] Japanese PC Watch Site has tons of cool new photos from
] robots featured at this years Robodex 2003 Trade-Show.

Wow... A car show for robots...

[This is cool - Nano]

I4U :: Future Technology News - More Amazing Photos From Robodex 2003

] Asif Iqbal, a Rochester, New York, management consultant,
] must get FBI clearance every Monday and Thursday when he
] flies to and from Syracuse for business. Iqbal can't get
] off a government watch list because he shares the same
] name as a suspected terrorist.
]
] What's more, the suspected terrorist Iqbal has been in
] U.S. custody at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
] since January 2002 when he was captured in Afghanistan.

Transportation Security Administration = Totally Stupid Assholes?

If you haven't read about it yet, you should follow the link through to CAPS II... Think all this added anti-terror security is temporary? Think again. Of course, they are promising that the institutionalized revision will actually include a way to remove yourself from the list ( :-O, these people are absolutely BRILLIANT). How one gets on the list will, of course, remain secret. So, basically, if everyone flies, and they need to get rid of someone they don't like, its really easy, and its impossible for anyone to ever find out what occured. You can bet your ass a hell of a lot more then "due process" will be "vanishing" under this system (Mike Hawash anyone?). Look for it to eventually get applied to every single mode of transportation in the country. Look for the Supreme Court to "interpret" that this is "legal." I'm sure that one or two of the justices will agree to "take one for the team" and write a dissent, if that makes you feel any better.

Wired News: Due Process Vanishes in Thin Air

] On Thursday, March 20, 2003, our friend and colleague
] Maher (Mike) Hawash was arrested ("detained") as a
] "material witness" by the FBI and the Joint Terrorism
] Task Force in the parking lot of Intel Corp's Hawthorne
] Farms parking lot. Simultaneously, FBI agents in
] bulletproof vests and carrying assault rifles awoke
] Mike's wife Lisa and their three children in the home,
] which they proceeded to search. Since then, Mike has
] been held in the Federal Prison at Sheridan, OR.

Free Mike Hawash

] A US company called Tonight's Menu Intelligent Ovens
] (TMIO) has come up with a refrigerated microwave that can
] be controlled over the net or by mobile phone.
]
] The product is part of a trend towards the smart kitchen
] hooked up to the internet, so that you can browse the
] contents of the fridge or tell the oven to immediately
] refrigerate your chicken once it is cooked.
]
] "This provides the keystone appliance of the internet
] kitchen," said David Mansbery, TMIO President. "This will
] be the start of the future."

BBC NEWS | Technology | Wired oven keeps food cool

] "One possibility is that black holes may allow us to
] travel to very remote places in the universe, or another
] universe entirely," said Burko in a telephone interview
] from his office in Salt Lake City. "It depends on the
] topology of the universe, which we do not know very
] well.... I'm not arguing it's a practical thing to do,
] but maybe in 1,000 years from now, maybe it would be
] simpler."

Wired News: Black Holes and Space Travel

] "At the end of three years, if we are successful, we
] would expect to have demonstrated in a laboratory setting
] that sentinel plants can indicate the presence of
] explosives."

Plants that change color in the presence of certain chemicals or biological agents.

[cool -Nano]

Wired News: Plants: New Anti-Terror Weapon?

] Tiny molecular daggers that latch onto fibres stab and
] destroy microbes have been created, meaning "killer
] clothes" may soon be available. Anti-fungal socks could
] take on athlete's foot while, on a more serious note,
] military uniforms could kill anthrax.

Somehow I get the feeling that there might be useful microbes that would also be killed...

Clothing that kills microbes...

Publishers Weekly writes, "This is a brilliant book that deserves a wide readership."

Echoes of Bill Joy ...

Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age

] The low-fat, high-bandwidth solution to your networked
] cooking needs is finally here. The George Foreman USB
] iGrill conveniently connects to your home or office PC
] using USB 2.0 technology, and provides a sophisticated
] web-based cooking interface.
]
] Download recipes, enter in the type of food, weight and
] desired degree of doneness, and the iGrill handles the
] rest. Did you know that a medium rare 1/4 lb. hamburger
] made from 80% lean beef takes 1 minute and 45 seconds
] less cook time than an identical patty made from 95% lean
] prime Black Angus? The iGrill does. As your meal cooks,
] the subtle glow from under the unit increases brightness
] and pulses faster until your meal is perfectly done.

This is just damn cool.....Geek Grilling....its the wave of the future!

update: Damn april fools day.....bah humbug:(

George Foreman USB iGrill

The Veteran's Administration, plagued by recent budget cuts, has had to resort to charging new veterans entering into its system a yearly fee of $250 in order for them to receive treatment. It is a sad irony that the very people being sent to fight the war are going to have to pay to treat the effects of it.

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