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Body Scanning Technology Could Detect Terrorists
The US Department of Homeland Security is in the early stages of developing a body scanning technology which will detect hostile intent by examining a number of physical and physiological factors. Sensors and imagers will scan the entire body to measure body... Minnesota bridge opens a year after deadly collapse
A new I-35W bridge has opened in Minneapolis, 13 months after the last bridge collapsed into the Mississippi, killing 13 people and injuring 145. "Honking their horns and stirring up faint clouds of post-construction... "Smart Parking": Balm for San Francisco's Parking Woes
Parking in San Francisco sucks. That's not opinion, alas, but fact."Lack of parking is a serious issue in San Francisco. Donald Shoup, an urban planning expert at UCLA, says his research shows that drivers on the... Japanese firm makes robot girlfriend for lonely men
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorApparently the lonely have a girlfriend and it is battery operated, much like battery operated boyfriends for the lonely gal. Friday nights will now be dinner... Robocarp: Mecha Fish to Track Oil Spills
Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle have developed a new type of robotic fish which moves through the water as a real fish does: with fins. Such locomotion makes the mechafish more energy-efficient... Penguin robot can interact with humans
"A robotic pet penguin which can interact with humans has been unveiled by South Korean researchers. Pomi (Penguin Robot for Multimodal Interaction) can see, hear, touch and emit smells as well as making faces, the... Antarctic Robots: Don't Get Lost Out There
Like a human science team, this crowd of robots can not only split up a task list, but argue over who does what. No word on if they can grow beards, but I'd add that as a feature request.Aside from obvious... Fingernail Touch Sensors
""My doctoral thesis research project was the development of "Fingernail Touch Sensors" for human-machine interaction. These sensors can detect touch forces at the human fingertip as well as changes in finger...$60M to shoot a satellite?
A missile fired from a Navy warship on Wednesday night shot down a U.S. spy satellite that had been malfunctioning 130 miles above the Earth. The price tag for the endeavor has been pegged at upward of $30 million and even as high as $60 million, depending on the news report.... Finger on Your Pulse: Microsoft Seeks New Spyware
Human Resources departments could be assessing workers based upon biometric measuring software developed by Microsoft, which brought us such bulletproof products as Vista... Integrity of development aside, this just... Pentagon planning base near Iraq-Iran border: report
According to the Wall Street Journal, the Pentagon has plans to build a military base near the Iraq-Iran border to curtail the flow of Iranian advanced weapons to the Shiite militias. Maj.Gen. Rick Lynch ,...NASA to look at shuttle shield damage
"NASA to look at shuttle shield damage Reuters By Irene Klotz Reuters - 1 hour 5 minutes ago HOUSTON (Reuters) - NASA said it will take a close look at a small but worrisome gouge in the heat shield of space shuttle Endeavour, discovered in photographs taken as the orbiter...Missile defense moves ahead by John E. Carey
"On March 23, 1983, President Ronald Reagan announced from the Oval Office, "I've reached a decision which offers a new hope for our children in the 21st century." He explained his vision -- and his defense budget's inclusion -- of the first funds to go toward this nation's...Amazing Embraces and emtional bandwidth?
Wow. A piece of clothing that can receive information via Bluetooth and then turn that into a hug..yes a hug...delivered by your clothing!What next? It's like Bladerunner or something. You can watch Cute Circuit's...HP Getting into Handheld Gaming
I'm not affiliated with HP, but I do like toys. There. I said it. A new player on the handheld block may be quite refreshing: hopefully a HP machine won't have the proprietary limitations of the PSP..."Word has it that HP Labs is working on a gaming platform dubbed Mscape,...
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