Poor dental health care in the U.S. has high costs, and children frequently pay the price. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that children from lower-income families are twice as likely to experience tooth decay than those who come from higher-income households. Part of the problem is that many…
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Shades of the Future: How Tzukuri is Transforming the World of Sunglasses
Tzukuri, an Australia-based company, is making waves in the worlds of fashion and technology with a new type of bluetooth-enabled sunglasses. The sunglasses, featuring lenses which are handcrafted by artisans in Japan’s Fukui prefecture, feature a small, low energy chip in the frames. This chip can be synced with a…
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Plaintiff Seeks Damages Typical of Personal Injury Lawsuits in Emotional Distress Case
In April, the name Sharlene Simon made headlines when she sued the families of the boys she had killed and injured in a 2012 car accident. Simon, from Ontario, Canada, sued for emotional distress, claiming that the three teenage boys she had hit, one of whom died, were “incompetent bicyclists.” While…