Everyone in This Village Can Speak Sign Language So Deaf Residents Can Be Treated Equally

Instead of ostracizing their deaf residents, this little village made up their own form of sign language so everyone could communicate.

By Jeanne Goddard

18 July 72 Views

This 2-Year-Old Deaf Girl Loves People - So Her Whole Neighborhood is Learning Sign Language

As a means of having a conversation with their friendly little neighbor, this entire community is learning sign language.

By Jeanne Goddard

18 February 60 Views

How People Think We Should Use Slang, and Which Ones Should Never Be Heard Again? Survey Says…

This new survey asked 2,000 Americans when it was appropriate to use slang and which words might be the most irksome to hear.

By Jeanne Goddard

30 March 64 Views

App Lets Families Easily Send Printed Photos to Their Loved Ones in Jail With a Swipe of a Button

An app that is being called "Instagram for Prisons" allows families to stay in connect with inmates simply by taking a cell phone picture.

By Donald Crabtree

11 February 64 Views

Study: Talking to Other Commuters on Trains is Not a Drag After All

Commuters in a Chicago area train station were asked to participate in an experiment. Instead of remaining isolated, like most commuters do, they agreed to talk to the stranger next to them. Cy the end of the train ride, commuters who talked to a person nearby reported having a more positive experience than those who had sat in solitude.

By Jeanne Goddard

07 May 60 Views

This is Why You Should Never Judge Too Quickly

A series of funny TV ads produced by Ameriquest clearly demonstrate why it is not a good idea to judge our fellow human beings too quickly. Situations are often not what they seem. Humor makes the point so very well in these clever ads.

By Jeanne Goddard

04 December 58 Views

New York City Pay Phones Get 21st Century Makeover

You can still see more than 10,000 coin-operated phones around New York City today. What seems a relic of the past in this age of mobile technology, became a vital link in an emergency for those who had no power to charge their devices during Hurricane Sandy. Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched a design contest to reinvent the lowly payphone and bring it into the 21st Century.

By Jeanne Goddard

26 March 58 Views

NYC to Replace Phone Booths with 10,000 Super-Fast Wi-Fi Kiosks

Beginning next year, New York will replace the city's pay phone booths with 10,000 new wi-fi kiosks that can connect 250 devices to the internet simultaneously. They will feature keypads to make calls on, charging stations and tablets with connecting speeds 20 times faster than the average home.

By Jeanne Goddard

21 November 59 Views

9-11 Aftermath: An E-mail from the U.S.S. Winston Churchill

Two days after 9-11, the German ship approached. It was flying an American flag at half-mast. They had made a sign to display on the side that read, We Stand By You. The entire crew was manning the rails, saluting, in their dress blues.

By Jeanne Goddard

13 September 68 Views

Toastmasters Reforms Inmates While They Are in Prison

I recommended to a self-help group of inmates at a Louisiana prison in DeQuincy that they start a Toastmasters club in the prison. Out of 60 inmate Toastmasters who had been released from prison from 1986-1991, not one had been re-arrested.

By Jeanne Goddard

03 February 58 Views

"On Second Thought" App Lets You Take Back What You Text

Have you ever wanted to take back an inappropriate or embarrassing text message? There's an app for that.

By Ishmael Evans

31 August 63 Views

Apes Appear To Have Potential For Human Speech: Study

New research suggests that apes have the ability to perform behaviors that require vocal and breathing control and may have the ability to develop speech.

By Ishmael Evans

20 August 92 Views

College Kids' Invention Connects Disaster Workers When Cells Are Down

Reachi, a communication device soon to be in the hands of the Filipino Red Cross, can help emergency responders stay in touch even when cell signals are down.

By Jeanne Goddard

05 May 62 Views