• According to Body Hack, the Japanese are convinced that Red Sox player Daisuke Matsuzaka will be a "warrior on the field" because he has Type O Blood, which prompts them to muse on the social significance of blood type in Japan and ask readers if they know theirs. Me? I have no frickin' idea. Mom?
• The perfect way to tell if your long-distance girlfriend is cheating on you: Israelis have developed Skype's first lie detector add-on.
• The launch of Google Patent Search allows everyone to easily scour the US Patent Archives for the most improbable time-travel and perpetual motion devices.
• I'm a huge Guitar Hero fan, so this delights me: Tigers' pitcher Joel Zumaya's absence from three games of the playoffs was prompted by shredding wicked solos on a plastic toy guitar. I know the feeling: after an especially long Guitar Hero session, my hand has become nothing more than a contorted claw.
• Also at Gear Factor, the world's first idiot-proof beer making machine.
• Furthermore opens up entries for the 2006 Foot In Mouth Awards.
