Question: Can Science Help You Get Clean and Sober?

Sobriety is a difficult thing to obtain and its even harder to maintain, but the first step to clean living is going through detox. The science behind detox is way the body becomes addicted to substances and how it develops a physical need for them over time. Just trying to quit cold turkey is made nearly impossible by the body's natural withdrawal behavior. It could take days or weeks of pain and suffering to rid your body of drugs, alcohol or prescriptions. Unfortunately up until a short while back, this was the mandatory first step in recovery.

Luckily for us there has been a new breakthrough in the science of detoxification. The concept of rapid detox combines the medicine of withdrawal with the benefit of anesthetics. Typically rapid detox involves being put under with general anesthetics for 2 to 8 hours and having a regime of cleansing medicines rid your body of the addictive substance. Patients do not feel the pain of detox and wake up with a fresh start on the road to sobriety. Currently there are several facilities in the U.S. which provide this service and hopefully in the future it becomes for widely available.

Question: Did Apple Make the iPad 15 Years Ago?

Well sort of. It was called the Apple MessagePad and it was the first personal digital assistant devices developed by Apple Inc. This was actually over 17 years ago in 1993. It wasn't a touch screen like the iPad is but it did have handwriting recognition using a stylus.


Unfortunately it wasn't a big success -- I guess it was just something being ahead of its time. This was before PDAs like the Palm Pilot and it was certainly before the iPhone, iPod, and whole smart phone craze we see now.

Question: Should I Buy Insurance Online?

Yes! By "buying insurance online" I assume you mean shopping for it online. You buy it from a company which may be only Internet based (not likely) or has an online storefront but regular bricks and mortar stores. Of course you should shop for it online. From online life insurance to car insurance, shopping online lets you compare multiple sites in mere minutes! Forget calling around - just compare online and find the best deals out there.

Question: What Are the Specs on the iPad?

Interested in the new iPad, the latest creation out of Apple? Well here are the specs you need to know about:

• multi-touch interaction
• LED-backlit 9.7-inch (25 cm) color LCD display
• built in virtual keyboard for text input
• Standard WiFi or optional 3G modem
• 9.56 inches x 7.47 inches x 0.5 inches

How long do you have to wait to buy one? Well the Wi-Fi model is available in March 2010 while the 3G model will be hitting the streets April 2010.

Question: What Else Did Dean L. Kamen Invent?

You probably heard of Dean L. Kamen when you talk about the Segway personal transporter. But Mr. Kaman also introduced other inventions to the world including a low cost portable water filter system for the developing world (read the patent on Google) and also a compressed air self projection device for SWAT team members. How interesting! Lets hope these new inventions prove to be more useful than the Segway for Mall Cops.

Question: What Was the eMac?

Remember back when there was a product called the eMac? Well its OK if you don't because it was a very niche product. The eMac which stands for "education Mac" was an Apple desktop computer made between 200 and 2006. The original purpose of the eMac was to have a cheaper alternative to the iMac for schools. After a few years the product was released to the general market but it was soon discontinued as the iMac grew more powerful and cheaper.

(Photo care of Jari Soikkeli)

Question: How Can You Measured Body Fat?

Home can you measure body fat? Well there are ways to do it with scales and a large body of water like a pool, but more reasonable and realistic is to buy a hand held specialized device which calculated body fat based on the electromagnetic / resistance properties of body fat. These hand haled devices measure your body's impedance and based on height and weight it will tell you what percent body fat you have. Its an important measure to know in the path to quick weight loss. You need to know how much body fat you have now so you can compare it to later and know if you are making the right progress.

Question: When Will the iSlate be Released?

When will Apple Inc's iSlate (or whatever it will be called) be released and announced? Well there are two issues there. First when will it be officially announced? The original announcement of an announcement occurred on 18 January 2010 with several media outlets saying they had received event invitations from Apple for a media event. The announcement stated "Come see our latest creation" and the date of the announcement shall be held on 27 January 2010 at 10AM PST. As far as when the new product will be available, no one knows for sure. Some say it will be a few months until it will be available.

Question: What is Meta Data?

Strictly speaking, meta data is data which describes data. How this idea is applied int eh 21st century is varied but when it refers to the Internet we are talking about data which describes the content or type of data held on websites. Tags for examples are types of meta data used to describe the content of blog posts. If you have a blog post about the diet pills reviewed, then the tags would be "diet", "pills", "weight loss", "review", etc and would use then indexed by search engines to understand what would be the content and relevance of the page.

Question: Who Owns the iSlate Trademark?

Who own the iSlate trademark? Well since 2006, the iSlate trademark has been owned by Slate Computing (USA) LLC of Wilmington, Delaware. This is the same company which owns the trademark "Magic Slate". So what will Apple Inc do if they name their new product the iSlate? Well they will probably already have an agreement with Slate Computing about use of the trademark whether that includes transfer of ownership or just exclusive rights to use. Let's see what Apple does next week when the "iSlate" is to be announced.