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Dearborn MI: Ford To Monitor Senior Tickers


Most of we seasoned roadies are still trying to figure out how to use cell phones, online banking and GPS. In another innovation we can hardly understand, the venerable automaker plans an on-the-road driver’s heart monitor with quick-stop safety features .

Ford will have a medical device that records the seated driver’s cardiovascular system for possible irregularities. It includes a camera that measures driver head movement, as well as sensors on the steering-wheel. If the contraption detects symptoms of a heart attack, it will take over steering and brakes. According to news reports, Ford may have the product on the market within five years.

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Spain: Las Vegas Gambling Resort For Madrid PDF Print E-mail


Remember the 1941 Tyrone Power movie, “Blood and Sand”? It was about the gory sport of bullfighting in Spain. By a strange coincidence, the title could fit a new enterprise starting soon in Alcorcon, a Madrid suburb.

The Sands Corporation, now with casinos in Asia, as well as in Las Vegas, is reaching across the Atlantic to build a casino resort in Spain. In some twisted interpretation of the old movie title, you could say new blood for the Spanish economy is being provided by the Sands.

To be called EuroVegas, and is expected to open within four years. During and after its construction, the casino resort will bring many thousands of local jobs to Spain.
 
 
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