Houston Family Reality Show to Launch Bobbi Kristina Music Career?

At first glance, it kind of feels disturbingly exploitive: Lifetime will soon air a reality show based round the family of Whitney Houston.

But sources tell TMZ the inducement behind this program isn't merely to make cash off the singer's tragic death; for Cissy Houston, it's to assist boost the career of her granddaughter, 18-year old Bobbi Kristina.

Bobbi Kristina Sings Adele

While believing the series will push along the family's "healing process," Cissy is usually curious about Bobbi, insiders say, and hopes this may be a showcase for her talents.

Look for the Houston family docu-series to add a much more serious tone than similar programs akin to Maintaining with the Kardashians and for Whitney's sister, Patricia, to function the lead.

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Jennifer Hudson, Sister Send Prayers to Family of William Balfour

Not long after William Balfour was found guilty of murdering her mother, brother and nephew, Jennifer Hudson released an email statement concerning the tragedy as a complete.

“We have now felt the affection and support from people world wide, and we’re very grateful,” Hudson and sister Julia said, extending a prayer “from the Hudson family to the Balfour family" because "now we have all suffered a terrible loss during this tragedy."

Quoting Scripture, the Hudson sisters concluded:

"Or even if our gospel is veiled, this is veiled in them that perish: in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the sunshine of the gospel of the respect of Christ, who's identical to God, is not going to dawn upon them (2 Corinthians 4:3-4). It's our prayer that the Lord will forgive Mr. Balfour of those heinous acts and produce his heart into repentance someday."

Balfour faces life in prison, and his attorney plans to appeal her client's multiple convictions next month.

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Tesla coil gun exists, may shoot lightning

Inspired by the graphic novel "Five Fists of Science" -- and maybe encouraged by the plucky MIT student who made his own Tesla coil hat and survived -- a DIYer named Rob designed a Tesla coil gun, which he says is fully functional. Rob used a Nerf gun cast in aluminum for the housing and created a high voltage switch with a 3D powder printer. The gun is powered by an 18V ion drill battery and a flyback transformer housed inside a PVC plumbing end cap. Though Rob has yet to fireplace the gun, photos show what he says are sparks from the setup, and a demo clip is at the way. While video proof is usually nice, so is preserving your life. We want Rob the appropriate with both.

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Microsoft Research\'s MirageTable brings some augmented reality for your tabletop

We got a glance at a holographic telepresence project from Microsoft Research earlier this week, but that's faraway from the sole Kinect-enhanced rig it's engaged on in this day and age. This setup dubbed a MirageTable was also shown off on the Computer-Human Interaction conference in Austin, Texas this week, offering a glimpse of 1 possible future where two people can interact with virtual objects on a table as though they were sitting across from one another (or just achieve this on their lonesome). To make that happen, the setup is dependent upon a ceiling-mounted 3D projector to display the pictures on a curved surface, while a Kinect on each end of the relationship both captures the person's image and tracks their gaze to be certain images are displayed with the appropriate perspective. That you may test it out in action after the break, although a number of the effect is lost without 3D glasses.

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The Engadget interview: OnStar\'s Nick Pudar talks smart grids at CTIA 2012 (video)

While visiting the Innovation Showcase at CTIA 2012, we bumped into Nick Pudar -- OnStar's VP of commercial Development -- who was kind enough to offer us a couple of minutes of his time. We sat within the LTE Skype-enabled Chevy Volt on display and discussed such topics as OnStar FMV, RelayRides and smart grids -- wherein power utilities can (with the customer's consent) send a signal to a vehicle to regulate when it charges. The premise is to allows utilities to maximise grid efficiency and minimize power spikes while giving customers options for when to charge the vehicle -- like when the rates are the bottom or when the facility generated is coming from renewable energy, as an instance. Pretty neat stuff, eh? Watch our video interview for all of the (pardon the pun) juicy details.

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Venezuelan President Returns Home After Cancer Treatments in Cuba

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home from Cuba late Friday following 11 days of cancer treatment, calling his latest radiation therapy successful.  

After arriving in Caracas, the 57-year-old socialist leader said he must rigorously follow medical advice in coming days with a purpose to continue recuperating.

Chavez began treatments in March following operations in February and last June to take away tumors from his pelvic area.

President Chavez has yet to reveal information about his kind of cancer.  He has previously said his condition is not going to keep him from campaigning for re-election prior to the October 7 presidential election.

Chavez was in power since 1999.

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US Surfer Rides Biggest Wave, Breaks Guinness Record

International surfing officials and the Guinness Book of worldwide records have officially confirmed an enormous wave caught by a U.S. surfer off the coast of Portugal last November was the largest wave ever ridden.

The officials have awarded Hawaiian surfer Garret McNamara the Billabong Global Big Wave Awards prize after reviewing the feat - riding a wave that measured 23.7 meters high.

The 44-year-old surfer was dragged out to the wave on a tow rope, a kind of jet ski.

McNamara said he initially did not want to try the waves that day after wiping out earlier on bigger swells within the same spot.

The height of McNamara's wave was decided by a panel of huge wave surfing and photography experts who analyzed and measured the pictures and video images of his ride.

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