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Paper Tyger Launches New RFID Shield websnapr

“The Paper Tyger® RFID Shield is extremely effective at protecting consumer privacy and will assist tremendously in advancing the use of the technology by eliminating the fear of identity theft.” Err,
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/?p=427

The Willows - Fiction Magazine Seeks Submissions websnapr

"...Mr Thomas seeks submissions for a new magazine of Steampunk/Early Pulp fiction called The Willows - stories that could have been appropriate to telling around the fire at the Gentlemans Club.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
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The Scalzi Creative Sampler websnapr

A round-up of free Scalzi stuff in the wilds of the intarwebs.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070227/wr_nm/media_digital_dc_1

Publishers allow book browsing on the Web websnapr

"The dusty world of book publishing has taken a step into cyberspace as Random House and HarperCollins letting customers browse books online." It's starting. Slowly, but surely.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/29/photojournalism_and_copyright/

How the anti-copyright lobby makes big business richer websnapr

"...I'd argue that all this Utopian revolution has achieved so far in my sector is to disempower individuals, strengthen the hand of multinational businesses, and decrease the pool of information
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http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/cyber-concrete-lets-walls-speak/

Cyber-concrete lets walls speak websnapr

"Cyber-concrete can store information about itself, such as when, where and how it was manufactured and data about strength and quality, making for more efficient and reliable safety inspection s
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http://edition.cnn.com/2006/tech/space/12/14/stardust.ap/index.html?eref=rss_space

Study: Comet dust a strange brew websnapr

"Detailed observations from the first comet samples returned to Earth are debunking some of science's long-held beliefs on how the icy, celestial bodies form." Primordial material abounds, f
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Library Suspends Internet Access Due to Increased Inter ... websnapr

"A Michigan public library has temporarily stopped offering internet access due to a "sudden surge" in people using the computers to surf porn." Sudden surge, heh. I have a funny s
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6187534.stm

Let us test Darwin, teacher says websnapr

"Chemistry teacher at Liverpool [UK]'s Blue Coat School, Nick Cowan, says the packs promoting intelligent design are useful in debating Darwinist evolution." That's a slippery slope, right t
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.innovationlab.net/sw22811.asp

The world's first screen to be made of concrete websnapr

"The screen consists of concrete with embedded optical fibres, arranged as pixels, capable of transmitting natural as well as artificial light. The light-admission points are on the back of the s
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EMI Music CEO says the CD is 'dead' websnapr

"EMI Music Chairman and Chief Executive Alain Levy Friday told an audience at the London Business School that the CD is dead, saying music companies will no longer be able to sell CDs without off
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'TRANSMETROPOLITAN' REFERENCE MATERIAL GALLERY websnapr

"When artist Darick Robertson first began work on Transmetropolitan with writer Warren Ellis, he found inspiration for the popular series' eccentric characters in the people around him." Gal
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http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17577&ch=energy

More Efficient Solar Cells websnapr

"A semiconductor material with three energy bands uses more sunlight, by trapping low-energy photons."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
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Self-healing material also pinpoints damage websnapr

"The material heals itself by releasing a syrupy epoxy, stored underneath its outer polymer surface when this is breached. The epoxy naturally flows into crack or ruptures and sets hard when expo
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http://edition.cnn.com/2006/tech/space/09/18/space.elevator/index.html?section=cnn_space

Express lift to the stars websnapr

"A radically different way to reach outer space -- the space elevator -- may finally be getting off the ground floor thanks to recent huge advances in technology." CNN gets on the space elev
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060719_ophiuchi_nova.html

Mystery of Explosive Star Solved websnapr

Looks like the standard model for novae needs updating...this one seems to 'go off' every twenty years or so. I think it was also on one of the better trade routes in 'Elite'.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-07/ssi-sfr070506.php

Saturn's faint rings share some of their secrets websnapr

It looks like 'E' stands for Enceladus...more great data flowing back from the Cassini probe.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article.ns?id=mg19025566.100&feedid=space_rss20

Astronomy detectors could become nuke hunters websnapr

That 'homeland security' market, well, that's a way better dollar than your astronomy market, my friend
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
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Introducing the Toyota Tonero - Toyota Forklifts Europe websnapr

Toyota Material Handling Europe has unveiled the Toyota Tonero, a new range of engine-powered forklifts designed specifically for the European market.
>30 days ago by andyvdb, 1 User, more info save
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