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New Exercise Shopping Cart Keeps Shoppers Fit

April 28th, 2004 at 11:40 pm » Comments (0)

Thanks to a new design of shopping cart, customers of Tesco will soon be able to burn calories while buying the weekly groceries.



Robotic Traffic Cones Make Their Way Onto Highways

April 28th, 2004 at 11:29 pm » Comments (0)

Herds of robotic traffic cones could soon be swarming onto a highway, closing down lanes and slowing the traffic.



Tiny Elvis finds an Even Tinier Doctor

April 28th, 2004 at 11:04 pm » Comments (0)

Microscopic biological computers that could one day operate as a doctor on a cellular level have been unveiled.
Made of biological molecules, the computers are so small a trillion can fit in a drop of water.



Cell Phones With Hard Drives

April 28th, 2004 at 10:57 pm » Comments (0)

Recent research from analyst firm IDC says that the arrival of mobile phones incorporating hard drives will “require a number of further evolutionary steps” before such technology is good for consumers.



New Study Recommends Patent System Overhaul

April 28th, 2004 at 10:51 pm » Comments (0)

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office doesn’t require a major overhaul, but it does need to take “decisive steps” to ensure that funding shortages and outdated policies do not hinder innovation, said the National Research Council in a new report released last week.



Brain Fingerprinting Task Force Formed

April 28th, 2004 at 4:21 pm » Comments (0)

Thomas Frey, Executive Director of the DaVinci Institute, a Colorado futurist think tank, today announced the formation of a task force to establish Colorado as the world leader in a new technology called Brain Fingerprinting®.