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  • Vertigo: A common problem that left one man teetering for months and months (I just got cured!)

    06/05/2014 6:49:38 PM PDT · by Seizethecarp · 53 replies
    Washington Post ^ | April 21, 2014 | Floyd Skloot
    March 27, 2009. I was fine the night before. The little cold I’d had was gone, and I’d had the first good night’s sleep all week. But when I woke up Friday morning at 6:15 and got out of bed, the world was whirling counterclockwise. I knocked against the bookcase, stumbled through the bathroom doorway and landed on my knees in front of the sink. It was as though I’d been tripped by a ghost lurking beside the bed. Even when I was on all fours, the spinning didn’t stop. Lightheaded, reaching for solid support, I made it back to...
  • Remote Control Device 'Controls' Humans

    10/25/2005 11:23:39 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 9 replies · 642+ views
    ap on Yahoo ^ | 10/25/05 | YURI KAGEYAMA - ap
    ATSUGI, Japan - We wield remote controls to turn things on and off, make them advance, make them halt. Ground-bound pilots use remotes to fly drone airplanes, soldiers to maneuver battlefield robots. But manipulating humans? Prepare to be remotely controlled. I was. Just imagine being rendered the rough equivalent of a radio-controlled toy car. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., Japans top telephone company, says it is developing the technology to perhaps make video games more realistic. But more sinister applications also come to mind. I can envision it being added to militaries' arsenals of so-called "non-lethal" weapons. A special headset...