Pill to Kill For

Here8217;s good news for all the thickheads. World8217;s first 8216;Anti-Stupidity-Pills8217; are on the way if Hans-Hilger Ropers, director of Max Planc Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, is to be believed.

Here8217;s good news for all the thickheads. World8217;s first 8216;Anti-Stupidity-Pills8217; are on the way if Hans-Hilger Ropers, director of Max Planc Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, is to be believed. The results of experiments on mice and fruit flies have been encourag-ing, as the pills have managed to thwart hyperactivity in certain nerve cells, help-ing to stabilise short-term memory and improve attention span, reports German Bild newspaper. Well, one can only hope that the pills work wonders on the minds of their human counterparts as well.

Cool About Uncool

And for all those who are sick and tired with the mainstream in just about every-thing, here is a refreshing breather in the form of a new website uncool-hunter. com. Believing in Salvador Dali8217;s assertion that whatever is out of fashion is actually the avant garde in fashion, the founder members of this group are trying to become the vanguard in anti-global trends. The 8216;uncool hunters8217; would cham-pion the cause of the trash, the bizarre, the kitsch, the cheap pretentious, the incoher-ent, the under professional, the under sci-entific and the underdeveloped. Sounds pretty cool. So, happy hunting!

Nine Times Sharper

Finally, the days of wrestling with paper and a rusty pair of scissors are over. The latest mean machine to re-duce a piece of paper to shreds is the nine-bladed monster of a pair of scissors. Not only would it cut through paper nine times faster than a normal pair of scissors, it would also easily slice through thick paper or even card-board without putting too much pressure on your fingers and wrist.

Weather Check

If you dread carrying an umbrella on you, fearing the prospect of the sudden burst of rain, there is hope. Till date, there have been many personal weather stations, catering to your need to anticipate the weather, but none were stylish enough to grab the eyeballs. The new Giovanni8217;s Per-sonal weather Station is all set to change the trend. It features a bright OLED dis-play, indoor/outdoor temperature, a hu-midity- measuring unit, self-setting atomic clock, multi-language support and a rotary dial for navigation.

8212;COMPILED BY ARITRO GANGULY JAYACHANDRAN