The researchers told New Scientist magazine they plan to incorporate their findings into security monitors to identify crimes before they happen. A transmitter attached to the body or clothing beams the oldster's coordinates to a local server, which shows concerned relatives who access the system the person's exact location on a computerized map. Red Rocket Jeans feature a zipper inside the right-hand pocket that allows discreet probing. William Gorra invented a device that monitors hand washing, primarily by doctors and nurses. It includes a sensor that attaches to soap dispensers and a processor and memory chip that retains information about employees.
Users enter identification information before washing their hands.
The information is available to administrators who want to check how often each worker washed his or her hands. The Washington Post reported that Libya's Moammar Khadafy has designed a sleek, five-passenger automobile to be manufactured and assembled totally in Libya, a nation with no history of auto production and little technological infrastructure. Great Escape James Springette, an American being held in a maximum-security prison in Bogota, Colombia, escaped by requesting a new mattress, then wrapping himself in the old one when it was carried away. Although most of the women hung up, he persuaded at least six of them to mutilate themselves, including one who, following Sherer's instructions, cut off her nipple and flushed it down the toilet. The 390-pound woman, who enrolled in a government program aimed at getting jobs for people out of work for a long time, insisted her size was preventing her from finding work.