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...

More Lake Okeechobee releases to start Tuesday

Just keeping everyone up to date as Lake Okeechobee continues to dump east and west upsetting coastal residences and environmentalist.   "By Ed Killer (Contact) Sunday, September 14, 2008 TROPICAL FARMS...

User-Generated Content Services and Copyright Issues

"Cannes, France-- Could you be arrested for uploading my film or clip on the internet? India Eu Film Initiative (www.iefilmi.com) brings you a fascinationg debate on the content that you as an ordinary user of the...

WEBSITE OF THE DAY - nowpublic.com

Wow NowPublic was Website of the day.  Na Web site of the year."News. The world is obsessed with it. Dip your toe in current affairs and you're soon sucked in by the maelstrom that is the news.Research...

Israel reportedly 'agrees to 30 days of quiet' with Hamas

Interesting if true."srael is demanding that a formal calm with Hamas be preceded by a 30-day "feeling the pulse" period, the London-based daily Al-Quds al-Arabi reported Tuesday.

Device could send vital signs by cellphone

I can see the iVitals commercial already: hospital patients tossing their IV drips and dancing in front of brightly coloured blue screens to the tune of U2's "It's a Beautiful Day."  "CALGARY — Patients...

Bad Breath? Buy A Mobile Phone With A Halitosis Meter!

Mobile telephones that come with pedometers and pulse meters have been around for long, but A Japanese mobile phone company has finally added a new feature to its handsets that could potentially be really useful; a halitosis meter. Imagine walking to your next...

Magic Science: Physicists Move Light

This sort of thing is mind-blowing. When they say "transporting light"< do they mean like in STAR TREK or like in DR. WHO?"In a quantum mechanical sleight of hand, Harvard physicists have shown that they can not only bring a pulse of light, the fleetest of nature's...

New theory for mass extinctions (Geological Society of America)

A new theory on just what causes Earth's worst mass extinctions may help settle the endless scientific dust-up on the matter. Whether you favor meteor impacts, volcanic eruptions, cosmic rays, epidemics, or some...

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