Ramesh Raskar has a plan with an affordable likelihood of controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. Everyone in Illinois can help in making it occur. But Gov. J.B. Pritzker must make a telephone name first. Raskar, a former Google and Facebook technologist who holds just about 100 patents, heads a crew on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that has evolved a virtual touch tracing app. Called PrivateKit: SafePaths, it’s to be had unfastened from the iPhone and Android app retail outlets. Contact tracing is very important to preventing COVID-19. It’s considered one of what Pritzker calls the “three T’s” – checking out, tracing and remedy. The head of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says we want to
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Shareece Wright And His Uber Driver Had Hilarious Mix-Up Before 8-Hour Ride
Share this: Don’t you hate when you when you think you’re taking a guy to dinner and you end up driving him 552 miles across the country? Hadi Abdollahian knows the feeling. He’s the Uber driver who picked up Bills cornerback Shareece Wright at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport and made headlines by driving him all the way to Buffalo for Wright’s voluntary practice. But Abdollahian, as it turns out, was not aware he’d be driving his client to Western New York. “He told me Buffalo and I thought he meant Buffalo (Wild Wings) grill,” Abdollahian told the Washington Post in a phone interview. “So I said, ‘Yeah, for sure.'” That’s right: When Wright called Abdollahian and asked if he’d mind driving to Buffalo, the poor guy thought Wright
Tim Tebow’s Errant Throw Drilled Unsuspecting Fan Right Where It Hurts
Share this: It appears Tim Tebow still needs to work on his accuracy. The former NFL quarterback turned baseball player was warming up before his game Tuesday night and one got away from him. Tebow, who now plays for the New York Mets’ Single-A team, the Columbia Fireflies, accidentally hit an unsuspecting fan below the belt before their game against the Lakewood Blue Claws, according to the New York Post. “I hear this guy behind me yell, ‘Watch out,'” Doug Brustman told the New York Post. “And as he’s yelling, the ball comes right through the railing and hits me right in the nuts. It was a direct hit.” Brustman brought his 13-year-old daughter, Morgan, to see her idol play and ended up getting a
Falcons GM Wants To Change NFL Overtime Rules After Super Bowl Loss To Patriots
by Zack Cox on Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 9:09AM 2,555 Share this: After blowing a 25-point lead in the final 17 minutes of Super Bowl LI, Atlanta Falcons never touched the ball in overtime. Tom Brady and the New England Patriots won the coin toss and promptly marched 75 yards down the field for a championship-clinching touchdown. Had the Patriots come up empty on that drive or kicked a field goal, the Falcons would have received a possession of their own. But under NFL rules, if a team scores a touchdown on the opening drive of overtime, the game is over. Thomas Dimitroff would like to see that rule changed. The Falcons general manager said Tuesday on “PFT Live” he believes teams that surrender a
Tom Brady Showcases Competitiveness While Playing Video Games On ‘Conan’
Tom Brady doesn’t seem like a video games kind of guy, but he certainly is a competition guy. The New England Patriots quarterback took some time away from preparing for Super Bowl LI against the Atlanta Falcons to hang out and play video games with TV host (and Massachusetts native) Conan O’Brien for the “Clueless Gamer” segment on “Conan.” It’s actually a pretty fascinating video, as the often publicly reserved Brady let down his guard. In the process, we got his fashion critique of Bill Belichick — “He doesn’t give a sh-t” — and also saw his competitive side on full display. Even taking on a late-night TV host in a video game he’... NESN.com
Brandon Marshall Praises Patriots’ WRs, ‘Third Man Crush’ Julian Edelman
Share this: When it comes to wide receivers in Sunday’s Super Bowl LI, most of the attention is on the Atlanta Falcons’ Julio Jones, and rightfully so. But the New England Patriots also have an impressive wide receiving corps. Just ask New York Jets wideout Brandon Marshall. During an appearance on FOX Sports 1’s “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” on Thursday, Marshall had some pretty high praise for the wide receivers from the Jets’ archrival. “I love their receivers,” Marshall told Cowherd, as transcribed by FOXSports.com. “I love Edelman. He’s my third man crush. He is Steve Smith. That’s who he is. But like Deion (Sanders) said yesterday, it’s like reverse racism. Because he’s white, he doesn’t get the love he deserves. We all come
Here’s Why Chuck Liddell Wouldn’t Bet On A Ronda Rousey Win At UFC 207
Share this: On Dec. 30 at UFC 207, Ronda Rousey will make her highly anticipated return to the octagon when she squares off against women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes. But despite all the hype, UFC legend Chuck Liddell told TMZ he wouldn’t bet on Rousey, as he believes she should have eased herself back instead of jumping into a match of this magnitude. “I wouldn’t take the chance on her being (recovered) from all the mental stuff,” Liddell told TMZ, as transcribed by FOX Sports. “Personally, as a coach, I’d like to have seen her come back — it’s harder at her stature to take a lower-level fight — but I would have liked to see her come back in a smaller fight. I would