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 -> A touch-sensitive smartphone
MyOrigo, a Finnish company, has released mydevice with some unique ways of controlling the phone ? by using movement rather than buttons.
533 views | 10 Dec 2003
 -> We can now freeze light
Physicists say they have brought light to a complete halt for a fraction of a second and then sent it on its way, an achievement that could someday help scientists develop powerful new computers.
1,020 views | 12 Dec 2003
 -> "Toward" or "Towards"?
It's not that big of a deal, really, although I lean towards Towards.
11,081 views | 12 Dec 2003
 -> The Japan SAQ
Interesting! "Seldom Asked Questions" about Japan: Why do the five and fifty yen coins have holes in the middle? Why does Chuo railway line attract most suicides? What is the sound of one hand clapping? Why do Japanese women walk pigeon-toed? Etc etc...
20,585 views | 11 Dec 2003
 -> Autopsy
A step-by-step guide to how autopsy works (at least in one country)
576 views | 11 Dec 2003
 -> Motorist gets vehicle registered online during traffic stop
The Internet is an amazing thing, just an example of a simple "Wow" moment..
1,043 views | 10 Dec 2003
 -> God Helmet
Of inducing feelings of an unseen presence by bathing the temples of your head in electromagnetic fields...hmm.
579 views | 10 Dec 2003
 -> Under-the-skin microchips coming soon
Applied Digital Solutions is hoping their 12-by-2.1mm radio frequency identification tag catches on as an under-the-skin alternative to an ATM or credit card.
367 views | 11 Dec 2003
 -> Would BBC hire a newsreader with big breasts?
Well if she were to be so "up front" about them...
1,549 views | 12 Dec 2003
 -> Northern Lights
Some stunning photographs of the skies over Iceland!
757 views | 11 Dec 2003
 -> The Meatrix
Leo, choose a pill -- green if you want to see this consumer activism video with a lot of food for thought, red and you are free.
678 views | 10 Dec 2003
 -> Farming on the weekends?
An entirely new kind of farmer can be seen in the rice terraces surrounding Tokyo -- though only at weekends -- the urban hobbyists.
1,446 views | 09 Dec 2003
 -> Linux for Robots?
Japan's preoccupation with consumer robots is largely driven by economic imperatives: an aging population, declining birthrates and a looming labor shortage, which means that the development of a standard robot platform may not be far ahead..
1,051 views | 08 Dec 2003
 -> Largest prime number is found
The new number is 6,320,430 digits long. It took just over two years to find using a distributed network of more than 200,000 computers.
1,234 views | 07 Dec 2003
 -> Alleged cannibal tried for murder
A German computer technician accused of killing, dismembering and eating the flesh of a man who agreed to the deal over the Internet has gone on trial for murder.
1,268 views | 07 Dec 2003
 -> Interviewing with the NSA
PDF A humorous and entertaining account of one man's recent experience seeking employment with the National Security Agency (NSA) of US.
1,042 views | 11 Dec 2003
 -> 5% of Top Executives Would Say No to CEO Position
Burson-Marsteller's new CEO reputation study found that large numbers of CEOs and top executives have soured on the chief executive position.
10,734 views | 04 Dec 2003
 -> Playing Erin Brockovich at IBM
What really went on in IBM's clean rooms?
10,877 views | 03 Dec 2003
 -> Mars beckons!
With the first of a pair of American robotic rovers scheduled to land on Mars in a month, NASA officials and project leaders said Tuesday they are hopeful of success but mindful of past failures at Mars..
1,125 views | 02 Dec 2003
 -> COOL Play pacman in Excel!
Download the Excel file and the associated sound bytes. Make sure your IE options have settings to LOW-MEDIUM (you can change it later for security) and in your Excel, TOOLS --> MACROS --> Security --> Low (Change it back later to higher). Must-do stuff!
466 views | 03 Dec 2003
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