Topic: - on October 18, 2002 at 8:09:38 PM CEST
Another Blast Rocks Philippines
A bomb ripped through a bus in suburban Manila late Friday, killing at least three people and injuring 20 others, police said. The incident at 10 p.m. occurred on a EDSA highway, one of the capital's main thoroughfares, in Quezon City, despite tightened security following two deadly bombings Thursday in the southern Philippines and a grenade blast early Friday morning in Manila's financial district.
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Topic: - on October 18, 2002 at 8:05:21 PM CEST
Ray of Light for the Blind
Computerized, brain-implanted eyewear could be the answer to seeing again. Jens is able to see through inventive technology from New York's Dobelle Institute, which produces a form of artificial vision. See how this revolutionary piece of eyewear works. It's not perfect, but it's enough for Jens to drive a car around a parking lot.
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Topic: - on October 18, 2002 at 7:42:42 PM CEST
Can't afford a Segway?
LegWay Program
The program for LegWay was written in BrickOS (LegOS) and uses EOPDs to maintain a constant distance to the ground. As the distance decreases, LegWay moves forward. As the distance increases, LegWay moves backward. Every 50 ms, LegWay attempts to re-calculate the balance point by measuring the current distance and motor speed.
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Topic: - on October 18, 2002 at 7:23:59 PM CEST
NASA releases new photos from Mars Global Surveyor
They represent some of the highest resolution images ever obtained by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor. This image shows a view of gullies on the walls of a meteor impact crater.
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Topic: - on October 18, 2002 at 7:18:07 PM CEST
Reuters spotted
Bird the Size of a Plane Spotted in Alaska?
Oct. 18 — ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A bird the size of a small airplane was recently spotted flying over southwest Alaska, puzzling scientists, the Anchorage Daily News reported this week.
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Topic: - on October 18, 2002 at 6:22:09 PM CEST
Woman, 82, thought cannabis plants were tomatoes
An 82-year-old woman questioned by police for growing marijuana plants says she'd wondered why her grandson's tomato plants hadn't produced any fruit.
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Topic: - on October 18, 2002 at 6:18:44 PM CEST
Russian governor reportedly assassinated
The governor of Russia's Far Eastern region of Magadan was assassinated Friday morning on a busy central Moscow street, the capital's police service said. Valentin Tsvetkov, 54, was fatally shot near the Magadan region's permanent Moscow office on Novy Arbat, not far from the Kremlin, during early morning rush hour, Moscow police said.
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Topic: - on October 18, 2002 at 6:15:31 PM CEST
Canary beats the 'Spiderman'
A French stunt climber who calls himself "Spiderman" has failed in his attempt to climb the outside of London's Canary Wharf Tower. Alain Robert, who is 40, climbed three-quarters of the way up the building before giving up because of cold and rain.
¬> <a href="news.bbc.co.uk"target="_blank">BBC
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Topic: - on October 18, 2002 at 5:42:38 PM CEST
How To Make An Alien
The comment most often made about the "alien autopsy" film is professional creature FX artists don't know how this could be faked. Here at the Truly Dangerous Company we do, among other things, creature effects. So let's have a look at that particular claim, shall we?
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Topic: - on October 18, 2002 at 10:48:13 AM CEST
Bitterer Ernst: Süsses kann teuer werden
Schlechte Nachricht für Naschkatzen: Wegen der Krise in der westafrikanischen Elfenbeinküste, dem weltweit stärksten Kakaoanbaustaat, müssen die Konsumenten damit rechnen, dass Schokolade teurer wird.
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Topic: - on October 18, 2002 at 7:47:18 AM CEST
Ein Barbie-Girl zum Geburtstag
Bond-Girl einmal anders: Das Spielwaren-Unternehmen Mattel entwarf zum 40. Geburtstag der Kino-Serie um den britischen Geheimagenten 007 ein ganz spezielles Sammler-Set.
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Topic: - on October 18, 2002 at 12:36:56 AM CEST
Computer-Viren, die keine sind
(sog. "Hoaxes") und andere Falschmeldungen
Welche Hoaxes sind bekannt?
Die Zahl der Hoaxes ist nicht gering, die meisten sind letztlich nur Nachahmungen ("copycats") des ersten dokumentierten Hoax "GoodTimes". Diese Seite listet als bekannt erwiesenen Fälschungen auf.
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