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Can't tuna fish: Gibson, the guitar maker, has a new “robot guitar” called Dark Fire that can tune itself with a simple strum of the strings.

And here's a bonus feature for parents looking for a gift for their teens: It can be programmed to go silent the moment it senses an opening chord for “Smoke on the Water,” “Stairway to Heaven” or “Free Bird.”

Daddy, why couldn't you be a lawyer? A couple in Calgary, Alberta, who work as lawyers, have convinced their children's school district that their son and daughter not be assigned any homework because of the stress it causes.

They may have second thoughts, however, when the rest of the student body petitions to be adopted by the couple.

The modern stone-age family: The zoo in Warsaw, Poland has put a man and woman dressed as “cavemen” in a cage to show the differences and similarities between early homo sapiens and modern man. The couple smoked a fish, poked at it with a stick and stared at zoo visitors.

You can see how far we've advanced. Now, if you'll excuse us, we're going to microwave some fish sticks, poke at them a bit with a fork and watch “Survivor: Samoa.”