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Singapore to tighten curbs on free speech

Some restrictions? You can't say anything negative about the government, and you especially can't say anything remotely critical of their "dear leader" Lee Kuan Yew. See the current brouhaha with the Far East Economic Review.

The inventor's name is Kai-Mart but they're selling them in 7-Elevens?

Missed out on some good marketing.

Chinese constitution proscribes and limits the powers and reach of the government. Conversely, a totalitarian government has no limits (hence the name 'totalitarian').

The judicial system in China is dysfunctional. Without a functioning legal system, the government is effectively totalitarian, however many laws it has written on the books. See Prosecuting the Defence

The Chinese enjoy nearly every individual right the American does: freedom of speech, of worship, of belief, of assembly

Really?

I have great hope in the progress and future of China. The Chinese government has chosen economic development over political development, which I believe is a sound strategy. But China's problems shouldn't be whitewashed.

Chinese constitution proscribes and limits the powers and reach of the government. Conversely, a totalitarian government has no limits (hence the name 'totalitarian').

The judicial system in China is dysfunctional. Without a functioning legal system, the government is effectively totalitarian, however many laws it has written on the books. See Prosecuting the Defence

The Chinese enjoy nearly every individual right the American does: freedom of speech, of worship, of belief, of assembly

Really?

I have great hope in the progress and future of China. The Chinese government has chosen economic development over political development, which I believe is a sound strategy. But China's problems shouldn't be whitewashed.

I saw a tv story, discovery channel I think, a while back on a suit to help nurses when lifting patients. The prototype works, the problem was the wires out the back for power.