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Utah Officials Warn TV Viewers Not To Shoot Their Old TV Sets Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
The devices pose a threat to the environment. Officials say it can cost up to seven-grand to clean-up a shot-up TV set.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 404 [+].
Real-time Control Of Wheelchair With Brain Waves Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
Japan's BSI-TOYOTA Collaboration Center has successfully developed a system that controls a wheelchair using brain waves in as little as 125 milliseconds.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 307 [+].
Domed Cities - For Earth? Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
Domed cities are a well-known sf staple. But do we need to start planning them for use on Earth, due to climate change? Supposed benefits, in addition to protection from drastic climate change, include reduction of costs for extreme weather and shifted costs for climate control of buildings.
*Didn't they already put a dome on Springfield?*
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 370 [+].
Top mobile manufacturers agree to offer universal phone charger following EU pressure Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
Ten companies have signed up to a promise to provide a universal charger connection, including Apple, Nokia, Motorola, LG, NEC, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Texas Instruments, Qualcomm and Research in Motion, which make the Blackberry. EU estimates suggest there is currently a mountain of unusued mobile charges totalling a staggering 51,000 tonnes.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 523 [+].
Stunning new technology allows parents to hold a life-size model of their unborn child Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
It's a defining moment in a parent's life: Seeing their unborn child's image on an ultrasound for the first time. Now pregnant women could have the chance to hold a life-size model of their unborn baby.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 333 [+].
Bridgeing the Eight Story Gap Between Two Waterways Posted: 5 months ago by suebe
A remarkable piece of engineering - The only rotating boat lift of this type in the world, the Falkirk Wheel must be seen to be believed. Complimenting this earlier article
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 413 [+].
Thieves 'using Google Earth to steal koi carp' Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
They are believed to be using Internet mapping systems to identify gardens with ponds so they can take the sought-after specimens.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 247 [+].
The earliest granaries? Posted: 5 months ago by rambler
Possibly the first step from gathering wild grain towards a box of Corn Flakes?
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 193 [+].
Living Sasquatch! Posted: 5 months ago by suckersklub
A webcam application similar to the desk monster, but this one also features several recordable actions.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 240 [+].
Lasers-guided cars could allow drivers to eat and sleep at the wheel while travelling in 70mph convoys Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
Drivers will be able to sleep, read, work or watch television behind the wheel of their cars at 70mph on the motorway, using technology being developed by scientists.
A system which will lock cars together using sensors and wireless technology, allowing up to ten at a time to cruise in ‘car train’ convoys, could be unveiled within two years.
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 464 [+].
Human-Injectable Satellite Tracking Chip Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
The patent was titled "Implantation of electronic chips in the human body for the purposes of determining its geographical location."
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 274 [+].
Commodore C64 Emulator App Shot Down By iPhone Posted: 5 months ago by 2manyusernames
So many people have fond memories (and some are lucky enough to have current memories) of the venerable Commodore computers. A full emulator was developed over a year. Despite a preliminary assurance of acceptance, the app was denied because it calls up executable code as in roms to play the c64 games.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 265 [+].
Steve Jobs had a Liver Transplant Posted: 5 months ago by equinox
Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave from Apple for the past six months, received a liver transplant in Tennessee two months ago. An Apple spokesperson told the WSJ that Jobs "continues to look forward to returning at the end of June, and there's nothing further to say."
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 246 [+].
St Elmo's frier Posted: 5 months ago by rambler
A physicist at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and her colleagues have come up with a possible alternative: a dental plasma torch.
*YIKES!*
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 393 [+].
Texas oilpatch legend looks to Alberta for wind power Posted: 5 months ago by chinook
T. Boone Pickens, a man who made his fortune in oil-soaked rocks, is now looking at Alberta's windy hills for another investment.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 205 [+].
Are You Being Watched? Posted: 6 months ago by kakana
At first glance, there was nothing special about the blimp floating high above the cars and crowd at this year's Indy 500 on Memorial Day weekend. Hidden inside the 55-foot-long white balloon was a powerful surveillance camera adapted from the technology Raytheon provides the U.S. military.
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 412 [+].
Curse Word on Roof Spotted from Space Posted: 6 months ago by bornbad
Students at a UK grammar school used bricks to spell out a certain word for a certain bit of male anatomy (co*k), on the school's roof. Then it was spotted by satellite, in a Google Earth image
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 177 [+].
Now Japan has invented a robot that can cook you pancakes for breakfast Posted: 6 months ago by AutumnLotus
We've already seen a robot that can dance, do household chores and even feel 'empathy' for humans. Now a robot in Japan has proven it can prepare and cook you pancakes.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 220 [+].
Twitter User Says Vacation Tweets Led to Burglary Posted: 6 months ago by cb__
Here's either a cautionary tale or an example of social-media paranoia..
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 297 [+].
Video Shot into the Eye of a Tornado Posted: 6 months ago by bornbad
While a video crew was filming a tornado, the twister tilted over on its side and the crew got video looking into the tornado from the top.
A first, and simply incredible.
*includes video link*
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 494 [+].
Rifle with laser guided bombs = No place to hide Posted: 6 months ago by 2manyusernames
The army is testing a rifle that shoots what can only be describe as smart grenades. The projectile is laser-guided and radio-controlled. It knows it's exact position and can be programmed to detonate at a certain point. This would be useful for firing upon hidden or obstructed targets
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 202 [+].
Keep your Porn SAFE. For one BILLION years. Posted: 6 months ago by stinkobinko
Berkley researchers have developed a new memory storage medium that can pack more data into one square inch of space than conventional chips and preserve this data for more than a billion years!
*Let's send a clear message to future populations*
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 127 [+].
OMG! DYK WOT YR TEEN IS TXTING? Posted: 6 months ago by suebe
DTXTR is an online translator to help you get interpret those texts.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 250 [+].
Poo Powers Oslo Buses Posted: 6 months ago by kakana
Beginning in September, the two sewage treatment plants in Norway’s capital will collect methane, a byproduct of the microbial process that breaks down sewage, and pump it into city buses. City officials say the switch will cut fuel costs and reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by both the treatment plants and the buses.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 321 [+].
Twitter to start charging users Posted: 6 months ago by bornbad
Evan Williams, co-founder and chief executive officer was quoted by the agency stating that "There will be a moment when you can fill out a form or something and give us money.
Comments: 6 Score: [-] 389 [+].
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