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Reallife WipeOut

This is real! Using something called Quantum Levitation, liquid
nitrogen and all of the geek mind processing power that they could
muster - the Japan Institute of Science and Technology has created a
real-life working model of the video game WipeOut.

If you are not familiar with the WipeOut game concept – the basic idea
is to race funky looking hovercraft over various outta space tracks to
dubstep and Prodigy tracks. If it works as a model – it’s just a
matter of time before this is what our streets will look like.

Parental involvement in children's Facebook activities is essential

Technically only children aged 13 and older may register and maintain Facebook profiles but, in practice, children younger than this are active on Facebook. Children being active on the Internet poses a number of challenges, especially to their privacy and safety so it is essential that parents supervise their children when they use online services. If you are interested in finding out more, take a look at our post about what parents can do to better protect their children's privacy online.

Mashable published an infographic in a post titled "Most Parents Monitor Kids on the Internet – And Have Their Passwords" which is worth reading. 


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Incredible Things That Happen Every 60 Seconds On The Internet

In a single minute there are over 695,000 status updates on Facebook. That's just one example of the mind boggling scale of online activity.

The following infographics show a bunch of other incredible things that happen in 60 seconds (via Barry Ritholtz).

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