Chyden Finance: profit from hypocrisy

In the USA, Pres. Obama — who, like his wife, studied law — is promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education. (Warning: Registration might be required to access article.)

STEM education spokespuppet, Elmo

Sounds great, right?
So what if the US Department of Education reported in 2007 that 42% of US university students — including [...]

The Economist, a magazine, reports, “Increasingly fierce repression in Iran suggests that the regime has begun to fear for its future.”

Read the article and stay tuned.
The Iran Election Boogaloo continues.
Invest accordingly.
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The Telegraph reports that Spanish genetic scientists have cloned a Pyrenean ibex, which was declared extinct in 2000.

Young Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica), Sierra de Gredos, SpainPhoto: Jose Luis GOMEZ de FRANCISCO/naturepl.com

Unfortunately, the kid died shortly after birth, due to a lung defect that was similar to lung defects seen in other cloned animals. However, [...]

28 December is the Día de los Inocentes (Day of the Innocents), which is the Latin American equivalent of April Fool’s Day.
And what a Día de los Inocentes this year’s is! Even the US government is getting into the spirit of the season by punking the world.

Allegedly, following a failed Christmas Day attempt — [...]

BBC Online reports, “A man partially blinded in an attack in Tyneside [England] has praised scientists who restored his vision using stem cells.”
Russell Turnbull — who lost his vision in one eye following an attack with ammonia on a bus in Newcastle, England, UK, EU — and seven other patients at the North East England [...]

Wikileaks needs your help, and not just your money.
They are asking for financial, technical, and legal assistance.
Invest in the future of freedom, transparency, and independence accordingly.
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Following up on yesterday’s robot roundup, the Daily Mail brings this really creepy bit of holiday cheer from our quiet-yet-odd cousins to the north.
Le Trung of Brampton, Ontario, Canada, North America, Earth, apparently spent Christmas Day with his parents and the love of his life, Aiko (Japanese for ‘Love Child’).
Aiko is a robot that Le [...]

Willow Garage develops hardware and open source software for personal robotic applications.
That means that anyone can build one of these:

If cockroaches are more your thing, then check out the Dynamic Autonomous Sprawled Hexapod (DASH) robot from the Biomimetic Millisystems Lab at the University of California at Berkeley:

Prefer geckos? Check out the Stickybot from the [...]

Happy Festivus.
Air your grievances and invest accordingly.
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