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In this article it mainly talks about the new invention in the Microsoft Xbox 360 system. This invention is only for the Xbox 360 and it scans your body so that your body can be the controller. This has made a huge impact on other systems like the Nintendo Wii or the playstation Move. But those systems require a remote control not your own body. Also it explains how the Xbox kinect has many games that copies real life activities. It even has many weight loss activities that you can do and the kinect has made a social change by making your body the remote so that you don't have to be just sitting on the couch all day eating chips.

"Reading is the most important academic skill and the foundation for all academic learning. If our children cannot read, they are on the road to academic failure. Teaching children to read must be our highest priority." The Orton-Gillingham method is language-based and success-oriented. The student is directly taught reading, handwriting, and written expression as one logical body of knowledge. Learners move step by step from simple to more complex material in a sequential, logical manner that enables students to master important literacy skills. This comprehensive approach to reading instruction benefits all students.

This video clip is about how people practice religious belief through the net. Which basically means their body is not presented in a church.

You're not RoboCop, and you're not Terminator, but you're cyborgs every time you look at a computer screen or use one of your cell phone devices. So what's a good definition for cyborg? Well, traditional definition is an organism "to which exogenous components have been added for the purpose of adapting to new environments." That came from a 1960 paper on space travel. Because, if you think about it, space is pretty awkward; people aren't supposed to be there. But humans are curious, and they like to add things to their bodies so they can go to the Alps one day and then become a fish in the sea the next.

This article discusses the importance of fashion and physical appearance to society.