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Square-Eyes for the TV Guys

May 18th, 2005 at 11:49 pm » Comments (0)

It could be the ultimate incentive to get kids exercising - a shoe that controls the amount of TV they watch.



The Beeb Shall Inherit the Earth

May 18th, 2005 at 10:26 pm » Comments (0)

Cory Doctorow: America’s entertainment industry is committing slow, spectacular suicide, while one of Europe’s biggest broadcasters — the BBC — is rushing headlong to the future, embracing innovation rather than fighting it.



Buy Groceries with a Finger Print

May 18th, 2005 at 2:33 am » Comments (0)

Cub Foods on Monday began testing a biometric payment system at its Blaine store that can access checking accounts by scanning a shopper’s finger.



Air Force Seeks to gain Space Superiority

May 18th, 2005 at 2:18 am » Comments (0)

The Air Force, saying it must secure space to protect the nation from attack, is seeking President Bush’s approval of a national-security directive that could move the United States closer to fielding offensive and defensive space weapons, according to White House and Air Force officials.



Swarming Robots to get Government Grant

May 18th, 2005 at 2:10 am » Comments (0)

A couple who work in the University of Wyoming’s Computer Science Department have received a $100,000 grant to further develop tiny robots that could help clean up oil spills or respond to a terrorist attack.



Depressed? Use a Magnet.

May 18th, 2005 at 1:57 am » Comments (0)

For 10 years, Martha Franco was so depressed that she says she couldn’t enjoy the smell of flowers or laugh at jokes on TV comedy shows.



Economics to Stopping Spam

May 18th, 2005 at 1:48 am » Comments (0)

Professor Marshall Van Alstyne of Boston University School of Management has a plan to win the war on spam.



Cuban Has a Good Point

May 18th, 2005 at 1:43 am » Comments (0)

The RIAA can no longer claim that students who are downloading music are costing them thousands of dollars each.