Family Tragedy for John Travolta and Kelly Preston

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Movies,

UPDATE #2: A family source has reported that a “seizure disorder” was the cause of death.

UPDATE: You can read the statement issued by the family here.

The new year has unfortunately started off tragically for John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston.

According to Michael Ossi, a lawyer for the family, the 16-year-old son of the Hairspray star died today after suffering a seizure. The family had been at their vacation home in the Bahamas when the incident occurred.

Jett, the couple’s eldest child, had suffered from a history of seizures. His parents have stated that his developmental disability had been linked to Kawasaki disease. Coincidentally, the inflammatory disorder which can lead to heart attacks just got some media attention last week. The son of Backstreet Boys’ Brian Littrell was recently diagnosed with an atypical form of the disease. (Baylee has since been released from the hospital.)

John and Kelly, married since 1991, also have an 8-year-old daughter named Ella Bleu.

Read More | Reuters

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Cube-Kun Speeds Through Rubik’s

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Misc. Tech, Science, Toys,

Although Yy Nakajima was crowned the World Champ when he solved the Rubik’s Cube in about 12 seconds, Cube-Kun is even faster. Designed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and standing about 2 meters tall, the robot spends only a second or two figuring out the puzzle. When given a cube, his sensors determine the current position of each square while you watch his permutations on his flat panel display head. Cube-Kun will be on display at Tokyo’s TEPIA plaza next month. We wonder if he will move on to bigger and better things to do with his time, say, solve global warming?

Read More | Tokyo Mango

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