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GOD'S WAYS

A New Jersey woman is organizing a drive to send cans of Silly String to Iraq, because she learned that in the age of multimillion dollar high-tech weapons systems, the simplest ideas can save lives. Michelle Shriver's son who serves in Iraq told her, troops often use the stuff to detect trip wires around bombs. He said before troops enter buildings they often squirt the plastic goo, which shots strands 10 to 12 feet in length across the room. Trip wires are nearly invisible, but if the Silly String falls to the ground, the troops know there are no trip wires. If it hangs in the air, they know they have a problem.

The military is reluctant to talk specifics because they don't want to tip off the insurgents. A military spokesman said U.S. soldiers are allowed to come up with new ways to do their job, and commanders are given money to buy "nonstandard supplies" if needed. Shriver says,"If I turn on the TV and see a soldier with a can of this on his vest that would make this worth it."

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/silly-string-has-serious-use-in-iraq/200612061406099. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell.

1 Corinthians 1:28 (CEV) "What the world thinks is worthless, useless, and nothing at all is what God has used to destroy what the world considers important."


GOD’S OMNISCIENCE

 

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a device that can detect a person’s feelings by bouncing wireless signals off their body. Researchers claim the technology is nearly 87 percent accurate, using a measure of heartbeats to recognize sadness, anger, pleasure, joy and happiness. The device does not have to touch the body to work, which means it could be incorporated into computers or cell phones. Researchers believe the device could be used to measure audience reaction to advertisements or to help make people happier by diagnosing depression or anxiety. —Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell.

 

Wireless signals can detect your feelings with new device,

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/wireless-signals-detect-feelings-device-143119236.html, Accessed September 20, 2016.

 

1 Samuel 16:7 (HCSB) “But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or his stature, because I have rejected him. Man does not see what the Lord sees, for man sees what is visible, but the Lord sees the heart.”



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