Science & Technology (192)
More Gattaca type stuff.
Senate OKs 4-month delay to digital TV changeover
Senate OKs 4-month delay to digital TV changeover By JOELLE TESSLER, Associated Press Writer Joelle Tessler, Associated Press Writer Tue Jan 27, 12:26 am ET WASHINGTON – The Senate on Monday voted unanimously to postpone the upcoming transition from
P H I L I P E M E A G W A L I - FATHER OF THE INTERNET
P H I L I P E M E A G W A L I A C a l c u l a t i n g M o v e It's hard to say who invented the Internet. There were many mathematicians and scientists who contributed to its development; computers were sending signals to each other as early as the 1
Ballmer unleashes Windows 7 into public beta
As was widely expected, at last night's CES keynote speech, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave Windows 7 the full dog and pony show, formally announcing the availability of the upcoming operating system as a public beta. Want to see what the fuss is al
New REVA Electric Car Boosts Range and Speed
Upgrade Makes EV Viable for 95% of All Journeys So a DIY car powered on walnut shells is not your thing - what about an electric car? While UK electric vehicle retailer NICE may have been hit by the financial crisis, and while the Norwegian electric
Computer-Generated Actors What Do You Think?
Silicon Valley is on the verge of producing sophisticated software that will allow motion picture companies to create actors on a computer who are visually indistinguishable from real people, San Jose's Mercury News reported today (Thursday). In the
Are You Ready For Cryonic Suspended Animation
Cryonic Suspended Animation Price tag: $160,000 “You can’t take it with you.” As a rich guy, you’ll hear that often from your children, your elderly parents and other leeches and moochers trying to suck your fortune dry. It may be true that you can’t
JET-MAN : THE INCREDIBLE FLYING MAN !!!
"Jet Man" Crosses English Channel Like a Human Rocket Kate Ravilious in York, United Kingdom for National Geographic News September 26, 2008 Yves Rossy, aka Jet Man, zoomed into the record books Friday, flying across the English Channel strapped to a
Futuristic Car Show Exhibit # 1 - Tesla Roadster
Tesla Roadster Price tag: $109,000 (base price) Normally cars give you a simple choice: You can be politically correct but plodding, as with the Toyota Prius. Or you can go very, very fast and burn through so much fossil fuel that Sarah Palin will st
Anyone Down For A Real Trip To Space?
Trip to Space on Virgin Galactic Price tag: $200,000 Being fabulously affluent isn’t all chocolate truffles and champagne fountains. There are days when all those stocks, bearer bonds and hedge funds in the Caymans just weigh you down, and you long t
Would You Get A Flying Car?
Moller M400 Skycar Price tag: ? The point of having vast coffers o’ cash, as any filthy-rich person will tell you, is to pay your way out of the mundane hassles that afflict the hoi polloi: traffic jams, military service, child rearing, flossing. Reg
