Goodness snakes alive: Expo brings unusual pets to Lima
By Sam Shriver - sshriver@limanews.com
Organizers of the BRM Exotic Expo, Richard Stevenson and Angel Johnson have no fear of this Banana Lemon Blast Ball python.
A red-eyed tree frog was one of the many exotic animals for sale Sunday at the BRM Exotic Expo in Lima.
This ocellated uromastyx, otherwise known as the Spiny Tailed Lizard, was alert and ready to go home with someone Sunday at the BRM Exotic Expo in Lima.
Larry Fortune, a vendor at Sunday’s BRM Exotic Expo, got comfortable with his Platinum Motley Tiger Reticulated Python.
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Tense your inner ear to control a computer Voluntary motion of a muscle deep inside the ear could control computers, particularly for those with advanced motor neuron disease or other form of restricted movement, according to the University of Bath.
GP Dr Nick Gompertz is behind the interface, and he is working with a team from the University.
“When I was a medical student, I witnessed people losing the ability to use keyboards that they relied on to communicate,” he said. “I have always been aware of the ability to tense a muscle in my ear, and so wondered if it could be used to control these communication devices.”