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UK: Post Office study reveals 'NoMo Phobia'

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2008-07-17 18:19:16 by Ben Robinson in IntoMobile
...Phobia" - a cunning play on words from having "No Mobile" I presume They 'sampled' 2163 adults (I assume asking questions, rather than taking their DNA) and the results make for interesting, if predictable (in this day and age) reading When asked why they never switched their mobile off 55% said keeping in touch with family and friends is the...
 
Tags: office, mobile office, office mobile, mobile, mobile phones, results apparently, microsoft office, nomo phobia, results
 
 
 
 
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BehindTheMedspeak: Gephyrophobia

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2008-01-11 10:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
 
...phobia is a fear of bridges I learned that in the fourth paragraph of Lisa W. Foderaro's interesting story in the January 8, 2007 New York Times about the condition and problems which result Here's the Times story. To Gephyrophobiacs, Bridges Are a Terror The Verrazano-Narrows bridge has been called a study in grace For Jan Steers, it was a...
 
Tags: tappan zee bridge, tappan zee, bridge, bayonne bridge, brooklyn bridge, mackinac bridge, brooklyn, phobia workshops, phobia
 
 
 
 
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Good Mental Health Starts with Your Feet?

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2007-12-09 20:01:58 by Dean in The Gadget Panel
...phobia Just the other day, I got the Medi-Points Foot Massager in the mail from Gadget Universe . At first impression, I was a bit skeptical, considering my traumatic history with feet. You see, this gadget deals with two things in which I have a phobia: feet and personal massage devices. So, I left the Medi-Points Foot Massager s box out a...
 
Tags: medi-points foot massager, feet, wifes feet, phobia, foot phobia, gadget universe, mediterranean beauty, deep brown eyes, personal massage devices
 
 
 
 
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Phobialist.com What are you afraid of?

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2008-01-12 10:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...Phobia List I have been working on this list for several years It started as a lark one day and grew from there Please don't ask me about curing phobias because I know little about them My interest is in the names only All the phobia names on this list have been found in some reference book If you're looking for a phobia name that's not on...
 
Tags: phobia list, list, phobia, phobia names, names, reference book, missouri correspondent, website, fredd
 
 
 
 
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Good Mental Health Starts with Your Feet?

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2007-12-09 20:01:58 by Dean in The Gadget Panel
...phobia Just the other day, I got the Medi-Points Foot Massager in the mail from Gadget Universe . At first impression, I was a bit skeptical, considering my traumatic history with feet. You see, this gadget deals with two things in which I have a phobia: feet and personal massage devices. So, I left the Medi-Points Foot Massager s box out a...
 
Tags: medi-points foot massager, feet, wifes feet, phobia, foot phobia, gadget universe, mediterranean beauty, deep brown eyes, personal massage devices
 
 
 
 
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University Students Design Innovative MINDSTORMS NXT Robot for the Human-Robot Interaction Conference

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2008-04-13 08:00:00 by LEGO Mindstorms - Whats New in Robotic-Lab.COM
...phobia. By allowing children to watch as the robot gradually overcomes its fear of bigger machines, they too can learn to cope with their own phobias. Phobot overcame its fear for Alpha-Rex and danced with joy Second place in the competition went to PotBot , a flower robot that is designed to live in harmony with nature. PotBot was a...
 
Tags: robot, human-robot interaction conference, larger robot, robot overcomes, overcomes, human-robot interaction, flower robot, conference, university students
 
 
 
 
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BottomsUp Purifier Lets You Drink City Water, Possibly Urine [Concept]

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2008-01-18 22:30:07 by posted by Pantha in
...phobia regarding your drinking water, this BottomsUp concept may be right up your alley. All you need to do is screw the filter onto any standard PET bottle and the water that emerges on the other side should be nice and clean. You can also attach a PET bottle on either end for an easy transfer. Something tells me that this idea is good...
 
Tags: standard pet bottle, pet bottle, bottle, water, easy transfer, yanko design, additional picture, bottomsup concept, nice
 
 
 
 
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BottomsUp Purifier Lets You Drink City Water, Possibly Urine [Concept]

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2008-01-18 17:30:07 by Sean Fallon in Gizmodo
...phobia regarding your drinking water, this BottomsUp concept may be right up your alley. All you need to do is screw the filter onto any standard PET bottle and the water that emerges on the other side should be nice and clean. You can also attach a PET bottle on either end for an easy transfer. Something tells me that this idea is good...
 
Tags: standard pet bottle, pet bottle, bottle, water, easy transfer, yanko design, additional picture, bottomsup concept, nice
 
 
 
 
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Mecha-Chu HeliBug

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2008-03-10 09:02:55 by Editor in Ubergizmo
...phobia towards all things creepy crawlie. It won't have the agility of an actual bug, but it is capable of ascending and descending in addition to turning left and right courtesy of its helicopter-like rotors. No forwards or backwards flight for this remote controlled toy though. It follows the principle of diminishing returns, where a 30...
 
Tags: mecha-chu helibug, mecha-chu helibug retails, taiyo toy, dual copter blades, toy, realism ante, helicopter-like rotors, transparent wings, creepy crawlie