 Pentagon report investigated lasers that put voices in your head February 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 138 vote(s)
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A recently unclassified report from the Pentagon from 1998 has revealed an investigation into using laser beams for a few intriguing potential methods of non-lethal torture. Some of the applications the report ... | |
 Dutch town tests 'air-purifying' concrete (Update) August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 89 vote(s)
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A road in the small Dutch town of Hengelo is to be paved with air-purifying concrete in a trial that could lead to a breakthrough in the fight against rising pollution, scientists said Wednesday. | |
 Canada puts brakes on electric vehicles June 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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Despite increasing local demand for zero-emissions cars and trucks and robust exports of electric vehicles, Canada will not allow them on its roads, lament manufacturers. | |
 Eco-architecture could produce 'grow your own' homes August 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 51 vote(s)
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A bus stop that grows its own foliage as shade? A children's playground, made entirely from trees? A shelter made from living tree roots that could provide natural protection against earthquakes in California? | |
 The Last Supper Will Travel The Internet At 16 Billion Pixels October 26, 2007 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 92 vote(s)
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HAL 9000 will send The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci soaring through the Internet on October 27, 2007 with a high density view of 16 billion pixels. The time given for the launch is 9:30 A.M. Central European ... | |
The trouble with hybrids: Hybrid electric vehicles not as green as they are painted February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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Hybrid electric vehicles that run on both conventional gasoline and stored electricity can be no more than a stop gap until more sustainable technology is developed, according to researchers in France. Writing in the Inderscience ... | |
 'Mind Gaming' Could Enter Market This Year March 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 81 vote(s)
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In an adapted version of the Harry Potter video game, players lift boulders and throw lightning bolts using only their minds. Just as physical movement changed the interface of gaming with Nintendo's Wii, ... | |
IBM Reveals Five Innovations that Will Change Our Lives Over the Next Five Years December 18, 2007 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 84 vote(s)
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Unveiled today, the second annual "IBM Next Five in Five" is a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and play over the next five years. | |
Killer military robots pose latest threat to humanity February 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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A robotics expert at the University of Sheffield will today (27 February 2008) issue stark warnings over the threat posed to humanity by new robot weapons being developed by powers worldwide. | |
 Hackers hacked at infamous DefCon gathering August 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 91 vote(s)
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In the end, it was hackers at DefCon that got hacked. After three days of software cracking duels and hacking seminars, self-described computer ninjas at the infamous gathering in Las Vegas found out Sunday ... | |
 Computer virus goes into orbit August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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NASA confirmed on Wednesday that a computer virus sneaked aboard the International Space Station only to be tossed into quarantine on July 25 by security software. | |
 Dreamlab cracks the code to Microsoft's wireless keyboards December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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Anyone using a wireless keyboard might be a little concerned with a recent announcement by the Swiss company Dreamlab Technologies. | |
 Bill Gates surrendering Microsoft helm June 22, 2008 | User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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A Harvard University dropout who ushered in the home computer age and made billions of dollars along the way will have his last official day of work at Microsoft on June 27. | |
 With newest technology, US police turn table on car thieves July 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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In some US cities, police have turned the thieves' greed and nifty new technology around on them, letting the car catch the crook. | |
 Grow your mobile in a pot? Maybe someday, say Nokia researchers July 22, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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With a mobile phone you can make calls on the go, shoot photos and pinpoint your position on a map. And who knows, maybe one day you'll be able to grow your phone in a pot, if the futuristic ideas of technology ... | |
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