Open Bionics just unveiled Star Wars, Marvel and Disney themed prosthetics for kids

Most prosthetic manufacturers build their products with a certain amount of blandness so their artificial limbs won’t stand out. So much effort is put into making them appear natural that some artificial limbs are so real realistic that they are indistinguishable from a real limb when viewing them at a distance. While most manufacturers take this realistic approach, UK limb maker Open Bionics is going to the opposite extreme,creating brightly colored, kid-friendly prosthetic hands that are branded after popular superheroes and movie characters.

The company unveiled it hand designs this week during the Disney Accelerator Demo Day. Powered by Techstars, the Disney Accelerator program provides funding and resources to technology innovators. During the three-month program, entrepreneurs are provided with $120,000 in capital and receive mentorship from Disney’s executive leadership. At the end of the program, participants then present their inventions and services to a group of investors, fellow entrepreneurs, industry leaders and Disney executives in an annual Demo Day event.

Not only is The Walt Disney Company consulting on the project, it’s also providing a royalty-free 

license to Open Bionics, allowing them to use the company’s popular assets –like characters from the

movie Frozen– in their limb design. This allowed Open Bionics to design its prosthetics without having 

to pay additional fees for its child-friendly designs. Also providing their expertise were Industrial Light &

 Magic’s xLAB division and Walt Disney Animation Studios.

   

MARVEL Reveals 2016 Event Series: AVENGERS: STANDOFF!

Marvel's next big event will come in early 2016 withAvengers: Standoff!. Announced at New York Comic Con during the "Marvel: Iron Man & Avengers" panel, this newseries kicks off in March with Standoff!: Assault On Pleasant Hill Alpha by Nick Spencer and Jesus Saiz. The story continues on in tie-in issues of Sam Wilson, Captain America; All-New, All-Different Avengers; Uncanny Avengers; New Avengers, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D; and other titles to be announced.

Here's Marvel's official description:

From the outside it looks like any other remote small town. Only Pleasant Hill is anything but.  This gated community holds a dark and sinister secret – one that keeps its residents locked away behind its walls. Now, the time has come for its townsfolk to finally escape. As their revolt begins - why then are the Avengers trying to keep them inside?! And what does it have to do with S.H.I.E.L.D.? Even Earth’s Mightiest Heroes won’t be prepared for the truth behind Pleasant Hill.

            Breaking! Pentagon Admits To Paying $500 Million To Train ISIS Fighters!

The high ranking brass at the Pentagon thought they knew something that every lower enlisted man or woman who ever spent a day in the Middle East did not, that being, that you could “trust” the people in the Middle East.

After spending $500 million last year to train and equip “Syrian Rebels” only to see ALL of them later switch sides, taking their new skills and equipment with them, to fight for ISIS, the Department of Defense has now said they will no longer be training these “moderates” to fight on the side of the West.

No doubt Russia’s recent entrance into the War in Syria played a major role in this decision, as it would no doubt be viewed as if we were also fighting Russia by supporting the very “moderates” that Russia has been making short work of in the past couple of weeks.

It’s a shame that the U.S.’s fear of a war with Russia speaks louder to our decision makers in Washington than the U.S. citizens who fund their foolish ideas with tax dollars, or the hundreds of thousands of combat vets who have returned from the wars in the Middle East, who learned first hand the real difference between a “moderate” and an “extremist” muslim. What’s the difference? This vet will tell you, the difference is that an extremist wants to cut your head off. A moderate wants an extremist to cut your head off. That took one year in Iraq to learn, not $500 million!

                      Dr. Knjazkin: Ceapa poate face minuni!

Reteta urmatoare, creata de renumitul medic din Sankt Petersburg, a fost prezentata pe un canal celebru al televiziunii ruse, si se adreseaza persoanelor cu hipotiroidism (tiroida subactiva).

Seara, inainte de culcare, taie o ceapa pe jumatate si asteapta sa isi lase sucul..........

Glanda tiroida este alcatuita din doi lobi, unul stang si unul drept, legati intre ei printr-o fasie subtire denumita istm.

Ia cele doua jumatati de ceapa si maseaza usor cu ele zona glandei tiroide, folosind miscari circulare. Foloseste una dintre bucati pentru lobul drept, iar pe cealalta pentru lobul stang. Dupa incheierea masajului baga-te direct in pat, fara sa speli zonele de aplicatie, astfel incat sucul de ceapa sa poata actiona in continuare pe timpul noptii. Acesta este un mod complet natural de a stimula functia glandei tiroide.

Dr. Oleg Torsunov sustine ca bolile tiroidiene, in special hipotiroidismul, pot fi tratate prin folosirea muzicala a vocii (chakra gatului). Potrivit medicului, sistemul endocrin, precum si toate celelalte organe ale corpului, se afla in stransa legatura cu sentimentele si emotiile, in special cu sentimentul de iubire. Prin urmare, glanda tiroida este afectata in mod direct de emotiile negative.

