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Knuckle cracking looks explosive, but causes no detectable harm

Knuckle cracking looks explosive, but causes no detectable harm

Robert Boutin, a UC Davis professor of radiology and specialist in musculoskeletal imaging. Credit UC Davis

UC Davis radiology professor Robert Boutin and his colleagues found that gas bubbles forming in joints create the distinctive sound of knuckle cracking.

UC Davis Health System research presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago…

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Michael Cronan, a marketing executive responsible for conjuring up the names of two hugely influential consumer gadgets, TiVo and the Amazon Kindle, died Tuesday at the age of 61. Throughout his renowned career, Cronan operated his namesake branding firm along with his wife Karin Himba. [...] Then, in 2007, Amazon asked Cronan for his best naming ideas for an e-reader product. His wife told the New York Times that the creative executive sought to find a name that was "about starting something, giving birth to something." Kindle seemed a good fit. Thus Amazon's hugely influential brand was born and proved a monumental hit with consumers.

Michael Cronan, marketing executive behind TiVo and Kindle brands, dies at 61 | The Verge I've always thought that 'Kindle' was an inspired name.