2008 Woodie Awards
Vote Absentee
Eva Feldman's daughter waited 72 hours to report to campus police that she had been raped in her dorm room at Indiana University. She waited four more days to tell her parents. "I didn't want to make daddy cry," was her daughter's reason. Her behavior is typical of rape victims, who delay reporting their attacks, if they ever do, for many reasons including shame, fear, guilt and a flawed judicial system. (12) comments
Prosthetics are all the rage these days. Manipulating robotics to circumvent the motor problems or to simply play video games is overtaking some of the most nuanced biological discoveries. A European Union funded team, which goes by the name of RobotCub, is attempting evolve robotic technology by treating it like a child's play. (0) comments
