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 Bumper crop of babies last year, even a few cute ones
Data released by the federal government shows a record numbers of infants born in the United States in 2007. The report was released last week by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. It shows 4,315,000 births in 2007, which some demographers say could [...]

From the department of “you know this cool tech is going somewhere sleazy fast” comes the Cyber Figure Alice from Geisha Tokyo Entertainment. The kit, along with your own Windows XP PC and webcam, gives you the ability to manipulate an anime-like virtual character decked out in maid clothing (yes, like the ones that line [...]

 
Four words when I say Michael J. Fox? Exactly – Back to the Future! The movies were something and the actor did great. If you think likewise than an auction on eBay is sure going to interest you. Up for grabs at $30,000 is a hoverborad that finds use in the 2nd part of the [...]

 
Nobody likes getting a speeding ticket. For some people, the solution is, you know, not speeding. For others, it’s constantly searching for new technology to help them evade the cops, finding fancier and fancier radar detectors to know just when to hit the breaks.

 
If you’re a member of the Long Now Foundation, you think about vast spans of time. That’s why the futurist think tankers put a 0 before every year to show how cool and forward-thinking they are (for example, this year is 02008). They’ve decided to build a huge mechanical clock on a piece of Nevada [...]

Blow Me!

 
I don’t know about where you live, but the county fairs are in full swing in my part of the States. I live in the sort of area that is surrounded by corn, and people love to train farm animals to do tricks. It’s also rather hot out, and the people that attend such [...]

 
Peak’s Plasmablade 
Cutting open a person for surgery using a plain old scalpel seems pretty barbarian compared to this new cutting tool from Peak.
 

 
 Northern Lights
UCLA space scientists and colleagues have identified the mechanism that triggers substorms in space; wreaks havoc on satellites, power grids and communications systems; and leads to the explosive release of energy that causes the spectacular brightening of the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights.

1980s power-ballad mavens Journey and technology have a long-standing relationship. Back in 1983, they entered the geek psyche with the classic Journey arcade machine. Now they’re back in the electronics biz with their own MP3 player.

The new note is three zeros short of Germany’s 1924 100-trillion-mark note

If you think the American economy is bad, take heart that it’s nowhere near the ultra-super-hyperinflation in Zimbabwe, once one of the richest countries in Africa. The country’s central bank has recently issued a Z$100 billion note (yes, Z$100,000,000,000).