Today in History for Jan. 14th: George Wallace sworn-in as Alabama governor; US Ratifies peace treaty, ending American Revolution; DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe marry.
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TERESOPOLIS, Brazil – As night fell, barefoot volunteers dragged a generator and stadium lights into a town cemetery, where nearly 200 freshly dug graves lay open like wounds in the red clay soil, waiting for some of the hundreds killed by torrential rains. Funerals already had been held all day as a light rain persisted Thursday: a sister laying her brother to rest, a man burying his 1-year-old niece in a small white casket, a mother who cried her 9-year-old son’s name repeatedly as he was lowered into the earth. Small, handmade white crosses identified only by numbers – the details would have to come later – dotted the desolate, sodden hilltop. Dozens more funerals will come Friday and 300…
Continue reading …One slightly bent Florida fellow is suffering from more serious depressions, higher hypertension and more stressful stress, he’s charging in a typo-riddled lawsuit filed against WikiLeaks. He’s in “constant fear of being stricken by another heart attack or stroke” because he now believes the world is “on the brink of…
Continue reading …Woolly mammoths could be walking the Earth again in as little as 4 years, according to a Japanese scientist. A technique pioneered in 2008 successfully cloned a mouse from the cells of a mouse frozen for 16 years, and the professor believes he can use the same technique to resurrect…
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Tokyo (CNN) — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that the presence of American forces in Japan is critical to meet security challenges in Asia amid the tension in the Korean Peninsula. “To deal with this century’s critical challenges, critical component…
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So Christmas is coming and your daughter asks you to build her a robot after she sees you building so many for yourself — what do you do? You could build a cute and simple robot, or you could do what Jose Julio did and build something like the Arduino -based ArduSpider robot (since nicknamed Sara), which he’s now showing off for everyone to see. As you can see in the video after the break, the bot is able to both operate autonomously or be controlled remotely, and it packs a surprising number of tricks, including the ability to get tired or bored, and even some basic gymnastic and acrobatic skills. Interested in building your own? You can find all the details and code you need at the source link below. Continue reading DIY ArduSpider robot battles household pets, beats other homemade gifts DIY ArduSpider robot battles household pets, beats other homemade gifts originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The anti-war publications of the Vietnam era have given way to how-to manuals by former military men who seldom deal with moral aspects of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Looks like the bad news just got worse for Modu fans. According to reports from Israel, Modu, maker of impossibly small modular handsets, will be forced to close its doors in February as it attempts to payback debt and the salaries owed to its workers. Ironically, the news will likely spark an increase in demand as nerds battle to curate an elusive Modu W for their vintage gadget collections . Modu closing up shop in February originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisia’s autocratic president, struggling to contain deadly riots that have threatened his authority, made sweeping pledges for political and media freedom and said he will leave the presidency – but not until his term ends in 2014. Facing the worst unrest in his 23 years in power, an unusually contrite President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on Thursday ordered prices on sugar, milk…
Continue reading …World’s first room-temperature semiconductor plasmon nanolaser created by Berkeley scientists
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We’re big proponents of the idea that everything is better with lasers , and a team of researchers at UC Berkeley has created a new type of semiconductor plasmon nanolaser, or spaser, that could eventually find a home in many of your favorite devices. The big breakthrough is that Berkeley’s spaser operates at room temperature — previous spasers could only sustain lasing at temperatures below -250
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