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LOTD for May 2

HUGE lithium discovery in Wyoming could contain 228,000 tons of lithium.  That is about 720 times the lithium the entire world produces per year:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/05/wyoming-could-have-up-to-18-million.html


Caltech developed an early warning system for earthquakes that saved lives in Japan when they had their 8.7 magnitude earthquake/tsunami in 2011...but for budgetary reasons California has not implemented the system yet:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/05/the-california-made-earthquake-alarm-that-works-but-california-wont-build/


IBM scientists made the world's smallest movie...made from *atoms*.  They used thousands of precisely placed atoms to create 250 stop-motion action frames:
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/05/scientists-make-world%E2%80%99s-smallest-stop-motion-film


The DOD is about to approve Samsung and Apple mobile devices for their personnel's use:
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424127887324582004578456940454210134-lMyQjAxMTAzMDAwMTEwNDEyWj.html


The battle between Dish and Softbank over Sprint is getting heated, with some things getting personal between their leaders:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/its-dishs-ergen-vs-softbanks-son-war-words-over-sprint/2013-05-02


5-year-old Kentucky boy accidentally killed his 2-year-old sister with a rifle that he was given as a gift:
http://news.yahoo.com/5-old-boy-shoots-2-old-sister-ky-161229579.html


New York realtor offered their employees 15% raises if they get a tattoo with the company's logo.  So far 40 employees have gotten the tattoos:
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/04/30/nyc-realtor-offers-employees-pay-raise-for-getting-inked-with-company-logo/
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