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Chakra charlatan

New Age spirituality has a hard time being taken seriously to begin with, and programs like MB Chakras Astrology, like most other software from Mystic Board, don't help matters. Mystic Board programs tend to be heavy on advertising and light on content, and Chakras Astrology is no exception.

The program's interface is plain, with a box for users to enter their name and drop-down menus for the user's birth date. With that information entered, the program produces a list of "astro chakra details," including the user's sun sign, the associated chakra, and the chakra'… Read more

Gadget report from Yuri's Night at NASA

There was an amazing party last Friday at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif., celebrating the anniversary of the first human spaceflight, which was made by Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin. While CNET News.com has already penned a great article on the event, I thought I'd add my two cents on some of the cool gadgets I spotted at the party.

Peter Foucault's drawing robots drew a steady crowd the entire night. These two little robots had Sharpie pens mounted on them and were contained within what looked like a little robot boxing ring. Only … Read more