Researchers have come up with a new password system that involves little pictures and patterns instead of characters. The system, called GOTPass, was developed by researchers at Plymouth University in the U.K.
For anyone who has struggled on a gym mat, hands behind head, straining to touch elbows to knees, there’s good news: The sit-up’s reign as a workout standard may be ending. People from high-profile exercise gurus to military experts are arguing that the sit-up, that staple of fitness tests, presents too great a risk of back injury. One move, called plank pose, has expanded beyond yoga classes and is used widely in physical training in place of sit-ups.
Solazyme, a company founded 12 years ago to make car and truck fuel from algae, is vigorously pushing a new product. But this time it is a fuel for the body, cooking oil, based on algae, marketed as healthful for you and the planet.
Much more is highlighted in A Look Ahead.
