D.C. Restaurant Bans Cell Phones, President Obama On FourSquare, and Mercedes Gives Boy a Limb

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Thanks to social media apps like FourSquare, FoodSpotting, and Instagram, restaurant goers can snap pictures of their meals and instantly share them online before even getting the check. But tech-savvy foodies beware! A new D.C. eatery called Rogue 24 bans cell phones and cameras. The restaurant, which serves a 24-course dinner for $175 per person, actually makes patrons sign a 2-page contract ensuring they won't pull out their cellphones while on the premesis of the multi-course meal eatery. "All guests should be able to enjoy the experiences that surround them at Rogue24 free of distraction," says the contract. The document also stipulates that if a reservation is canceled within 72-hours of the dinner, would-be customers must cough up 50 percent of the would-be meal. And don't even think of canceling after 3 p.m. on the same day of the reservation, because you'd have to pay 100 percent of the the dinner cost.

Some high-end eateries in New York also ban customer photography, but Rogue 24 is the first to make patrons enter into a contractual agreement about it. Some social media savvy diners aren't happy about it. One person on Twitter called Rogue 24, "The last restaurant in Washington at which I'd want to eat." But the restaurant may be second-guessing its house rules. They asked customers whether the cell phone and social media ban is too strict on Facebook (of all places). Do you think they go too far? Tell us on Facebook and Twitter!

President Obama is stepping up his social media game yet again. He's now the highest profile member of the location-based check-in service FourSquare. The White House announced on its blog that they'll be using FourSquare to post Mr. Obama's whereabouts as he travels across the country on his economic tour. The president will also be leaving "tips" on the places he's visiting, what he did there, and historical tidbits. With Obama already on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, FourSquare (which just hit 10 million members) looks to be another powerful tool in Mr. Obama's social media arsenal as he lobbies for re-election.

Fourteen year old Matthew James has the most technologically advanced bionic hand in the world, and all he had to do to get it was ask. The British teen, who was born without one hand, wrote to the head of Mercedes' F1 racing team asking if they could sponsor his limb (the way companies sponsor race cars). It worked! Mercedes spearheaded a fundraising effort and partnered with the prosthetic company Touch Bionics to give James a $57,000 dollar "I-Limb Pulse". The bionic hand beams signals from Jame's arm to a mini-computer which makes the hand move in life-like ways. It's also outfitted with Bluetooth technology! One person summed it up best on Twitter, saying, "Teenager Gets Helping Hand with Bionic Arm. This is what tech is for: improving life."