Playing an IPhone Game With a Quadricopter

clipped from blogs.wsj.com French wireless device maker Parrot S.A. created a stir at the Consumer Electronics Show in January when the company showed a quadricopter prototype that can be controlled with an iPhone and used with videogames. In a concept known as augmented reality, it allows users to pilot the quadricopter while playing a game on an iPod touch or iPhone, featuring the drone. The front-camera of the iPhone captures the drone’s movements and incorporates them into a game.

Facebook Posts to Appear in Real-Time Search Results

As of today, real-time results from millions of users’ Facebook posts will now appear in search results on OneRiot, one of the world’s leading real-time search engines.

clipped from mashable.com As of today, real-time results from millions of users' Facebook posts will now appear in search results on OneRiot, one of the world's leading real-time search

When Did You Really Become an ‘Adult’?

clipped from blogs.wsj.com When Did You Really Become an ‘Adult’? A recent story in the NY Times looked at the ever lengthening road to adulthood: National surveys reveal that an overwhelming majority of Americans, including younger adults, agree that between 20 and 22, people should be finished with school, working and living on their own. But in practice many people in their 20s and early 30s have not yet reached these traditional milestones.

Hone Ownership Rethinking Part of the American Dream

clipped from www.wallstreetjournal.com Rethinking Part of the American Dream To examine the eye-popping dimensions of the housing bust, New York Federal Reserve Bank economists calculate the fraction of families who actually have equity in the house they own. In San Diego, for instance, the home ownership rate had fallen to 55% last year from a peak of 63%. But by late last year, the fraction of households with equity in their homes was between 35% and 39%. In hard-hit Las Vegas, nearly 59% of households own their homes, but only 15% to 19% of households own a home in which they have any equity left. For many, the American dream of home ownership turned into a nightmare of debt and foreclosure. Some people should rent.

Fred Wilson -- People I Follow and Recommend

Fred is worth following. On top of everything going.

clipped from bobdemarco.blogspot.com Fred Wilson -- People I Follow and Recommend Fred Wilson has a terrific Blog -- AVC musing of a VC in NYC. The website is full of excellent information slanted to private investing and "tech". Fred also likes to branch into finance and investing topics. Like this one on Gold. This article received 211 thought provoking comments. Fred has a great portal on Eqentia. This contains all the information that is interesting to Fred in a given day. If this fits your appetite I suggest you take Fred's daily digest email from Eqentia. I am hoping that Fred notices my blog -- Alzheimer's Reading Room someday and adds it to his news feed. There can be little doubt that a high percentage of his readers have been touched by or are worried about Alzheimer's disease -- 100 Million Adults Touched by Alzheimer's

Medicare Doc Fix Update: 19-Month Relief Flops in Senate

clipped from www.wallstreetjournal.com Medicare Doc Fix Update: 19-Month Relief Flops in Senate When we last checked in on the looming 21% Medicare payment cuts for doctors, the AMA had unveiled a multi-million dollar ad campaign chiding senators for heading out of town over Memorial Day rather than staying behind to fix the payment formula for good. And not even a Band Aid has been applied to the problem since — yesterday the Senate effectively rejected a spending bill that included a 19-month fix for Medicare payments. The WSJ reports that a vote on a scaled-back bill with shorter-term relief for doctors might be up for a final vote by the end of the week. The Associated Press says that the latest version of the bill would include only a six-month fix. Politico reports the fix could be six or …

FDA: 'Female Viagra' falls short

Keep your fingers crossed

clipped from www.google.com WASHINGTON — A pink pill designed to boost sex drive in women — the latest attempt by the drug industry to find a female equivalent to Viagra — fell short in two studies, federal health regulators said Wednesday. The Food and Drug Administration is considering Boehringer Ingelheim's drug flibanserin for premenopausal women who report a lack of sexual desire, a market that drugmakers have been targeting for more than a decade since the blockbuster success of Viagra in men. The search for so-called "female Viagra," has proved elusive though, with many drugs abandoned after showing lackluster results. On Friday the FDA will ask a panel of experts to weigh in on the safety and effectiveness of Boehringer's drug. The agency is not required to follow the group's advice, though it often does.