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December 20 to 31, 2005
A "laptop battery breakthrough" enables more precise
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ings of battery life, implications for all gadget types...
April 11 to 17, 2005
This couple started an eco-porn site for rain forest protection and have al
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y raised almost $100,000...
And the new Adobe Acrobat
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er 7 reports your document-viewing activities to third parties without your knowledge...
The government gives lame reasons for making passports remotely
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able. Also noted is that your birth date and photo can be picked up remotely. That means (identity) thieves could make instan...
A
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er poll reveals the ugliest cars of 2005. I definitely agree with the top four...
April 4 to 10, 2005
Scientists are figuring out ways to stimulate neurons remotely with laser beams and are al
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y controlling fruit flies...
March 28 to April 3, 2005
If you have an iPod, this well-designed guide to all things poddish - software, accessories, reviews - is a must-
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...
Derren Brown uses basic psychological principles to perform amazing "mind-
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ing" and mass hypnotism tricks...
March 14 to 20, 2005
The first RFID
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er/writer in SD card format...
Take a break to
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the underrated poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, "the German language's greatest poet of the 20th century". His unique style of writing translates exceptionally well...
February 21 to 27, 2005
There will be no encryption on new U.S. e-passports, even though they could be
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stealthily from 30 feet away...
January 31 to February 6, 2005
The Rich Get Richer http://www.archinect.com/forum/th
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s.php?id=P13533_0_42_0_...
How the Atkins diet is affecting fast-food menus: http://www.th
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.co.nz/article/75...
January 24 to 30, 2005
How about a wi-fi cafe combined with a print-on-demand bookstore? Now that so many book sales are online, how about putting the bookstore in the cafe instead of the cafe in the bookstore? A suitabl...
Whole-grain foods are becoming an industry trend. Wonder B
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now makes a whole-grain alternative, following "unprecedented consumer interest in healthier foods"...
January 17 to 23, 2005
The digested
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- popular novels condensed to 100 words. It sure has saved me some time...
January 10 to 16, 2005
Life is pretty hardy. Al
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y there are signs of it around the tsunami-devastated areas...
January 1 to 9, 2005
The top ten war profiteers of 2004: http://metronewsnet.homelinux.com:81/boards/showth
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.php?pc...
November 22 to 28, 2004
Here's an excerpt from "Checkpoint", a documentary on the West Bank/Gaza Strip checkpoints that was
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apted by the Israeli military for training purposes. This clip highlights the everyday tensio...
Unfortunately, these same dolphins may have al
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y been killed by poachers...
November 8 to 14, 2004
Advertisers are also wondering how to reach the "mobile phone generation". They're worried that cell phones are making people more self-centered. I think that the newer generations can be ver...
In 2005 Hawaiian Electric will start a large-scale test of Internet over power lines in Pearl City. It will also offer the ability to
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electricity meters remotely...
November 1 to 7, 2004
Yes, those same Hart voting machines used in Hawaii caused a few problems in Texas. But here's what gets me... the article's last sentence
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s "Election officials say eSlate machines are reliabl...
October 25 to 31, 2004
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y for the election? "Tight race turns world spotlight on Hawaii"...
October 18 to 24, 2004
USB flash drives with a thumbprint
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er...
UK Guardian
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ers write to undecided voters in Clark County, Ohio to persuade them not to vote for Bush. A slew of hilarious, vile, and thoughtful letters return...
October 11 to 17, 2004
An astute
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er points out that hyaluronic acid, which has been touted as an "anti-aging remedy", is found in taro (used for poi, the Hawaiian food staple). Here's the connection to a long-live...
Cultural (
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: advertising) messages affect sensory perception...
October 4 to 10, 2004
More money can be made by unpopular media than by popular media. Here's how the net is changing the nature of what "popular" means. Highly recommended
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ing...
September 20 to 26, 2004
It takes a lot of energy and money to send Oahu's garbage to the mainland. Rather than sp
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ing our trash around the planet, are there better alternatives...
September 13 to 19, 2004
Ditch buggy Internet Explorer! Sp
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Firefox...
Sp
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ing political activism in Colombia via dynamic low-power radio networks on bikes...
September 5 to 12, 2004
You can
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the whole thing online...
July 26 to August 1, 2004
A $230 million acquisition of an RFID
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er company. This technology is hot, hot, hot, people...
July 12 to 18, 2004
Have you
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about the children at Abu Ghraib...
July 5 to 11, 2004
Sharp's new prototype color eBook
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er...
June 28 to July 4, 2004
A new hypersensitive sensor has been developed in Israel, allowing heart
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ings from "several feet away" without physical contact...
May 31 to June 6, 2004
Never mind the news you've
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last week about the lack of sex in Japan. I'm curious about "hikikomori", a contributing condition affecting one million teen boys - they never leave their rooms...
