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17 Jan 2014

With the new 'Traffic Light Assist', you might never stop at a red light again: said Audi

Red light can be annoying especially when you are in haste.

Audi is developing a system know as 'Traffic Light Assist' that shows drivers exactly how far their next red is, helping them time their drive to minimize stopping.

The display, in the dashboard in front of drivers, shows a traffic light icon  with a countdown timer that reads the number of seconds before a light changes from red to green.

Surgeons use student's toe to create new finger

A Surgeon in Changsha, in China's Hunan province, has successfully created a new finger for Ha Yuan from his amputated toe.
Hu Yuan lost his left third finger in a childhood accident and has live without it ever since.
But after graduating, and believing he was been discriminated by employers because of his disfigurement, he decided to fix it.

24 steps to falling in love according to two second grade girls

Falling in love is a topic explored by countless poets, singers and writers, and now two second grade girls have provided their own insight into the phenomenon.

According to writer Ted Scheinman, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the girls wrote the list on a napkin during 12 minutes of free time that they had after they finished an assignment early. He tweeted the picture of the list composed by two students at the Boston school where his sister teaches.