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"Sex Is Pleasurable, Studies Show" (by Don Boudreaux) (2)

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Air Storage Is Explored for Energy (3)

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Energy Storage and Power, a new company, plans to use wind turbines to produce compressed air that can be stored underground or in tanks and released later to power generators during peak hours. (Source: http://www.nytime...)

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Gene therapy for ultimate human running speed and strength (4)

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Humans will soon have the ability to modify and greatly enhance muscle fiber strength, enabling speeds of 45 miles per hour and five-seconds times for 100 meters, says Professor Peter Weyand, Southern Methodist University (Texas), known for his expertise in terrestrial locomotion and human and animal performance. DARPA is also spending 3 billion to enhance strength and endurance. (Source: http://nextbigfut...)

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Daniel C said: Pretty much the DARPA program I wrote about in "Perfect for Each Other," only I assumed intellectual enhancements, too."

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Wind Energy Bumps Into Power Grid's Limits (3)

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Expansive dreams about renewable energy from wind power and other sources are bumping up against the reality of a power grid that cannot handle the new demands. An Energy Department plan to source 20 percent of the nation's electricity from wind calls for a high-voltage backbone spanning the country, but it would cost $60 billion or more and would be contrained by multistate regulatory restrictions. (Source: http://www.nytime...)

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Space Cube – the World's Smallest Linux PC (18)

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Barence writes "Meet the Space Cube — the world's smallest fully functional PC. Primarily designed for use in space, it somehow manages to cram a working PC with USB ports, card readers, audio outputs and proprietary interfaces into a tiny cube chassis measuring just two inches square. It runs a basic Linux front-end, which the blogger takes a look at, and there are some great photos of the device being loomed over by everyday objects ...

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fishy said: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/08/27/a-real-space-oddity-arrives-at-pc-pro/真小。。。
Robby R said: link: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/08/27/a-real-space-oddity-arrives-at-pc-pro/

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Carbon-Neutral Ziggurat Could House 1.1 Million In Dubai (9)

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Engadget is reporting that a new pyramid-shaped city of the future, dubbed a "Ziggurat," is being touted by Dubai-based environmental design company, Timelinks. Claiming that their design allows for an almost self-sufficient energy footprint and, obviously, economy of space, the real trick would be getting 1.1 million people to live in such close proximity. "Martijn Kramer, managing director of The International Institute for the Urban Environment told WAN: 'As a general reaction the Ziggurat Project ...

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ScorpFromHell said: WOW!!!! This should have been during the Unconference debates!
Max said: An idea that is simultaneously interesting and disturbing.

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30% of Americans Want "Balanced" Blogging (8)

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Cutie Pi writes "In a recent Rasmussen poll looking at the public's attitudes toward a possible revival of the fairness doctrine by the Democrats, a surprisingly large percentage of those polled seek fairness doctrine mandates (originally intended for public airwaves) to cover the Internet as well. It is encouraging that a minority of people feel that way, but Democrats say 'hands-off the Internet ... by a far smaller margin than Republicans and unaffiliated voters. Democrats ...

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Christopher Granade said: Uh... this is kind of scary. The Internet is not like public airwaves. There is no natural scarcity of broadcasting time on the Internet. Scarcity of transfer, yes, but that's on the receiving end, not the broadcasting end.

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Cheap, clean drinking water purified through nanotechnology (3)

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Scientists at the University of South Australia have discovered a simple way to remove bacteria and other contaminants from water using tiny particles of pure silica coated with a nanometer-thin layer of active material based on a hydrocarbon. (Source: http://www.nanowe...)

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More-Efficient Solar Cells (1)

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Day4 Energy has found a way to cut the cost of solar power by 25 percent, using a new electrode that, together with a redesigned solar-cell structure, allows solar panels to absorb more light and operate at a higher voltage. The company estimates the cost per watt of solar power would be about $3, compared with $4 for conventional solar cells. That will translate into electricity prices of about 20 cents per kilowatt-hour in sunny ...

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Rat-Brained Robots Take Their First Steps (8)

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missb writes "Brain tissue cultured from rats has controlled a wheeled robot around a lab, according to New Scientist this week. Researchers in the UK have harnessed signals from thousands of disembodied rat neurons, and manipulated them to get a robot to respond to instructions. The team at the University of Reading in the UK hope their research will help provide treatments for diseases like Alzheimer's and epilepsy."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Wolfger said: Behold our future rodent-cyborg masters...
Northorn said: Not to mention the robot from "Saturn 3" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_3

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A Roadblock to Russian Oil and Gas (1)

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The assault on Georgia delivers a sharp setback to a proposed U.S.-backed route to the West

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Sunny said: Russia wants to take possession of a US backed pipeline that runs through Georgia.

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Scientists closer to developing invisibility cloak (1)

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people and objects invisible....

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Banking by phone for the poor (1)

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NEW DELHI (AP) -- It can scale mountains in a single bound and wend its way down the most wretched roads. It is the mighty cell phone signal - and the latest hope for bringing financial services to the world's masses who don't have access to banks....

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Solar-Power Breakthrough (3)

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Daniel Nocera, a professor of chemistry at MIT, has made a major advance in chemistry that could lead to a cheap way to store energy from the sun, solving one of the key problems in making solar energy a dominant source of electricity. He has developed a low-cost catalyst that can generate oxygen and hydrogen from water, and the hydrogen can then be burned or run through a fuel cell to generate electricity whenever it's ...

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George Will's America (1)

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Dunkin' Donuts to offer healthier menu items (1)

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Looking to entice those hungry for a healthier option, Dunkin' Donuts will begin offering a new slate of better-for-you offerings in August....

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Is Apple Revamping Its Laptop Line? (3)

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It's time to take a new look at MacBooks. A step-up to multitouch screens starting at a nifty price would thrill consumers

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Bastiatian Wisdom (by Don Boudreaux) (1)

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Cafe patron David Descôteaux has this letter published on Saturday in Montreal's The Gazette:Looking for help from BombardierLetterPublished: Saturday, July 26I have a project: to publish a book. I have talent and I'm certain it will be a success. I ask each of Bombardier's 70,000 employees to lend me $25. I will repay the entire amount ($1.7 million) in 10 years. Of course, it will be a zero-interest loan. And I will pay you back ...

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Will Trips to the Video Store Become A Thing of the Past? (1)

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Amazon Video on Demand:Netflix strictly streams videos, iTunes progressively downloads movies so that you can start watching while it is downloaded, and now Amazon enters the fray with a new Video on Demand service. The main difference between the other two? You don't have to provide the space for storing the video on your PC, Amazon keeps it online for you. This means that you can access the movies you have purchased from any computer ...

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Boy, 11, bites pit bull to fend off attack (1)

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SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- An 11-year old boy is in Brazil's media spotlight after sinking his teeth into the neck of a dog that attacked him. Local newspapers reported on Thursday that Gabriel Almeida was playing in his uncle's backyard in the city of Belo Horizonte when a pit bull named Tita lunged at him and bit him in the left arm....

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Sunny said: When you get too many 'man bites dog' stories...

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