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Extreme Star Wars Sleepover! by Kidz Timez 1.24.12 Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Home & Hobbies “Ripley’s Beleive it or Not!” Museum in Times Square, New York will host a “Star Wars Extreme Sleepover” in their 18,000 square foot facility on February 10th. The event on West 42nd street will cost $145 dollars which will include exhibits, dinner, snacks and breakfast. Guests as young as 6 years old with an adult over 21 may attend but even those who are 106 can join in on the fun! The Star Wars Sleepover begins on Friday at 7pm and ends at 8am the next morning.

Everyone will be greeted by Jedi Warriors and Storm Troopers and the night will be filled with “Star Wars” games and activities such as Yoda mask making and Wookie cookie decorating. The sleepover will also include movie tickets to “Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace in 3D”.

If you have time, you will also get to enjoy the other oddities at the museum which include: a Transformer statue made completely out of used car parts or their infamous “Black Hole” experience!

World’s Most Expensive Pizza by Kidz Timez 1.5.12 Posted in Arts & Entertainment The Guinness World Record for the world’s most expensive pizza has been set by the restaurant Gordon Ramsey Maze in London. It is a thin-crust, wood fire-baked pizza topped with onion puree, white truffle paste, fontina cheese, baby mozzarella, pancetta, cep mushrooms, freshly picked wild mizuna lettuce and garnished with fresh shavings of a rare Italian white truffle. This pizza will set you back $1,250 (£700) per pound (1 kg)!

Apple’s Future Batteries Will Last Weeks-Long by Kidz Timez 12.26.11 Posted in Science & Technology Apple, aware of U.S reliance on fossil fuels from overseas is looking for alternative renewable resources to power their devices. Their patented hydrogen fuel cell technology could allow their computers and phone’s battery life to be weeks-long and would make all their devices much lighter. The technology works by converting hydrogen and oxygen into water and electrical energy, an innovation already being analyzed for cars and the military.

Orangutans Using iPads by Rafaela Frota 1.6.12 Posted in Science & Technology That’s right, orangutans at select zoos were recently introduced to some of the apps targeted at children and are soon to Skype with other orangutans as well!

These animals share 97 percent of their DNA with humans and seemed to have an incredible reaction when initially introduced to the tablet. When asked about the matter, Trish Khan, Milwaukee County Zoo’s orangutan keeper said, “They like many of the free apps that I think children would like – they like the free apps where you can finger-paint, they like the apps where you can use the drums”.

It is believed that such interaction provide both physical and mental stimulations to the apes in captivity. Other facilities such as Zoo Atlanta and the Smithsonian National Zoo have joined forces with Orangutan Outreach and are now hoping to familiarize more orangutans with the gadget and accepting donations of gently used iPads.

As of now, the orangutans have not been left with complete possession of the tablet, for “as soon as we hand them over to the orangutans, we figure the lifespan could be as little as 15 seconds – whether they meticulously take them apart or just snap them in half,” and they must therefore, with the help of the zookeepers, interact with the device while still in captivity.

Whether we will develop tougher covers for the iPad or soon see an “Ape Apps” section at the App Store, is unclear, but some would say this is how Planet of the Apes truly began. How do you feel about this new approach?

Watch as Trish Khan talks about the program and the orangutans are seen in action:

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