Texts and Tweets Saving Lives in Haiti
As relief efforts on the earthquake-ravaged island of Haiti continue, social media and mobile technology are playing an increasingly important role in assisting rescue workers. While millions of people have been texting monetary donations from abroad, many others in the eye of the disaster are using texts and tweets to communicate with volunteers, and to help them save lives.
With even the island's most basic communicative infrastructure destroyed, people have turned to their cell phones as the prim……
'First Person Tetris' May Be Fun, But Hazardous to Your Health
Ever since Alexey Pajitnov first assembled the game code back in the 1984, there have been countless versions of 'Tetris' introduced to countless game consoles. With each iteration, developers tried different takes on the original: 'The Next Tetris' included multiple piece previews; 'Tetris: The Grand Master' first allowed you to rotate pieces before they actually showed up on the main screen, and 'Tetris DS' offered a 'Metroid'-themed “Catch Mode,” where you rotat……
In More Dumb News, Injuries to Texting Pedestrians on the Rise
By now, it's pretty much common knowledge that texting while driving isn't such a safe idea. As the New York Times reports, though, even texting while walking can be pretty perilous, as well. While most injuries incurred by pedestrian texters are pretty, um, pedestrian, doctors say they've seen a marked increase in the number of patients treated for much more serious text-induced injuries. A recent Ohio State University study claims that in 2008 alone, no less than 1,000 patients were sent ……
