch.
At 13 years old, Alfie Patten became United Kingdom's (UK) youngest father when his girlfriend, Chantelle Steadman, 15, gave birth to Maise Roxanne on Feb. 9, 2009. At 13, baby-faced Alfie looks very young for his age and if you look at him, he's like an older brother to his daughter. In fact, the couple with looks like brother and sister.
Here's the video of the couple with their daughter.
Being the first recipient of a bionic arm, Jesse Sullivan is the world's first bionic man. He lost his arm when an accident happen while working as a high-power electrical lineman. The accident caused his two arms. With a bionic arm from the innovative "Bionic" research at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Jesse, is able to do things he couldn't do after the accident.
Developed within the Neural Engineering Center for Artificial Limbs (NECAL) at RIC, Todd Kuiken, MD, PhD, pioneered the muscle reinnervation procedure which takes an amputee's own nerves and connects them to a healthy muscle. In this case, four of Mr. Sullivan's nerves were dissected from the shoulder and transferred to the muscles of his chest. Doing so allows the user to move his or her prosthetic arm as if it were a real limb – by simply thinking about what they want the arm to do. The "Bionic Arm," or myoelectric arm, is driven using electrical signals from the muscles of the chest, now activated by the user's own thought-generated nerve impulses. These impulses are sensed, via surface electrodes, from the pectoral muscle and carried through to the mechanical arm, causing the arm to move.
At 10 years old, Maughan Wellham of Melbourne, Australia is already competing in bodybuilding competitions. But at age of 10, she is still to young for such competitions. In fact, event organizers have to create a division only for her age for her to compete. Despite her enthusiasm of the sports, she sparks concern from health experts and family groups, to which her mom depends her saying she saw nothing wrong with her daughter's daring display at the All Female Natural Muscle & Fitness Classic
"Maughan wanted to do it for fun. So I investigated it. I am very protective of my children," she said.
The mum of five, from Maitland in NSW, said Maughan was a fitness fanatic who runs, does push-ups and squats, but doesn't use weights. "I think it's very irresponsible to put a child on weights," she said.
Ian Boynton, a 42-year-old Iraq war veteran, pulled 13 of his teeth with plier. Those teeth were giving his severe pain so he took matter in his own hands because he couldn't find NHS dentist to seek dental attention for free.
He said: 'I started having pain in a front tooth, which protruded slightly more than the others. I was constantly fiddling with it and wiggling it because it hurt so much.
'In the end I knew it had to come out and had to use the pliers to pull it. Amazingly, it did not hurt as much as you might think.
'I think I'd been prising it that much in the meantime that I'd been killing the nerve.'
This news agency mistakenly put a mugshot of a hamster in place of Rodney Stanger, the kidnapping suspect of Molly Bish - a 16 years girl who banished from her lifeguarding job 8 years ago.
James Harrison of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFL's defensive player of the year this season, made the longest Play in Super Bowl history. He ran 100 yards towards touchdown, after intercepting the ball, coming through all the defense of the opposing team, the Arizona Cardinals.
He made his history making play, just in time before the half-time of the Super Bowl 43 ends, giving them 17-7 lead against the Arizona Cardinals. The Pittsburgh Steelers won the game with the final score of 27-23.
Baby Kamani Hubbard was born with twelve fingers in both his hands and feet. All his fingers look normal that the doctors and nurses didn't noticed. It was only his Dad, who has also an extra finger as a child, who noticed it.
His condition is called Polydactyly. But Baby Kamani Hubbard's case is extremely rare because all his fingers looks normal and functioning properly.
Aside from being the most-watched U.S. television broadcast of the year, the Super Bowl is the second-largest U.S. Food Consumption Day after the Thanksgiving Day.
To give you an idea, here are some Super Bowl food facts.
The average Guacomole that is consumed on that day is 8 million pounds, 14,500 tons of chips and 4,000 tons of popcorn. Ten million man-hours is spent on Super Bowl food preparation. On Monday, the day after the Superbowl, antacid sales increase to 20 percent and 6% of all working Americans will call in sick the day after the Bowl.
So whether you are in a mega Super Bowl party, at home with your family, or just watching alone, you are one in an estimated 95 millions of Americans who will watch the game.
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Kevin Kowalski, senior vice president of global brand management at Holiday Inn, said: ‘The Key Card Hotel is a fun and interactive way to showcase the changes happening at our hotels and is the only structure of its kind to ever be created by a hotel brand.’
