The US military has begun the process of building virtual parents to temporarily replace soldiers who are sent to war zones or other distant places. The Department of Defense is soliciting bids to build the system: Topic Num: OSD09-H03 (OSD/DHP) Objective: To develop a highly interactive PC or web-based application to allow family members to […]
Month: January 2009
“Up, up and away!” with EneMan
Perhaps no pharmaceutical company knick-knack is stranger than objects featuring a “superhero mascot” created by Fleet Pharmaceuticals and dubbed EneMan. (Yes, he is shaped very much like an actual Fleet enema.) EneMan is supposed to promote screening for colorectal cancer…. there are actually poor slobs out there who are hired to don an EneMan suit […]