PC Pro: News: Networks to run 10 times faster

PC Pro: News: Networks to run 10 times faster

100 Gigabit networks work for me .....

Tiny-Wheeled Robots, the Surgeons of the Future

Tiny-Wheeled Robots, the Surgeons of the Future- Softpedia

I see at least two robots there, that I wouldn't want inside my body ..... :)

The robots are barely over 3 inches long. One team member predicts that when production ramps up to the point where they could afford custom electrical components, the size of the robot could be cut in half.

Researcher Develops World's Smallest Car

Researcher Develops World's Smallest Car

Built at Rice ... it is *Much* too small to haul even one grain of rice. Thankfully, scientists won't have much trouble figuring out a multitude of nanoscopic materials with which to fill it.

The nanocars have to be heated to almost 400 degrees fahrenheit before strong electrical bonds to the material surface break enough to allow them to roll. (Paper bursts into flame at 451 degrees fahrenheit, if you recall, so this probably eliminates the possiblity of them hauling nanoscopic newspapers ..... ;-) )

In follow-up work, the Rice team has created a nanocar driven by light, and a nanotruck capable of carrying a load.

39 and 31 Megapixel CCD Sensors From Kodak

39 and 31 Megapixel CCD Sensors From Kodak - Softpedia

Way to go, Kodak! ..........

Hubble Looks for Possible Moon Resources

Hubble Looks for Possible Moon Resources

With the possiblity of mining ilmenite on the Moon, you have the ability to extract breathable oxygen, along with iron and titanium for construction purposes.

This Aristarchus crater was at one point, going to be a landing site for one of the discontinued Apollo 18, 19 or 20 missions.

Windscreen repels armour-piercing bullets

New Scientist Breaking News - Windscreen repels armour-piercing bullets

A little pricy at over $2000 USD per square foot, but well worth it if it is ever needed. When production ramps, the price will fall.

New Map Provides More Evidence Mars Once Like Earth

RedNova News - Space - New Map Provides More Evidence Mars Once Like Earth

I didn't realize the evidence was so compelling, to support the case for plate tectonics on Mars.

Cassini's Closeup View of Dione

Universe Today - Cassini's Closeup View of Dione

Splendid .....

EFF cracks Secret Service code

p2pnet.net - the original daily p2p and digital media news site

It bothers me that honest citizens have to pay extra to have crud like this put in our consumer electronic equipment. In this case, it degrades the quality of our photos. To what extent I am not sure. I'm sure the government scientists picked the color least likely to be noticed. (yellow) But those pixels have to degrade the image, and must replace some pixels that would otherwise be there.
People go to the trouble of compressing images with lossless computer technology (data compression) only to have it thwarted by something like this.

Who watches the watchers?

Spyware can constitute illegal trespass on home computers

USATODAY.com - Spyware can constitute illegal trespass on home computers

I like this legal theory!! ... Hopefully it will pass muster, and they can create an even stronger version ..........

I can see the finish of the first case now .......
JUDGE JUDY: " SIR .. You have been found guilty of Spyware .......
................ I SENTENCE YOU TO DIE ................ " ;-)

Survival trick of loose cancer cells

New Scientist News - Survival trick of loose cancer cells

Could it be, that metastatic tumor cells -- instead of ignorantly moving as rogue cells through the body -- are actually mistakenly homing in on some chemical signal, similar to the way leukocytes home in on infection or inflammation? I think this way of looking at the problem, turns the conventional wisdom on it's head .....

Astronomers Surprised: Stars Born Near Black Hole

SPACE.com -- Astronomers Surprised: Stars Born Near Black Hole

Many mysteries remain ... among them: Why so many rare, high mass stars formed within one light-year of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.

Ancient noodle rewrites history

New Scientist Archive - News - Ancient noodle rewrites history

A 4000 year old "cuppa noodles", buried under 9 feet of river silt, after a major earthquake and flood.

"These are undoubtedly the oldest noodles ever found," says Houyuan Lu.

I couldn't argue with that .................... ;-)

New dinosaur find rewrites history book of evolution

Scotsman.com News - Top Stories - New dinosaur find rewrites history book of evolution: "among the Gondwanan dromaeosaurs."

It looks like the ability to fly may have evolved twice. Once in the birds, and once in Gondwanan dromaeosaurs.

Found: the flying lizards� missing lift

New Scientist Breaking News - Found: the flying lizards� missing lift

Very clever ......

More Flores 'Hobbits' described

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | More Flores 'Hobbits' described

Interesting that the team speculates that these "Hobbits" could have descended from Homo erectus instead of Homo sapiens ....

