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December 20 to 31, 2005
The weight of American tourists is causing ch
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s on the Queen Mary 2 to break...
April 11 to 17, 2005
Homes of the billion
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es...
April 4 to 10, 2005
Low-power FM (LPFM) radio, devised by the FCC to provide an alternative to corporate-centric radio, is now being dominated by Christian radio networks, effectively limiting the diversity of loca...
March 28 to April 3, 2005
G.M.'s vice-ch
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man, on why he thinks people will still buy big SUVs: "Rich people don't care"...
March 14 to 20, 2005
The Flickr postcard browser: http://www.
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tightinteractive.com/projects/flickr_postcard_browser/app...
March 7 to 13, 2005
A land sale of over 1,000 acres on Molokai by software million
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e John McAfee could mark the beginning of the end of the island's way of life...
Meanwhile, a demonstration of how a hacker could easily disable a U.S. energy utility makes the Ch
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man of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission wish he'd "had a diaper on"...
February 28 to March 6, 2005
Yeah, an FM transmitter for the iPod shuffle! http://www.xtrememac.com/adapters/
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play_shuffle.shtm...
Send any application's audio to remote speakers connected to the
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port Express with this software...
Ira Rennert's house was featured on VH1 this week. It's the largest in the world, containing over 100,000 square feet worth of structures, 30 bathrooms, and its own power plant. He owned the compan...
February 7 to 13, 2005
A transcript of Gene Simmon's very funny interview with Terry Gross on NPR, which was replayed last week: http://www.maniahill.com/funny/Gene_Simmons_Terry_Gross_Fresh_
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_02_04_2002.ht...
January 24 to 30, 2005
It's time for Hawaii to promote innovate mixed-use businesses that foster community development. Mentioned last week was the concept of "bike stations", which could be placed next to mas...
The 101 dumbest moments in business. Number three: the ch
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man of gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson was forced to resign after it was discovered that he spent 15 years in prison for a string of arme...
The Pack 'n' Ch
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, a foldable ch
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/backpack/cooler...
January 17 to 23, 2005
"Study: Watching Fewer Than Four Hours Of TV A Day Imp
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s Ability To Ridicule Pop Culture...
Since 2003
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port security screeners have stolen $36 million in items from travelers. The Transportation Security Administration spokesman says, "We have a few bad apples. That is unfortunate. We'...
Frequent traveler and ace writer Cory Doctorow was questioned at the
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port by American
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lines personnel and asked for a written list of his friends' addresses. Here's his story...
January 10 to 16, 2005
The new 555-seat
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bus A380 is the world's biggest
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liner ever built. And it's more fuel efficient than your car...
"Popular shampoos contain toxic chemicals linked to nerve damage". Apparently this includes Head and Shoulders, Suave, Cl
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ol and Pantene H
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Conditioner...
January 1 to 9, 2005
More on Michelin's
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-less tire, which lasts two to three times longer than conventional tires...
The results of the second holiday champagne ch
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contest, in which designers made ch
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s using only the material from one champagne bottle...
December 13 to 19, 2004
Hawaiian
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lines and Island
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now support etickets...
New
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ship satellites can provide cheaper wireless coverage...
November 15 to 21, 2004
Bob Dylan-singin' liberals are going to have to wear mirrored hats to peace rallies now that the Army's got a new
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borne pain ray in the works...
November 8 to 14, 2004
"The Persuaders" - now: This show
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ed on Frontline this week exploring advertising's latest evolution - it's all about narrowcasting and emotional advertising that speaks to your "inner lizard" an...
November 1 to 7, 2004
This was all over the news - Americans are getting heavier, leading to tons of extra weight and fuel for
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lines. And 3.8 million more tons of carbon dioxide in the
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October 25 to 31, 2004
Wow! The Honolulu Wal-Mart issue actually got some
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time on "The Daily Show" (video clip)...
October 18 to 24, 2004
The
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Force traces a distress signal to a faulty TV...
ASCAP seals a huge deal to "let stations legally stream their on-
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content over the "Internet"...
October 11 to 17, 2004
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plane contrails scar the atmosphere...
Transparent ventilator bricks keep 85% of noise out: http://www.reactual.com/metaefficient/archives/materials/silence
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-noise-blocking-bricks.htm...
September 20 to 26, 2004
The popular Kaimuki neighborhood trolley service ends. There's nothing wrong with more bus lines, but now there's less character, no open-
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transportation with wide views, and less fun for tourist...
Hawaii's special-effects industry has some heavy hitters. Kai Bov
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d, who set up a local shop, made effects for the Matrix. "There's definitely skilled people (in Hawaii) but you need serious an...
The first dental ch
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to use bone-conducting speakers, preventing patients from drill noises...
September 13 to 19, 2004
Spreading political activism in Colombia via dynamic low-power radio networks on bikes...
September 5 to 12, 2004
"Clean
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Tech Has Ancient Roots...
August 30 to September 5, 2004
Disney creates a revolution in fireworks by creating a compressed
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launching system.
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-launched fireworks are more precise, less polluting, safer, and can be launched higher. How about using thi...
