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Panel Sees No Unique Risk From
Genetic Engineering
New York Times July 28, 2004
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Genetically engineered crops do not
pose health risks that cannot also
arise from crops created by other
techniques, including conventional
breeding, the National Academy of
Sciences said in a report issued
yesterday. The report suggests that
in some cases, surveillance might be
needed after a food gets to the
market to check for possible...
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Craig Venter's Epic Voyage to
Redefine the Origin of the Species
Wired August 2004
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He wanted to play God, so he
cracked the human genome. Now he
wants to play Darwin and collect the
DNA of everything on the...
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Motorola plans 300 Mbps Mobile
Broadband
KurzweilAI.net July 28, 2004
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Motorola Labs has proven that
Orthogonal Frequency Division
Multiplexing (OFDM) technology can
support high-speed, next-generation
mobile networks with a peak downlink
speed of up to 300 Mbps. OFDM is a
radio technology that combines time
and frequency multiplexing to
implement extremely high data rate
wireless systems efficiently.
Motorola...
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3D audio system developed by MP3
pioneer
NewScientist.com News July 27, 2004
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A sound system that creates
immersive, three-dimensional audio
for everyone in a room has been
developed by one of the creators of
the MP3 audio format. It uses a
principle known as "wave field
synthesis" to create complex audio
illusions for everyone within a
defined space. Computers are used to
predict the way multiple sound waves
will...
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Navy Hires IBM To Build Military's
Fastest Computer
InformationWeek July 27, 2004
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IBM has won a contract to build the
U.S. military's fastest
supercomputer. It will run at 20
teraflops--about three times faster
than any current system in use by
the Department of Defense. It will
improve weather forecasting, missile
design, and oceanographic-mapping
capabilities. The system is
scheduled to begin operating by...
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Amplified Intelligence
Astrobiology Magazine July 28, 2004
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Will machines make humans smarter
or just more dependent on our
calculators, car navigators, and
kitchen conveniences? Dr. Ken Ford
of the Institute of Human and
Machine Cognition reclassifies
several key problems in developing
smarter machines into a category
called "Amplified Intelligence." His
Institute for the Interdisciplinary
Study of...
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US Army win the Gulf War.
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