Stanford wins $2 million in robotic car race | Tech News on ZDNet

Stanford wins $2 million in robotic car race | Tech News on ZDNet

They say slowing your vehicle down pays in the long run. Guess they were right ... This robot car, named "Stanley" drove by itself 131.6 miles through the desert, and averaged 19.1 miles an hour .......

For which the team got paid ......... $15,197.57 PER MILE !!

Not a bad payday..... :)

Gas is expensive, but at that rate, you could recoup about 5000 gallons a mile ....... ;-)

A Big Finish With No One At the Wheel

A Big Finish With No One At the Wheel

This is a Dramatic Improvement over last year's race......

Micro-organisms may be turned into nano-circuitry

New Scientist Breaking News - Micro-organisms may be turned into nano-circuitry

Not fair ... I think I already had this idea ..... ;-)

Long-necked dinosaurs had shellfish desires

New Scientist Breaking News - Long-necked dinosaurs had shellfish desires

This makes so much sense, I wonder why noone figured this out before ......

Slashdot | Internet Partitioning - Cogent vs Level 3?

Slashdot | Internet Partitioning - Cogent vs Level 3?
OK .. Blogger has some kind of bug, that automatically posts, when you left-click and/or hit RETURN too early in the session .... SHEESH !!

Anyway, I find it surprising that in this day, the Internet can still be partitioned off so easily. I hope the customers vote with their wallets and destroy the offending party(s). A better solution would be some kind of re-regulation by the powers-that-be, that would allow other companies to step in, and prevent this silliness.

US scientists resurrect deadly 1918 flu

New Scientist Breaking News - US scientists resurrect deadly 1918 flu

It does not inspire confidence in me, that they are tinkering with this stuff, less than 100 miles from here, and sans "spacesuits" no less.

Next-gen LEAF Aptus camera backs launched

Digit Online news - Next-gen LEAF Aptus camera backs launched

When ordinary 22 megapixel images just won't do .... snap some 6,726-x-5,040 pixel resolution, 34 megapixel images instead! .... ;-)

That particular one is called the Aptus 75 .... which doesn't exactly make sense to me ......

Gamma Ray Burst Mystery Solved

Universe Today - Gamma Ray Burst Mystery Solved

Thirty-five years of patience finally pays off ...............

Fossils Reveal Two New Species of Flying Reptiles

Fossils Reveal Two New Species of Flying Reptiles

Interesting ...

Python bursts after trying to eat gator

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas | WFAA.com | Top Stories

Whoa! .......

Antioxidant in Green Tea May Fight Alzheimer's

Antioxidant in Green Tea May Fight Alzheimer's

More Hope ...... The benefits of EGCG ......

Boffins find the mother spud

Boffins find the mother spud - The Other Side - Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au

You just never know what those boffins are going to do next! ... ;-)

The Google Office I'd Go For

PC World's Techlog - The Google Office I'd Go For

Could this be the RTG feature, I've been hearing about? ....

Australians win Nobel for linking bug to ulcers

New Scientist Breaking News - Australians win Nobel for linking bug to ulcers

This is the perfect example of new thinking prevailing against the established orthodoxy and so-called experts in the field.

Good Job! .. Well Done! ... And Congratulations! ..

Pheromones may be used to herd alien fish

New Scientist Breaking News - Pheromones may be used to herd alien fish

They DO sort of look alien ......

Rocket racing league

�Rocket racing league� gets its start - The New Space Race - MSNBC.com

Sounds Great! But at 200 to 300 mph, they could be outraced by propeller-driven planes ......

Google and Sun to Collaborate

BetaNews | Google and Sun to Collaborate

Can hardly wait! ........................

Yahoo! follows Google into print minefield

Yahoo! follows Google into print minefield | The Register

So! ... You can print minefields now ..... hmmm .... ;-)

Pill-sized camera gets to grips with your gut

New Scientist Breaking News - Pill-sized camera gets to grips with your gut

Oh Joy! A mechanical insect to crawl around my insides! ... ;-)

NASA Takes Giant Step Toward Finding Earth-Like Planets

NASA Takes Giant Step Toward Finding Earth-Like Planets

Football-field sized telescopes (or their equal in resolving power) sound good to me ...... :)

Cassini pictures spongy Hyperion

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Cassini pictures spongy Hyperion

Spongy Indeed! ... It appears to me, in examining the enlarged photo of Hyperion, that the whitish cliffs are in fact the walls of a Mega-Crator that spans over 70% of the width of Hyperion.
And that several hundred smaller craters have slowly subsided in a regolith collapse, into the hollow core of Hyperion.
There is one larger crater near the bottom of the photo that ... while it's walls remained intact and frozen ... it appears that it's bottom was ground away, and flattened by it's slide down the whitish cliff walls.