2014年1月23日星期四

We just weren't quick enough on the start today


For the second straight year in a row, the forward from St. Albert gave fans a reason to throw their teddy bears on the ice following a first period wrister from the left side that beat a sprawling Jacob Suppes in net."Shoot and close your eyes and hope it goes in. Two years in a row I guess I was lucky," said Lalot after the game.It wasn't all roses for the Barons though as the Storm retaliated with two second period goals to put the MOB's home winning streak on the line.After the team killed off a 5-on-3, Kevin Miller fed Houcher who carried the puck the length of the ice before dishing it across to Lalor who immediately deposited it into the net for his second of the night.With less than two minutes to go, Houcher took a feed from Lalor and walked through the MOB's defence unopposed before out waiting Suppes and scoring the game winning goal with a minute thirteen left on the clock. Fire officials recommended you have your chimney inspected every year.

Sony may be looking to take the relatively new field of wearable electronics in a slightly unexpected direction if a patent filed by the company is any indication. The patent isn't for a competing version of Google Glasses, nor on a watch so smart that it could join Mensa, but on the SmartWig. Scratching your head yet? Before you pull the rug out from under this concept, some of the possible applications are more useful than one might expect from a hi-tech hairpiece.Wearable electronics is a concept looking for killer applications. Currently, the largest sector for wearable electronics is in fitness and medical devices, often taking the form of bracelets or armbands. Smartwatches and computational glasses currently appear to be in second place, although they have not yet found their true purpose in the scheme of things either.No one, however, appears to have speculated about the vast potential and tremendous vistas that would be unlocked by hair with intelligence. The developers of Sony's SmartWig, Hiroaki Tobita and Takuya Kuzi, shared their thoughts on this issue in an essay last year:"There is a wide variety of wearable computing devices, such as computational glasses, clothes, shoes, and so on... However, most wearable devices have become neither common nor popular... We think one of the biggest reasons is the style... the focus has been [on] function, not style...

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