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Dean Kamen’s “Luke arm”—a prosthesis named for the remarkably lifelike prosthetic worn by Luke Skywalker in Star […]

A group of scientists has created a new, improved fuel-cell electrode that is very lightweight and thin. Composed of a network of single-walled carbon nanotubes, the electrode functions nearly as well as conventional electrodes but renders the entire fuel cell much lighter. The research is an important step toward lightweight power supplies, which are becoming […]

Switzerland’s storied role as discreet banker to the world’s tax-avoiding wealthy is under threat like never before, and this time the country ultimately may not be able to stop the rest of the world from prying into those legendary ’secret’ accounts, said to contain between $1 trillion and $2 trillion.

 
This is a crazy drumming robot always looking for a new surface
to start banging on. Kinda like having a little kid around.
 

To prevent rain over the roofless 91,000-seat Olympic stadium that Beijing natives have nicknamed the Bird’s Nest, the city’s branch of the national Weather Modification Office–itself a department of the larger China Meteorological Administration–has prepared a three-stage program for the 2008 Olympics this August.

Life in Nebraska was so much easier before they passed the law
requiring all highways be rolled up at night
This weeks Top 10 Photos are crazy, unusual, and twisted. That just means they are really, really funny.
 

The US has taken a serious issue with India’s new competition law that requires foreign companies to seek regulator’s approval for mergers and acquisitions made anywhere in the world.

 
The next time you see your kids chatting to themselves, don’t worry - for a new study has shown that children who talk to themselves do better on motor tasks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN-KoSgec58

Like a cross between a skateboard and inline skates, but with more freedom and simplicity than either, the Orbitwheel is a brand new concept for wheeled sports. Price $145.

Princeton society members employ “philosophical-ethical arguments” to support their belief that promiscuity “deeply compromises human dignity,” and psychological and sociological rationale to justify the claim that casual sex leads to “personal unhappiness and social harm.”

 
The catalytic converter is made with trace amounts of platinum, palladium and rhodium, which speed chemical reactions and help clean emissions at very high temperatures. Selling stolen converters to scrap yards or recyclers, a thief can net a couple of hundred dollars apiece. Exactly how much depends on the size of the car and its […]