The world's smallest atomic clock will lead to devices with super-accurate time everywhere (1 second is lost every 300 years), affecting cryptography, global communications, etc....
August 22 to 29, 2004
Finally, Coke vending machine offers cashless purchases via cell phones: http://neasia.nikkeibp.com/wcs/leaf/CID/on
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/asabt/news/32688...
The plight of the minimum-wage d
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y worker...
A car engine that runs off
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July 26 to August 1, 2004
IBM introduces "chip morphing" technology, which enables self-rep
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ing, evolvable computer chips...
July 19 to 25, 2004
A photo tour of the N521DB, the luxury liner used to transport the Bin Ladens out of the U.S. after 9/11. It was also used by Fleetwood Mac and the Rolling Stones...
July 12 to 18, 2004
This method has cheaply and quickly restored tall grass pr
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ies, watersheds, wildlife habitats in New Jersey, and arid lands in Thailand, the Philippines, Africa, and India. Masanobu Fukuoka, th...
July 5 to 11, 2004
Clive Sincl
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rolls out the world's smallest folding bike...
June 28 to July 4, 2004
Grow your own (nearly) all-grass armch
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...
June 21 to 27, 2004
Here's a 48-minute show called "Exposed: The Carlyle Group", which
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ed on TV in the Netherlands...
June 7 to 13, 2004
"Dirty
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- Dirty Power...
May 31 to June 6, 2004
"Bad H
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Year...
May 24 to 30, 2004
Curious locals dig up Area 51 wireless perimeter sensors on public land and get busted by the FBI and
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Force agents...
May 3 to 9, 2004
* Delta
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line...
April 26 to May 2, 2004
52 former senior British diplomats write a nasty letter to Prime Minister Tony Bl
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Here's a cool (Mac and Windows) screensaver - an
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plane window, with a moving aerial background...
April 19 to 25, 2004
Taking another cue from nature,
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plane wings that morph in flight like a bird's with fish-like scales are being developed...
April 12 to 18, 2004
Just by using a white-colored roof on your home, you can save up to 40% in
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conditioning costs...
April 5 to 11, 2004
"NEC Develops Fastest Rechargeable Battery" http://neasia.nikkeibp.com/wcs/leaf?CID=on
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/asabt/news/29967...
March 31, 2004
Hawaii Kai is one of the most garish neighborhoods I've seen. Hawaii is not Greece, Italy, or Hollywood. So why build faux (stucco, fenced-in, highly paved) structures which are neither here no...
If local architects aren't willing to follow that cue, at least here's a translucent concrete material that can make buildings appear light and
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y instead:...
March 29 to April 5, 2004
United
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lines announced that more than 2 million customers used their self-serving kiosks in a single month. No modern
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line can survive without them. Actually, that could be a great business ...
March 22 to 28, 2004
"Soya-powered planes promise greener
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travel...
March 1 to 7, 2004
How I Lost The Big One http://www.legalaff
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s.org/issues/March-April-2004/story_lessig_marapr04.htm...
February 23 to 29, 2004
The Transportation Security Administration, which handles
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port terrorist checks, mistakenly identified one of its employees as a sex offender and fired him, despite the fact that the correc...
February 16 to 22, 2004
Going through the Frankfurt
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port? You may have to look through their new retinal scanning system...
NTT Develops Stamp-Size 1GB Hologram Memory http://neasia.nikkeibp.com/wcs/leaf?CID=on
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/asabt/news/29092...
January 12 to 18, 2004
An uplifting story of how a frantic woman at an
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port is saved minutes before takeoff by a laptop connected with Bluetooth to a cell phone connected to the Internet connected to her email...
The federal government plans to analyze employees' h
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, sweat, and saliva as a part of new drug tests...
December 15 to 21, 2003
Nanoscale fibers smaller than the wavelengths of light have been developed - see the picture of one winding around a human h
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...
December 8 to 14, 2003
Advertising is now appearing on
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plane tray tables...
December 1 to 7, 2003
The resignation letter of Roy Disney, Ch
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man of the Feature Animation Division at Walt Disney Company...
November 17 to 23, 2003
In Rolling Stone, Robert F. Kennedy wrote a nice article on Bush and his attack on the environment: http://rollingstone.com/features/nationalaff
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s/featuregen.asp?pid=215...
November 3 to 9, 2003
But some of these healers are refusing to divulge information, saying they are not f
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ly compensated for their information - which could make some biotech firms millions of dollars...
September 30, 2003
SkyHigh
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lines...
September 22, 2003
Howard Levy, harmonica player extrordin
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e...
August 25, 2003
EPA to ease
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pollution rules for maintaining coal-burning power plant...
*
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Canada (the reservations, check-in, and call center systems shut down, causing canceled flights...
August 12, 2003
FOX News apparently owns the trademark to the phrase "F
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and Balanced". We'll see if it holds up in court...
July 28, 2003
It's scientifically proven than Kansas is flatter than a pancake: http://www.improb.com/
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chives/paper
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/volume9/v9i3/kansas.htm...