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Knockout with Knuckle Tattoos

Debasmita Ghosh — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:58:03 +0000

Next time someone asks you your birthday, all you need to do is show him your knuckles. Knuckle tattoos are very much in vogue, but hats off to Dan from Ontario, Canada, to come up with this great idea. For Dan, it stands for his identity in a...

Girl's hand reattached after jump rope accident

AP — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:30:33 +0000

A 6-year-old girl is recovering after surgeons reattached her left hand, severed when it was caught in a loop of jump rope that had snagged on the axle of her mother’s...

Hand-in-glove T-Shirt is a unique style statement

Radhika — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:21:56 +0000

Fashion knows no boundaries, sometimes it’s the Haute Couture on the runway and other times it’s the prêt that divas flaunt. However, for me it’s always the functional wardrobe that dictates my style. This quirky Hand-in-glove T-Shirt...

America: At the edge of history once again?

AP — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:57:21 +0000

One day this past January, Mary Kim Titla’s parents left their home on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in southeastern Arizona and drove across the desert to Phoenix with a single purpose in mind _ getting an up-close glimpse of a long shot...

`Angry' Iran sharpens tone with Baghdad's leaders

AP — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:38:01 +0000

When a group of Iraqi envoys headed to Iran recently, they were fully prepared for some tense moments. But they also hoped to come away with something to show for it: pledges of cooperation on weakening Shiite militias in Iraq.Instead, they got...

Man Cuts Off, Microwaves His Own Hand

AP — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:26:10 +0000

A man who believed he bore the “mark of the beast” used a circular saw to cut off one hand, then he cooked it in the microwave and called 911, authorities said.The man, in his mid-20s, was calm when Kootenai County sheriff’s deputies arrived Saturday...

Boy Glues Hand to Bed to Avoid School

AP — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:05:29 +0000

A 10-year-old Mexican boy dreaded returning to school after Christmas break so much that he glued his hand to his bed. Sandra Palacios spent nearly two hours Monday morning trying to free her son Diego’s hand with water, oil and nail polish...

ISU Working on Artificial Hands for Vets

AP — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:16:27 +0000

Idaho State University has received an $842,000 grant from the Department of Defense to develop a prosthetic hand that, rather than simply being attached, will be implanted and provide a sense of touch and temperature sensation by converting...

Wearable mobile device: Your hand is your new phone

Naveen — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:44:36 +0000

Wow! I feel like I am witnessing something from a futuristic work of fiction. Designer Sunman Kwon has developed this spectacular wearable mobile device for superior chatting purpose. Analogous to 3,5G, 4G communication standard, this device, worn...

Longpen Robotic Hand for si-fi autographs

Vikas Shekhawat — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 06:26:44 +0000

Margaret Atwood, the Canadian Booker Prize winning author has decided to put her sci-fi skills practically out of paper with her innovative robotic hand, the LongPen. Now, fans round the globe can have her si-fi robotic signatures even without...