Cisco has unveiled an amazing new technology that is light years beyond Princess Leia talking to Obi Won Kenobi. TelePresence was shown off in public for the first time recently:
Imagine how cool, yet creepy, this will be once we can make phone calls and the other party appears in front of you.
Today's Forgotten History: Americans used to salute the flag during the Pledge of Allegiance until 1942, when Congress banned the practice because it was too similar to the salutes used by Nazi's and fascists during WWII.
The salute was called the Bellamy salute, created by Francis Bellamy, who also created the Pledge of Allegiance. When the practice was banned in 1942, it was replaced by the hand over the heart gesture still in practice today.
Below is a picture of U.S. school children saluting the flag while reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
