Link Collection

It is sad to read how children in military families may suffer from more emotional and behavioral difficulties than other US youth, with older children and girls struggling the most when a parent is deployed overseas:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091207095503.htm

Article about how DARPA is funding work on equipment to create lightning on demand:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/21/darpa_lightning_on_tap/

Sandia scientists developed tiny glitter-sized PV cells that can generate the same amount of electricity with 100x less silicon! This will enable even clothing to be turned into solar chargers:
http://www.sandia.gov/news/resources/news_releases/glitter-sized-solar-photovoltaics-produce-competitive-results/

Article about the first school in the US that follows a curriculum entirely focused on video games:
http://www.parade.com/news/2009/12/20-can-video-games-teach-kids.html

For the first time, a company in Arizona's employer-sanctions law punished a company for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants (the company apparently even knew that the Social Security numbers were fakes). However, the company is already out of business, so the punishment is really just symbolic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/12/18/20091218lawasuspension1218.html

Sprint is looking to make a big splash at CES with 4G news, including the CEOs of Microsoft and Best Buy, and celebrities to try to attract crowds at CES:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-looks-headline-ces-4g-event/2009-12-22?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Meru filed for an $86.25 million IPO:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/185236/meru_files_for_enterprise_wifi_ipo.html

Two Brooklyn EMTs are under investigation for allegedly walking away from a pregnant woman who ended up dying. Witnesses said that the EMTs said that they were on break so they told people to call 911, got their bagels and coffee, and left the store:
http://wcbstv.com/local/bloomberg.blasts.emts.2.1383846.html

Barnes & Noble customers who do not receive their e-book reader Nook in time for Christmas will receive it by December 29 and get a $100 gift card. I think that is a pretty generous offer and if I had ordered one I'd actually hope that it showed up late so that I could get that gift card:
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-376019.html