May 17 to 23, 2004
Two teen poetry students give a public anti-Iraq/Bush
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ing. Their teacher is fired and the poetry club shut down...
May 10 to 16, 2004
In 18 months Kaufmann designed six versions of her prefab "Glidehouse", making use of recyclable, energy-efficient materials. It's designed to accommodate solar panels and looks and feels like ...
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the 2004 Hugo nominees online. My favorites - Vernor Vinge, Michael Swanwick, and Catherine Asara...
April 19 to 25, 2004
4) Endorse the use of lead-free computer systems, at least by government: The world's first lead-free motherboard (the main component in personal computers) has been developed...
A review of the first electronic paper- based
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ing device and its implications for libraries, books, and traditional
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ing habits...
April 5 to 11, 2004
Bioengineered weed-killer resistant grass is being tested on golf courses. Unless trimmed regularly, it may flower and sp
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to public areas...
March 29 to April 5, 2004
A-POC ("A Piece of Cloth"): Seamless clothing A new manufacturing method is changing how clothes are made by making
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y-to-wear seamless clothes out of a single piece of cloth. This process ca...
"Sp
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sheets: 25 Years in a Cell...
Here's a story by a woman who used a sp
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sheet to tally all the things about her ex-lover...
March 22 to 28, 2004
Lawrence Lessig released his latest book, and you can download and
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it for free. If living in an open, free culture is important to you, or if you take photos, draw, write, make music, or i...
Thanks to a new bill just drafted.
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the book "Free Culture" first and then see if this makes sense to you...
The first device ever with an electronic paper display, a
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ing device, hits the shelves next month, with a 170dpi screen...
March 8 to 14, 2004
The Belkin iPod Media
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e...
HSS claims to have al
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y scored a hit on the charts with the single "Left Outside Alone" by Anastacia. I admit it's catchy...
George Michael will offer his songs freely online from now on, a music industry first for an established artist. Actually this is a great strategy for someone with an al
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y popular back catalog...
February 23 to 29, 2004
An HP study of the transmission of ideas via blogs (online journals), with visuals. For future research: How is the sp
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ing of ideas like the transmission of virii? Can one reliably predict the mos...
Summarize a novel in 25 words (or less)... "The Lord of the Rings, by JRR Tolkien: Little guys go to a lot of trouble to get rid of stolen jewelry." http://ilx.wh3rd.net/th
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.php?msgid=432858...
February 16 to 22, 2004
The Pentagon researches ways for GIs to fight for up to five days without a break. Have they not heard of crack? "The question is: 'Are there temporary biochemical approaches we can use to squeeze th...
It's been tested by the FBI and is so accurate its results are now admissible in court. "[it's] ... a method of
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ing the brain's involuntary electrical activity in response to a subject being show...
February 2 to 8, 2004
The market for luxury cars (which cost up to $1 million) is booming nationwide. "There are more rich people every day, and the sp
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between the people who have money and those who don't is gettin...
January 26 to February 1, 2004
You may have
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the articles I mentioned about the rise of "cyberbullies" in school - well, it's gone international...
December 15 to 21, 2003
Lessons learned: UH and the Star-Bulletin need to get their science/high-tech reporting act together. This item was featured in dozens of international publications before locals got wind of it.....
December 8 to 14, 2003
Alexi has become popular on the strength of his self-made year-old 4-song album on cdbaby, two songs off which have al
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y been featured on national TV shows. Many college/independent DJs and majo...
November 3 to 9, 2003
A few medical breakthroughs last week you may have
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about... "Liquid drano for arteries"...
I'm currently
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ing their "Fostering Sustainable Behavior: An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing" - its author was in Hawaii recently...
October 27 to November 2, 2003
"Get
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y for the era when collaboration replaces the corporation....
October 27, 2003
A trial just started that could pave the way for holding U.S. companies accountable for pollution overseas - it involves toxic oil dumps in total 50 percent larger than the Exxon Valdez spill sprea...
October 14, 2003
Sp
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of AIDS among Young ‘A Global Catastrophe’...
August 12, 2003
Now that everyone has access to professional-class studio software, we are seeing the rise of "Bastard Pop" - songs made of two other songs you'd never would have put together.
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the Salon article...
July 28, 2003
When nothing gets done in groups the way people want that's perhaps more often due to an inability to manage agreement than manage conflict -
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about the Abilene Paradox...
July 21, 2003
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ing the wrong thing in public gets man in trouble with the FBI...
I'm sure you've seen this satire al
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y...
July 10, 2003
Here's one of the better articles on CTS that I've
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.....
July 8, 2003
If you don't know what RFID is,
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here first:...