June 7th, 2009 at 10:12am |
New rifles with explosive rounds can be told where to detonate
It would be hard to describe a bullet as smart, but what if that bullet was laser-guided, radio-controlled, and carried an onboard targeting CPU? The US Army has announced the creation of the XM25 rifle, which can fire a new type of explosive round that [...]
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February 12th, 2009 at 11:03am |
From: OCregister – We received several storm photographs from readers Saturday, including one that depicted something that’s very, very rarely seen, especially in Southern California — the end of the rainbow. A reader, who has finally been identified as Jason Erdkamp of Lake Forest, took this photo while traveling north on the 241 Tollroad in northeast [...]
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May 18th, 2008 at 10:12am |
News @ the BBC website..
Playing a certain type of music can enhance the way wine tastes, research by psychologists suggests.
The Heriot Watt University study found people rated the change in taste by up to 60% depending on the melody heard. The researchers said cabernet sauvignon was most affected by “powerful and heavy” music, [...]
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May 14th, 2008 at 2:30pm |
FOR ANYONE who has spent hours trawling the Net for hacks that unlock GSM mobile phones, the Simable is a gift. It unlocked the INQ’s Nokia N95, for example, in seconds.
The reality is that most handset vendors – particularly Nokia, Samsung and LG, have been getting much slicker at ‘locking’ GSM handsets into the particular [...]
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March 20th, 2008 at 3:15pm |
Cool robotic dog news from PCPRo
Boston Dynamics’ project to create “a robot with animal-like strength, speed and mobility” seems to be firmly on track judging by an astounding new video demonstration.
The company was contracted by the US Department of Defense with the aim of creating a quadruped pack-robot capable of carrying a soldier’s kit into [...]
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February 26th, 2008 at 1:08pm |
This is absolutely amazing, the images form this look to come out of the telly! With this you really can see the potential of some cool future FPS or console point-plastic-gun-at-tv and shoot games.
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February 20th, 2008 at 11:00am |
On February 4, Microsoft released the following details on their release schedule :
   In mid-March, we will release Windows Vista SP1 to Windows Update (in English, French, Spanish, German and Japanese) and to the download center on microsoft.com. Customers who visit Windows Update can choose to install Service Pack 1. If Windows Update determines that [...]
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