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Teens and Pop Culture

If you ever doubted that pop culture had a firm grip on the lives of American teens just read this next blog. Eighteen-year-old Amanda Barnett loved the CBS crime drama “CSI” so much she let it influence a major career move. Really major. According to news reports, the high school senior has become Indiana’s youngest certified death investigator. Barnett reportedly received her certification last month and is one of the county’s four deputy coroners. And in an example that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree—-Barnett works for her father who happens to be the county coroner. Because of … Continue reading →

Be Sure to I.C.E. Your Cell Phone!

Following the Terrorist Bus Bombings in London a movement to educate the public and start a new trend was made when Scotland Yard issued a request that citizens be sure to I.C.E. their cell phones. This movement started because in the aftermath of the bombings many dead and injured people were found in possession of cell phones. Authorities and emergency workers finding the cell phones believed they were good tools to use for contacting family or friends of unidentified victims. The problem was that most of the found cell phones had more then just a few programmed phone numbers or … Continue reading →

One–Of-A-Kind Shopping Cart

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a… flying shopping cart? Not exactly. But, it could be once the kinks are worked out. And once it takes flight we’ll have two University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee engineering graduates to thank for the jet-propelled shopping cart invention. Andy Kraft of Milwaukee and Erik Hopfensperger of Appleton just graduated from college (both were awarded bachelor’s degrees on Sunday), but they are already making names for themselves. All it took was a little ingenuity… and a lot of work to create their one-of-a-king shopping cart complete with a motor from a rechargeable drill, a homemade … Continue reading →