Tactile or electronic skin is needed to provide critical haptic perception to robots and amputees, as well as in wearable electronics for health monitoring and wellness applications. Energy autonomy of skin is a critical feature that would enable better portability and longer operation times. This study shows a novel structure, consisting of a transparent tactile sensitive layer based on single layer graphene, and a photovoltaic cell underneath as a building block for energy autonomous, flexible, and tactile skin.

The entry level price of a new Chevrolet Bolt EV hatchback, for example, is more than $45,000 in Canada. Consumers biggest concern regarding all electric vehicles was range and a lack of charging infrastructure, not the price of the vehicle. And, in Canada, some argue one of the challenges facing would be buyers is the ability to find one at the dealership.

This paper describes an in depth audit that was conducted to understand how design of the vehicle cabin impacts on comfort, posture, usability, health and wellbeing in older drivers. The sample involved 47 drivers (38% female, 62% male). The age distribution was: 50 64 (n = 12), 65 79 (n = 20), and those 80 and over (n = 15).

Taking niacin by mouth along with medicines called bile acid sequestrants might reduce hardening of the arteries in men with this condition. It seems to work best in men with high levels of blood fats called triglycerides. But taking niacin does not seem to reduce hardening of the arteries in patients with a condition called peripheral arterial disease (PAD).

(Michael Laughlin/Sun Sentinel)”Gumbo, gumbo was essentially the word for okra in West African dialect so that was a big one that was brought over,” said Epps, who also chose to include yakamein on the menu next week, a dish with Vietnamese origins that over time has become a common dish among communities in New Orleans.”The thing that was cool is the people came in from Vietnam and Africa had the same ecosystem to work with so when they came up with this yakamein dish it ended up being a lot cheaper food that you could put together; beef jerky, some broth, an egg, hot sauce, some Cajun spices, some Creole spices dried spaghetti. They turned this into an impoverished meal that was filling and delicious. People sell it out of trucks in different wards in New Orleans.

I used to do work with a marketing company that curated lists of mail order customers, and they would use tricks that are vaguely similar. In my case it had to do with “nose hair clippers” you see, people who buy those things by mail fit into a special class of customer who are embarrassed to buy hygiene products at a counter. (The cashier might notice their nose hairs, egads!) So these really bad cheesy ads for nose hair clippers were actually not intended to make a lot of money selling the product; in fact the price was so low it a was a break even proposition at best.