Researches step back, send SnE-mail (made up word)

Reasearchers at Bournemouth University (had to look that up, somewhere in a place called “England”) are pretentiously claiming a very clear NO! to technological advancement in their latest experiment.

Vicky Isley and Paul Smith have set up a project whereby real live snails, fitted with radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips, will forward emails to people, challenging the concept of modern day obsession with email speed and immediacy.

Smith believes that “culturally we seem obsessed with immediacy. Time is not to be taken but crammed to bursting point”. He hopes that his experiment will, “interrupt, for one small moment, our understanding of communication, allowing us to explore notions of time”.

I have a sneaking suspicion Smith will be exploring the notions of an unemployment cheque in the very near future. (Via The Inquirer)

Getting “up” in the morning never before so “hard”, poor innuendos

So if the concept of waking to the sound of your flying alarm clock crashing into your freshly painted walls is not tempting enough, (and really, how could it not be?), the advertising for this morning glory is truly marketing genius…

“How do you like to be woken up? By a group of nubile nymphs softly serenading and stroking your hair?”

Why yes, Latest Buy, I would like to be woken by a group of sex addicts singing softly to my well conditioned locks. It’s amazing, the way you totally identified your niche market for this product, and were not afraid to ask the tough questions.

Can you now please find a way for me to deal the dwarves I want to spank me while I read Plato and listen to Bittersweet Symphony?

When the alarm is triggered, an audible siren (as opposed to those annoying silent sirens) sounds and the propeller is launched into the air. To turn off the alarm the propeller needs to be placed back on to the base unit. By then you should be fully awake! (Via Latest Buy)