Archive for May, 2008
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
It was reported yesterday that scientists have developed tiny microelectrodes that can be implanted in the brain in order to control robotic limbs. The long-term practical application of this technology would, of course, be to provide artificial replacement limbs to humans that function as normal limbs would.
One impractical application would ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Well, the year 2000 has come and went and still I have no flying car or jet pack to use to get to the office every morning. I had almost given up hope of this happening in my lifetime until I stumbled upon a video of a Swiss man ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Zilok.com, a San Francisco-based peer-to-peer website designed to allow users to rent goods to each other, officially launched today. Whether you're looking for camping gear, computers, cameras, party supplies, tools, gardening equipment, sporting goods, or dozens of other rarely used items, Zilok is hoping you'll consider renting rather than ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
On May 3, 2008, spam turned 30. For those confused by this, as the web in its current form wasn't around 30 years ago, this is possible because the first spam actually predates the Internet. It was sent via Arpanet, a U.S. government computer network that was the ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
For an enterprising few in the late 90's, buying and selling domains eventually led to millions in profits. Those with enough foresight to register and sit on one-word dictionary domain names received huge payouts once the rest of the business world caught up with the web and realized they ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
The Darwin Awards is a website that chronicles deaths that the site owner feels prove the theories of Darwin. The motto of the site is "Honoring those who improve the species...by accidentally removing themselves from it." Depending upon your personality, you'll either find the site extremely humorous or ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
At $250,000 each to produce, hydrogen fuel cell cars are too expensive to be practical yet, but the technology does exist and it does work. These cars use no petroleum and emit zero greenhouse gases. The government needs to provide more incentives and rebates for hydrogen fuel cell ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
May 2 - Tesla Motors is opening its first car store at the launch of the new Tesla Roadster, the newest fully electric vehicle available in America.
The Tesla -- a two seater-- can travel 0 to 60 miles per hour in just over 3 seconds and over 200 miles on ...
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