Emotiile negative raman blocate in corp, unde se inmagazineaza pana ce incep sa genereze boli tiroidiene.

Potrivit Dr. Torsunov, cel mai bun mod de a dispersa emotiile negative acumulate este prin cantec. In opinia lui, cantatul poate ajuta la reducerea nodulilor tiroidieni intr-un timp foarte scurt.

George Sytin este un celebru academician rus si singurul om de stiinta din istorie care a dezvoltat o metoda stiintifica de a scadea varsta biologica a unei persoane. Argumentele sale stiintifice au fost acceptate si recunoscute de numerosi cercetatori contemporani renumiti din Rusia, SUA si Europa. Metoda stiintifica dezvoltata de Sytin poarta denumirea de SOEVUS, si reprezinta o tehnica de control emotional si al functiilor fiziologice ale corpului prin intermediul cuvintelor rostite.

In timpul celui de-al doilea razboi mondial, academicianul rus a fost grav ranit, iar medicii au considerat ca invaliditatea dobandita avea sa fie permanenta si netratabila. Cercetatorul a conceput in acea perioada o serie de manuscrise vindecatoare care, contrar asteptarilor, l-au ajutat sa se refaca complet.

Axata pe tehnici de control al vocii, SOEVUS este o metoda complexa de gestionare a starilor emotionale cu rasfrangere directa asupra functiilor fiziologice ale corpului.

Pentru a avea rezultate, trebuie sa asculti cel putin unul dintre textele concepute de Sytin de cca. 500-1000 de ori. Poti face asta oricand pe parcursul zilei, in timp ce esti la serviciu, acasa, sau atunci cand te deplasezi cu masina, cu autobuzul sau pe jos.

Seara, inainte de a merge la culcare, fa testul cu iod-povidona. Substanta este disponibila in orice farmacie. Inmoaie in iod un tampon de bumbac si traseaza trei linii (subtire, medie si groasa) pe muschii bratul stang. Astepta ca iodul sa se usuce, apoi mergi la culcare.

Verifica starea bratului in dimineata urmatoare. Daca remarci ca doar linia subtire a disparut, inseamna ca nivelul de iod din organism este unul normal. Daca a disparut linia medie sau groasa, inseamna ca ai un deficit de iod. Daca au disparut toate cele trei linii, este semn ca suferi de un deficit sever de iod, care poate duce la boli tiroidiene.

                       

                      Russian Aircraft Help Syrian Army Liberate Town Near Latakia

According to a Syrian Army official, government forces have retaken the town of Baksa with the aid of Russian air support.

The Syrian Army faced steep resistance from well-trained and experienced militants, who previously fought in Afghanistan and Iraq," General Samir Suleiman, political chief of the Syrian Army, told reporters.

The town, around 100 kilometers from Latakia, was captured by Nusra Front militants in the beginning of August. A Russian air strike three days ago destroyed an arms depot in Baksa, greatly damaging the militants' capabilities.

Suleiman also added that the bodies of approximately 40 civilians were found in the town, murdered by the terrorist group.

Syria has been mired in civil war since 2011, with the government fighting against multiple opposition factions and extremist groups, such as the Islamic State and the Nusra Front.

Russia’s Sukhoi Su-25, Su-24M and Su-34 attack aircraft, with the support of Su-30 jets, commenced precision airstrikes against IS targets in Syria on September 30, following a request from Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Roughly 140 sorties have been carried out by the Russian military since the Syria campaign began.

Earlier in October, Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riad Haddad confirmed that the strikes were being carried out against armed terrorist organizations and not political opposition factions or civilians. He added that Russia’s airstrikes had destroyed 40 percent of Islamic State's infrastructure in Syria.

On Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry released video of airstrikes conducted  against the self-proclaimed Islamic State terrorist group south of Tertiyah.

Two Explosions Rock Railway Station in Ankara, Many Casualties Reported

Two explosions took place near the railway station in the center of the Turkish capital of Ankara on Saturday ahead of the trade union's anti-war rally, Doğan News Agency reported.

More than 100 people were injured, according to the Turkish Interior Ministry.


The Turkish government officials said that the blast was a terrorist attack, investigators claim that suicide bomber was responsible for the accident.

Area 51

Former Area 51 workers to share secrets of the base

Some of the secret history of the Area 51 military base will be unveiled by a few of the men who worked there during the tense era of the Cold War.

The Groom Lake facility is likely the best known military base in the world, largely because of stories first broadcast on 8 News NOW in the late 80s.

The public is invited Friday night to hear from a few of the CIA employees who worked on top secret spy planes and other projects.

Also on the panel, the CIA's official historian, and the CIA gift shop will be open as well.

The event kicks off at 6 p.m. at the National Atomic Museum located at 755 E. Flamingo Road.

I-Team reporter George Knapp will be the moderator.