Britain’s Health Protection Agency (HPA) will be investigsating the health ramifications of WiFi, especially in schools. They will ascertain the average exposure to the low level radiation emitted by wi-fi access points and wireless links on computers.

A Japanese writing utensil mavens at Pentel combined nanotechnology and some major pow-wowing with expert aromatherapists to develop Ain Supplio pencil leads–writing leads with long-lasting fragrance that–get this–enhances your mental capacity! Now, I don’t know how true this is or where they get there data from but if it works where the heck was this back when I needed a brain boost back in highschool?

How it works is tiny nanocapsules hold scents for long periods of time–nearly three years in an unopened package, two years in the case case, and three months or more if left out, exposed to air. Well, there must be some merit to this madness since these lead sticks scooped up the 2007 Stationery of the Year Award, legit! Ain Supplio sets come in three scents, Refresh, Healing and Positive, cost under $2 each, and should be available for back-to-school time.

On August 7, the Endeavour will launch itself into space once again this year.  Teacher/Astronaut Christa McAuliff has been waiting 22 years for this day and will operate the shuttle’s robotic arm, transfer cargo, and even report to students at three different schools from space.  It would’ve been nice to have my science teacher teach astronomy from space.

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Damon Vander Lind, an MIT student, partnered with several of his schoolmates and created the pedal-powered propeller tricycle. The tricycle reaches 7 ft. and weighs about 1000 pounds. It made using aircraft-supply chromemoly tubing and old bike parts. The propeller was made from pink foam coated with fiberglass. Oh, and the propeller has LED lights on the blades, just for that dash of color. If you check out the video, you will the trike in action.

A new US study states that boys and girls who play video games on school days do less homework and reading than those who do not play the games. (Did we really need a study to tell us that?)

Boys average 30% and girls spend 34% less time studying.
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