Mens Corner

Neil Harbisson, has crafted the world’s first cyborg man that allows him see colors by conveying musical tones to his brain.

The 31-year-old music artist said that it can be used to transmit colors from anyplace in the world but the overall aim is to search the use of bluetooth and Wi-Fi so he can have bone conducted internet connections and telephone calls using the antenna, the Daily Star reported.

Harbisson, who was born colour-blind, joined hands with his friend who was studying cybernetics and created a project where sounds were used to determine around 25 colors.

A man, who had come on a TV dating show looking for a relationship, confessed to killing his wife and a lover on camera.

Sefer Calinak, who appeared on a TV dating show in Turkey, stunned the host and the studio audience, when he said that he had killed his wife and later a lover with an axe during an argument, News.com.au reported.

The 62-year-old man said on The Luck of The Draw that he had served prison term for both of the murders and is now honest person who is looking for a new wife.

A new study suggests that 40 is not too old to start endurance training.

The study of healthy senior men has found that “relatively intensive” endurance exercise confers benefits on the heart irrespective of the age at which they began training.

The benefits were evident and comparable in those who had started training before the age of 30 or after the age of 40. As a result, the investigators said.

The study, which was performed in France, was reported at the EuroPRevent congress 2014 in Amsterdam by David Matelot, from the Inserm 1099 unit in Rennes, France.

Dull, tired looking skin is a thing of the past for men as global skin care brand Pond’s has launched their skincare range for men in India. The products will be endorsed by Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan.

The company is set to launch two different products under the brand – first is energy charge and the second is oil control.

Varun, who made his Bollywood debut with “Student Of The Year” and was last seen in “Mein Tera Hero”, will propagate a regular grooming routine for all Indian men, especially daily facial skin care.

“Man Hunt 2014”, a mega talent search event and fashion parade, was recently held here to provide a platform to the youth to showcase their talent.

All together 32 models from all the districts took part in the contest, which aims to promote harmony amongst the ethnic people of Manipur and encourage the youth to lead a healthy life.

The event was organized by the Research and Self Employed Academy of Creative Arts in Ahariya and Fashion.

Later the winner received a cash prize of Rs 30,000 and the subtitle winner received a cash of Rs 7000.

Scientists have revealed that men can die from being nagged by demanding wives or partners.

According to the study, the stress of constant arguments with family, friends and neighbours can triple the risk, the Daily Express reported.

Doctor Rikke Lund, of the University of Copenhagen, said that men seemed particularly vulnerable to the worries and demands generated by their female partners and can die from being nagged.

The study was published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. (ANI)

A US man, who has been arrested for killing his wife and parrot , has revealed that he shot them because he couldn’t handle their constant rabble.

Penton, from Huntsville, Alabama, US, also shot his three dogs and threatened his ex-boss, wife’s ex-husband and step kids in a violent spree, which was sparked by a text sent from his wife, the Daily Star reported.

According to the investigators, the text from her wife to a friend of hers complained that Penton had been home for a few minutes and was already talking “crap”.

Do you earn a moolah and have all good things in life? You may be losing out on your sex life, a fascinating survey suggests.

But when they do the real act, they do it in style and in a more adventurous way.

According to the survey of 1,600 people by the sex toy firm Lovehoney, people who are in key roles at the workplace prefer a more passive position in the bedroom.

The survey revealed that a third of people who earn more than 50,000 pounds (Rs.50.6 lakh) a year only have sex once a week.

Prateik Jain of Bangalore was announced the winner of the first edition of Provogue MensXP Mr. India 2014 here Thursday. He will now represent India at Mr. World 2014 pageant held in Torbay, Britain June 15.

The first runner-up title went to Puneet Beniwal from Delhi and Chennai’s Bharat Raj was declared as the second runner-up, said a statement.

The 14 contestants were judged by Bollywood celebrities Arjun Rampal, Arjan Bajwa and Elli Avram along with fashion designers Rocky S and Manish Malhotra.

Now you can pre-pay your home loans, personal loans or vehicle loans without having to worry about what your bank might charge you as penalty.

Banks get instructions from RBI not levy any penalty on individual borrowers pre-paying floating rate term loans.
“It is advised that banks will not be permitted to charge foreclosure charges/pre-payment penalties on all floating rate term loans sanctioned to individual borrowers, with immediate effect,” the RBI said in a statement.

A US man did not take shower for an entire year and dipped into rivers, lakes and even waited for rain s to clean himself up.

The 27-year-old adventurer and big environmentalist, Rob Greenfield, had earlier planned to go 100 days without using ‘manmade sources of bathing’ during a lengthy bike ride, but he later decided to go further with the idea as he enjoyed it completely, the Daily Star reported.

The California-based man used just two gallons of water a day for the year compared to 100 gallons a day that an average American uses.

Researchers have suggested that chances for bliss are highest when husband and wife both believe in sharing up the household labor equally.

The study also revealed that happiness won’t last long if one partner is perceived as not carrying their fair share of the load.

