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Yesterday was so slow, and today the phone has been off the hook! Jeez.

On the upside, I'm definitely more productive today than I had been yesterday. This is a Good Thing(tm).

stolen from netmouse and <lj site="livejournal.com" user="rikhei"

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Tongue action! Very cool.

Scientists Probe the Use of the Tongue

In their quest to create the super warrior of the future, some military researchers aren't focusing on organs like muscles or hearts. They're looking at tongues.

By routing signals from helmet-mounted cameras, sonar and other equipment through the tongue to the brain, they hope to give elite soldiers superhuman senses similar to owls, snakes and fish.

Researchers at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition envision their work giving Army Rangers 360-degree unobstructed vision at night and allowing Navy SEALs to sense sonar in their heads while maintaining normal vision underwater — turning sci-fi into reality.

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Underwater crime scene investigators might use the device to identify search patterns, signal each other and "see through our tongues, as odd as that sounds," Zinszer said.

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I have over 100 userpics now, although I have several I've never used. Fewer than 30 to go before I use up all of my spaces.

More, I want more!