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"Korean scientists have created a domestic robot that cleans up, dumps clothes in the washing machine and even heats food in the microwave."

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/01/133_59176.html

Over the weekend, 14 people were trapped in an elevator in the tallest building in the world. They were safely returned to solid ground within 15 minutes, according to Otis, the company that designed the lift for the new Burj Khalifa complex in Dubai. But the incident undeniably tarnished the unveiling of what had been called the most perfect elevator system in the world.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122457774

It's not an amphetamine or stimulant, the article explained: it doesn't make you high, or wired. It seems to work by restricting the parts of your brain that make you sluggish or sleepy. No significant negative effects have been discovered. Now students are using it in the run-up to exams as a "smart drug" - a steroid for the mind.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/my-experiment-with-smart_b_156954.html

Parent alert: the Walt Disney Company is now offering refunds for all those "Baby Einstein" videos that did not make children into geniuses.

They may have been a great electronic baby sitter, but the unusual refunds appear to be a tacit admission that they did not increase infant intellect.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/education/24baby.html

Does an enriched environment make the kids smarter?