News of the day

There is music drivers aren’t to listen to. Top five?

1. “Ride of the Valkyries” by Richard Wagner
2. “Dies Irae” from “Requiem” by Giuseppe Verdi
3. “Firestarter” by Prodigy
4. “Red Alert” by Basement Jaxx
5. “Insomnia” by Faithless

Human trials are set to begin on a brain-computer interface involving implants.

Cyberkinetics Inc. of Foxboro, Massachusetts, has received Food and Drug Administration approval to begin a clinical trial in which four-square-millimeter chips will be placed beneath the skulls of paralyzed patients.

If successful, the chips could allow patients to command a computer to act — merely by thinking about the instructions they wish to send.

A water that isn’t wet.

As part of a demonstration, Pelton submerged several items into a tank of Sapphire that was on the Good Morning America set. Books did not get wet.