Power from your potato-chip habit?
Published 11:06 pm Thursday, May 20, 2010
Power suits: Microfibers that produce electricity from motion may soon be woven into clothing that would let you recharge your cell phone or iPod with energy gained from physical activity.
Scientists hope to use the technology to power your remote control, too, but only if they can harness the energy you expend reaching for potato chips.
Lovely Rita, anti-terror agent: In the aftermath of the foiled Times Square bombing, the nation’s meter maids have become footsoldiers in the war on terror.
A new government program has them on the lookout for suspicious activity. They’re told to look for anyone marking car tires, drivers making repeated trips on the same block, and anyone jotting down license plate numbers.
Meanwhile, on the midway: The Mariners snapped their losing streak Thursday, thanks to an RBI base hit by Ken Griffey Jr. in the bottom of the ninth.
Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Kevin Gregg took the loss, but it wasn’t all bad for him. He did win a large stuffed animal for his precisely aimed pitch that struck Griffey’s bat, the most elusive target in all of baseball.
