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Pushing The Limits
PC Magazine July 13, 2004
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The most promising new
technologies, virus wars, privacy,
and nanotechnology are covered in
this special issue....
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Meet the Eye Cam
Newsweek July 12, 2004
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Columbia University researchers
have devised a "corneal imaging
system" that captures and analyzes
images reflected from the cornea of
the eye. It uses a high-resolution
digital camera to photograph the eye
and software to calculate the
viewer's "gaze direction" to
identify what they are actually
looking at in a scene. This corneal...
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'Magic ink' that makes metal grow
BBC News July 5, 2004
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An eco-friendly way of "growing"
metal for circuitry or antennas has
been developed by UK firm QinetiQ.
The metal printing technique
replaces conventional copper etching
by using a special ink that attracts
metals. It means antennas for tiny
mobiles or RFID tags could be made
cheaply, quickly, and
environmentally friendly, unlike...
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Brain Cells: Alzheimer's Clues
Reuters July 5, 2004
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The genetic mutations that lie
behind most cases of Alzheimer's
disease may be found in
mitochondrial DNA. Several mutations
have been linked to early-onset
Alzheimer's, but it has been
difficult to pin down a cause of the
most common form, known as
late-onset, sporadic Alzheimer's.
The mutations are associated with
reductions in the total...
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Wikipedia Hits 300,000 Articles
Slashdot July 7, 2004
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Wikipedia reached the 300,000
article mark today. The
Wikipedia.org project goal is to
create a "complete and accurate free
content encyclopedia." The English
Wikipedia has 90.1 million words
across 300,000 articles, compared to
Britannica's 55 million words across
85,000 articles. All the languages
combined together reach 790,000...
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Embryonic stem cells 'should be
dead'
NewScientist.com News July 4, 2004
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Tests of embryonic stem cells for
the presence of enzymes called
caspases (which normally indicate
programmed suicide, or apoptosis)
showed that few of the cells were
actually dying, despite high levels
of caspases. The researcher, Thomas
Zwaka of the Wisconsin National
Primate Research Center in Madison,
speculates that the process of...
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T-Systems Aims to Make WiFi as Easy
as Phone Call
Reuters July 6, 2004
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T-Systems, a unit Deutsche Telekom,
is linking together 10,000 locations
for wireless computer access and
aims to connect half of the world's
public hotspots to a seamless
network. A linked system will allow
business travelers to use the
wirless hotspot in an airport, for
example, then continue to work on
the plane over Boeing's Connexion
WLAN...
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Elderly crucial to evolutionary
success of humans
NewScienitst.com News July 6, 2004
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Senior citizens played an important
role in the dramatic spread of human
civilisation some 30,000 years ago,
a study of the human fossil record
has shown. It found a five-fold
increase the number of individuals
surviving into old age in the Early
Upper Palaeolithic period -- around
30,000 years ago. This coincides
with an explosive population...
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