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WiFi Bike Creates Mobile Hotspots

May 12th, 2004 at 11:48 pm » Comments (0)

Magicbike turns common bicycles into WiFi hotspots. The end effect creates bicycles that broadcast free WiFi connectivity to other users within their proximity.



Mexican Pilots Film UFOs

May 12th, 2004 at 11:30 pm » Comments (0)

Mexico’s largest television network on Monday and Tuesday broadcast film taken by air force pilots of what they say are unidentified flying objects (UFOs).



Lies, Damn Lies And Cell Phones

May 12th, 2004 at 11:26 pm » Comments (0)

A few months ago we wrote about how one guy predicted that 3G mobile phones would never take off because the camera phone part would make it difficult to lie about where you were. We had no idea that most people used their mobile phones to lie about their location (or that that single factor […]



Organs Preservation Through Cryogenics Close

May 12th, 2004 at 11:12 pm » Comments (0)

Scientists have come a step closer to successfully preserving organs at extremely cold temperatures without damaging them.



Building the World’s Fastest Computer

May 12th, 2004 at 11:04 pm » Comments (0)

Viewing supercomputers as crucial to scientific discovery, the Energy Department announced plans Wednesday to build the world’s fastest computer at a research laboratory in Tennessee.



Breakthroughs in Teleportation

May 12th, 2004 at 9:03 am » Comments (0)

Teleportation is defined as the production, disembodiment and successful reconstruction of a signal.
Latest research involves the use of crystals, lenses and mirrors to produce a pair of “entangled” laser beams that are then used to carry fragile information in the form of quantum states.



A Chat with Futurist Daniel Burrus

May 12th, 2004 at 12:32 am » Comments (0)

Within the next five years, you’ll find yourself using, on a daily basis, an emerging new technology called an ultraintelligent electronic agent. Think of your intelligent agent as a personal concierge desk.



Prostitutes See Sharp Drop in Business

May 12th, 2004 at 12:25 am » Comments (0)

EU entry has not brought everyone in the Czech Republic the promised economic advantages.

Sex workers in the border regions of the country have seen a sharp drop in business, officials said on Tuesday, after crossings were opened on May 1 and made long lines of lorries a thing of the past.



Alan Turing: The Grandfather of Computer Software

May 12th, 2004 at 12:16 am » Comments (0)

The rarefied world of early 20th-century mathematics seems light years away from today’s PCs and virtual-reality video games. Yet it was a 1936 paper by Cambridge University mathematician Alan M. Turing that laid the foundation for the electronic wonders now crowding into every corner of modern life.



Maximizing Your Coffee

May 12th, 2004 at 12:08 am » Comments (0)

Put away that extra large coffee mug: Researchers have discovered that small, frequent doses of caffeine keep you awake better than one large cup of java in the morning.