"It started with a few hard bumps so I tried to apply antibiotics and creams but it didn't get better," he explained.
At 8 feet and 1 inch, Sultan Kösen currently is the world's tallest living man. His feat was recently recognized by the Guinness World Records and he is included in the book's 2010 edition. He beat Bao Xishun for the world record. Aside from the height, Kösen is also the current Guinness World Record holder largest hands, and largest feet, measuring 27.5 cm and 36.5 cm respectively.
"It's a beautiful building," said their attorney, John Ewing, who is representing 27 others who made deposits on units. "The problem is, it's a very lonely building."
Thousands of pilgrims gathered on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India to experience the eclipse as a religious or spiritual event. Some people expected that there would be a relationship, either positive or negative, between their health and the occurrence of the eclipse. Indian scientists observed the solar eclipse from an Indian Air Force plane
No one can see your passwords or whatever you're typing… 
No one can see whatever you're typing or which website you're surfing… 
"It was hard, yes, very hard," Mr Rosset said, freshly arrived back in Europe after ending his 10-month stint in Tonga.
The study, published today in the journal NeuroReport, measured how long college students could keep their hands immersed in cold water. During the chilly exercise, they could repeat an expletive of their choice or chant a neutral word. When swearing, the 67 student volunteers reported less pain and on average endured about 40 seconds longer.
If you're a big fan of BitTorrent, you might want to fire up your bittorrent client with one of the top ten most pirated movies on BitTorrent right now. RocknRolla, who was starred by 300's Gerard Butler, tops the list.
World's largest basket-shaped building, Newark, Ohio.
"Big Golden Guitar", located at Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
The World's Largest Muskie, at the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame; Hayward, WI.
World's Largest Axe in Nackawic, New Brunswick
Paletta Grande. The big scoop aluminum sculpture situated posterior to Da Vinci's Horse is 12x12 foot with a 22 foot wood handle.
Salem Sue a.k.a. The World's Largest Holstein Cow, is a large fiberglass holstein cow sculpture located in New Salem, North Dakota
Big Pineapple at Nambour, Queensland
"At 100, I have a mind that is superior — thanks to experience — than when I was 20," she told the party, complete with a large cake for her.
Sophie’s mind-boggling survival story, chronicled on TODAY Tuesday, began as Jan and husband Dave took their pet along for a sailing trip off the coast of Australia last November. When the sea grew rough, Sophie dropped into the water.
Hippos are very aggressive towards humans and are often considered one of the most dangerous animals in Africa. It is claimed that they kill more people than any other animal except mosquitos.
While Lori is able-bodied, George has spina bifida which has caused growth retardation of her lower body and severe mobility impairment. The two women are therefore of very different heights. There was no wheel chair that suited George's unique condition, because to move around, she must be raised to her sister's height, to avoid undue strain upon Lori's neck and back. The only thing on wheels that was the right height was a bar stool. Using this as the foundation, George designed the wheelchair that she currently uses. One of the benefits of having a high wheel chair is that, unlike most people in conventional wheelchairs, the user is raised to about the height of a standing adult, which better facilitates normal communication.
Developed within the Neural Engineering Center for Artificial Limbs (NECAL) at RIC, Todd Kuiken, MD, PhD, pioneered the muscle reinnervation procedure which takes an amputee's own nerves and connects them to a healthy muscle. In this case, four of Mr. Sullivan's nerves were dissected from the shoulder and transferred to the muscles of his chest. Doing so allows the user to move his or her prosthetic arm as if it were a real limb – by simply thinking about what they want the arm to do. The "Bionic Arm," or myoelectric arm, is driven using electrical signals from the muscles of the chest, now activated by the user's own thought-generated nerve impulses. These impulses are sensed, via surface electrodes, from the pectoral muscle and carried through to the mechanical arm, causing the arm to move.
"Maughan wanted to do it for fun. So I investigated it. I am very protective of my children," she said.
He said: 'I started having pain in a front tooth, which protruded slightly more than the others. I was constantly fiddling with it and wiggling it because it hurt so much.
James Harrison of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFL's defensive player of the year this season, made the longest Play in Super Bowl history. He ran 100 yards towards touchdown, after intercepting the ball, coming through all the defense of the opposing team, the Arizona Cardinals. 
Aside from being the most-watched U.S. television broadcast of the year, the Super Bowl is the second-largest U.S. Food Consumption Day after the Thanksgiving Day.
