A new device, known simply as the EyeGo, has been developed by scientists at Stanford University to improve eye care across the world. Using an iPhone app, an onboard camera, and a sort of telescopic lens, EyeGo takes high-definition photographs of the front and back of the eye. This huge improvement to eye care, particularly…
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Couple Finds Python Hidden Beneath Couch Cushions in Long Island
When flipping over a couch cushion, most expect to find coins, a missing hair tie, or other lost items. A Long Island couple moving in to their new apartment this week were in for a surprise when they flipped over a couch’s cushions and found not crumbs, but a 3-foot-python.The SPCA has determined that the…
Pink 5.5 Carat Diamond Sells For More Than $9 Million
UPDATED 1/15/21 An oval pink diamond sold for $9.5 million at Christie’s New York Important Jewels sale on Tuesday, June 10. The light pink diamond was 5.5 carats. An original estimate placed the diamonds value at $7.5 million. “Colored diamonds continued their fabulous run at Christie’s spring auction season, with multiple phone lines bidding enthusiastically…
Couple Discovers 1,400 Buried Coins in Backyard, Worth at least $10 Million
Three months ago, a couple in Northern California discovered about 1,400 rare, mint-condition gold coins from the 19th century buried in their backyard — and on Tuesday evening, they auctioned off some of these coins at the Old San Francisco Mint and found out just how much their backyard dig was worth.According to USA Today,…
Shape Magazine Refuses To Print Woman’s Picture After 172 Pound Weight Loss
Illinois blogger Brooke Birmingham shed 172 pounds. The blogger, understandably proud of her feat, happily responded to Shape magazine’s request to feature Birmingham’s story. The Illinois woman was not happy, however, when the magazine refused to print a picture of her in a bikini, reportedly owing to her excess skin.“When Birmingham sent them an ‘after’ bikini photo…
New Sunglasses Add Instagram Filters to Sunglasses, Putting the Fun in Functionality
Instagram has quickly become one of the most popular social media platforms in the world. At last glance, the photo-sharing service had 200-million active users. Altogether, these users have uploaded more than 20-billion photos to the service. One of Instagram‘s biggest draws is the ease with which users can apply tweaks in the form of…
Transit Oriented Development is the key to better cities
Since years, the builders of city have been demanding for transit adjustment development for coping with the growing population density. Today, after many years, the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy has announced a new TOD (Transit Oriented Development) concept. Actually, TOD is meant to design the land for prioritizing different modes of transportation. In simple words,…
9 storey eco-friendly Melbourne apartment building goes up in 5 days
While writing on what will be the world’s tallest modular building, I received a tweet from Australia: “Whilst progress stalls on NYC modular tower, 9-storey Melbourne building goes up in 5 days”. Basically, this building comprises 34 one bedrooms and 2 bedrooms over 9 level. It was being constructed through Unitized Building system of Hickory Group…
Times sets goals for city-wide yard sale
The officials of Bowling Green Times are glad to announce that we are going to sale the Bowling Green city-wide yard. The annual event is supposed to be held on 7th June along with the Chamber of Commerce’s Park Day. In the past few years, both events had been colliding with each other. But, this time,…
Airport urges Rhode Islanders to vote local in JetBlue ‘green’ contest
Officials of T.F. Green Airport requested to the people of Rhode Island to give the state chance through social media votes for getting the “green space” public park. Actually, this contest had started in the first week of this month and the airliner was using it as a campaign for declaring April month as the…