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Tech Demos That Went Horribly Wrong

To be perfectly honest, I thought this was just going to be another lame top 10 list…but the Apple blunders video and watching the robot fall down the stairs makes this one worth the click to check out.

You’re poured millions into R&D. You’ve cranked the hype machine into overdrive. And now you’re on stage in front of millions of adoring fans. And what do they do? They point and laugh. Yup, it’s the 10 worst tech demo disasters.


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How long could you survive without food or water?

How long can a human survive without food or water? In theory, when you finally run out of body fat, protein and carbohydrates, your body runs out of energy and stops functioning.

The longest recorded starvation was by the Irish hunger-striker Kieran Doherty in 1981, who died after fasting for 73 days. With a supply of vitamins and water, people have been known to survive over a year without eating. “It used to be a very fashionable way of losing weight around 30 years ago,” says Powell-Tuck. A human can be expected to survive for weeks without food, but a thirsty person deprived of water would last a matter of days.

Remove DVD & CD Scratches with Vaseline

Apparently you can use Vaseline and tissues to remove scratches from CDs and DVDs. Whew, after all these years, you might finally have a legitimate excuse to have that stuff on your desk.

Vaseline (Petroleum Jelly) can be used for chapped lips, dry skin, and for getting rid of head lice; but how about making CDs and DVDs readable again? Well, it does that too. There are also other ways to do this on the Instructables website, but I will show you the one that I believe works best.


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Video Games Cause Cavities

Not only do video games cause childhood obesity, diabetes, aggression, homicidal tendencies and venereal diseases, you can add cavities to the list now as well. It’s a miracle that video games don’t cause you to spontaneously burst into flames when you hit “start game.”

New research suggests snacking while playing computer and video games could be responsible for poor levels of oral health among young teenagers. The study suggests gamers who spend substantial amounts of time at the screen are more than twice as likely to develop tooth decay and caries as those with more active lifestyles.


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