Yahoo Odd News with Phil Lamaar

Phil Lamaar is in for Greg this week.

He reports on a $6 million blackjack winner, tea that comes from panda poo, and cloning a goat.

Here's the link:

http://news.yahoo.com/video/oddnews-22772304/6-million-blackjack-win-in-one-night-panda-poo-tea-noori-the-first-pashmina-goat-clone-28675683.html

Starbucks Opens First Juice Bar

Starbucks Corp opened the first store in its new Evolution Fresh juice bar chain on Monday, its biggest move outside of the coffee realm yet.  

Health drinks are big right now and kudos to Starbucks for trying to put their own spin on the juice bar concept.

The first shop, located in an upscale shopping area in Bellevue, Washington, is an affluent city just east of Seattle, will be watched very closely by Starbucks executives and analysts.

"Mixologists" at the new shop dispense a variety of juices - including apple, coconut water, carrot and beet - from taps to create "hand crafted" concoctions with names like "sweet burn" and "field of greens". The 8-ounce drinks sell for $4.99 and the 16-ounce drinks are priced at $7.99.  A tad bit pricey?

Fresh fruit and vegetable juices have gained in popularity in the United States with some health-conscious consumers using them as meal replacements, while others drink them as part of "cleansing" diets.

The world's biggest coffee chain bought Evolution Fresh for $30 million in cash in November to get a piece of that business.

Vibrating Tattoos - Coming to an Arm Near You

Cell phone company Nokia has issued a patent for a material that could be attached to human skin and would vibrate to alert the wearer of an incoming call or text message.

A patent application filed by Nokia last September would create, "a material attachable to skin, the material capable of detecting a magnetic field and transferring a perceivable stimulus to the skin, wherein the perceivable stimulus relates to the magnetic field."

In other words, it would be an attachable tattoo that would vibrate in response to a signal from an incoming phone call or text message.

How it works:

The ink material would first be exposed to high temperatures to demagnetize it. Then the tattoo would be applied. You'll apparently be able to choose the actual image you want as the tattoo. The procedure would be similar to that of getting a 'normal' tattoo.

Mexico Shakes With a 7.4

Usually most of the shaking coming out of Mexico involves what American tourists feel in their stomach when they return home, but today a strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Southern Mexico on shaking central and southern parts of the country. Fear and panic spread as a less powerful, magnitude-5.1 aftershock was also felt in the capital.

Hours after the shaking at noon local time, there were still no reports of death or serious injury.  Some buildings and homes were reported as damaged.

116 Degrees is Pretty Hot for iPad

Hotter than previous versions is what many are saying about the new iPad.

Consumer Reports found that Apple's new tablet racked up temperatures of 116 degrees Fahrenheit (47 Celsius) after 45 minutes of running an intense action game, up to 13 degrees F hotter than the previous model under similar conditions.

With tests using a thermal imaging camera, it ascertained that the front and rear of the tablet could run 12 to 13 degrees F hotter than the iPad 2.

The new battery is almost 70% bigger than pevious versions and that has to be the, or part of the reason for the heat.

The iPad 2 had a 25 watt-hour battery while the new iPad's battery has a capacity of 42.5 watt-hours, according to a tear-down analysis by iFixit.