Men may take longer to recover and show more brain damage than women do in concussions, according to a study.

Concussions are the result of mild trauma to the brain, often caused by the blows to the head.

In the study, researchers examined brain scans and medical records of 47 men and 22 women with concussions, and a group of 21 men and women without any brain injury.

The results showed that it took men with concussions an average of 67 days to recover, compared with an average of 26 days for women.

Weekly consumption of sports drinks and energy drinks among teens is linked to higher consumption of other sugar-sweetened beverages, cigarette smoking, and screen media use, said a study.

Sports and energy drink consumption should be addressed as part of a clustering of unhealthy behaviours among some adolescents, the researchers noted.

“Among boys, weekly sports drink consumption was significantly associated with higher TV viewing,” said Nicole Larson of University of Minnesota in the US.

A UK man, who seems to be the vainest in the country, has claimed that he is so handsome and irresistible that the ladies just can’t say no to him.

Matt Dunford told a UK publication that he is proud to be Britain’s vainest man and even though some people think he is arrogant and he has had men start fights with him, but they’re just jealous, the Daily Star reported.

Andrew Garfield recently said that fathers have an ability to mess up their sons. The Golden Globe Award nominee asserted that ”The Amazing Spider-Man 2” was a cautionary tale for dads and a good dose of therapy would be beneficial to Spider-Man for sure, Contactmusic reported.

Garfield told Time Out Hong Kong magazine that when he will become a dad, he will have things messed up as soon as his child is born because there was an imperfection in being human that everyone had to accept. (ANI)

Low levels of testosterone can be associated with aggressive prostate cancer and indicate worsening of the disease in men who are afflicted by it, a significant study has said.

“These results suggest low levels of testosterone are associated with more aggressive prostate cancer,” said Ignacio San Francisco from Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

“This contradicts long-held beliefs that high testosterone is risky for prostate cancer, and low testosterone is protective,” San Francisco added.

52 percent want quitting their job to be a viral event, according to a new survey.

The survey conducted by Shoutly found 52 percent of Americans “plan” to quit their jobs with socially shareable style, CNet reported.

7 percent said that they wanted to follow in the footsteps of Marina Shifrin, the person who filmed a video resignation late at night from her Taiwanese animation company.

Another 7 percent said that they planned to quit with the help of a musical band and further 7 percent said that they planned to quit in a blaze of glory. (ANI)

Men struggling with infertility could breathe a sigh of relief as scientists have now successfully coaxed stem cells made from the skin cells of infertile men into producing sperm cell precursors that could eventually lead to healthy sperm production.

“Our studies suggest that the use of stem cells can serve as a starting material for diagnosing germ cell defects and potentially generating germ cells,” said Renee Reijo Pera from Montana State University, US.

Germ cells are specialised cells involved in reproduction.

India is far, far behind in its requirement of stem cell donors to treat life-threatening diseases like cancer, with only 500 transplants taking place annually compared to a requirement of 50,000, an international conference was told on Saturday

Leading experts from the US, Germany and India met here for the International Bone marrow Transplant Summit to talk about the latest advances in stem-cell treatment of diseases.

What became clear during the deliberations of the summit, organised by an NGO Bharat Stem Cell, was lack of awareness about the importance of donating stem cells.

A new study has revealed that people in in high-stress offices were more likely to need or more off work a year.

The study on more than 7000 people has found those in high-stress offices were more likely to need two weeks or more off work a year and experience symptoms like chest pain, nausea and shortness of breath, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

Does watching a porn film give you complex? You are not alone.

According to a recent survey in France, many young men are left with a complex over the size of their penis after watching porn.

“The sight of the over-sized male organs in porn films can increase anxiety among young men,” said the survey done by Ifop, a French institute of public opinion.

Overall, of the 90 percent of male respondents who admitted watching porn, 24 percent, felt ‘inadequate’ when watching the act.

Everest Climber Joby Ogwyn, who was about to take the big leap from the summit, has revealed that the deadly avalanche which claimed 16 lives “looked like a big white dragon.”

Ogwyn was laying in his tent at Base Camp in the early morning hours of April 18, the snow-and-ice capped peak of Mount Everest looming overhead, when he heard it – the familiar “creaking and groaning” sound of nearby glaciers cracking apart.

But something about the noise made the 39-year-old adventurer sit up, poke his head out the back of his tent and what he saw horrified him.

Are you concerned about gaining weight from quit-smoking treatment? Better be concerned abut reducing weight that not quitting the puff as the latter’s health benefits are immense.

According to researchers, smokers may avoid treatment to quit smoking if they previously gained weight while trying to quit.

Weight gain is a predictable occurrence for smokers who have recently quit.

And you thought you can tell a person’s gender based on how he or she looks?

Actually, you make subconscious judgments based on how a person smells.

You are not aware of this at the conscious level but your nose is busy doing its job – sniffing out that feminine smell from secretions her body is oozing near you in marketplace, office or mall!

According to researchers, the human body produces chemical cues that communicate gender to members of the opposite sex.