Topic: GINGER - on June 20, 2004 at 12:36:00 PM CEST
The man who brought you the homemade Segway returns with a self-balancing one-wheeler
The Eunicycle balances itself using a simple feedback loop between a solid-state gyroscope and the wheel motor. When it detects itself tilting forward, it runs the wheel forward to keep it under the center of gravity. When it detects itself tilting backwards it runs the wheel backwards. It does this so rapidly, about 200 updates per second, that it feels perfectly smooth.
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Topic: NEWS english - on June 20, 2004 at 12:31:00 PM CEST
Nokia 'invests in Mozilla'
Nokia has invested in the Mozilla Foundation according to a report at CNET which cites anonymous sources. Nokia won't confirm the news, but it makes sense for the phone giant to keep its options open. Nokia currently ships the runaway leading browser Opera on its Symbian smartphones. In February Mozilla's Minimo Project for handhelds and embedded manufacturers released its first public preview, based on Mozilla 1.7.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on June 20, 2004 at 12:27:00 PM CEST
A New Google News Data Visualization
For those who liked the <a href="www.marumushi.com"target="_blank">Newsmap, this new data visualization experiment focuses on time-based views of Google's news service.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on June 20, 2004 at 12:13:00 PM CEST
Beastie Boys' New Album Silently Installs DRM Code
It seems that Capitol Records has some sort of new copy protection system, that automatically, silently, installs “helpful” copy protection software on MacOS and Windows as soon as you insert the CD into default systems.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 20, 2004 at 12:09:00 PM CEST
Prostituierte schlägt Rentner Gebiss aus dem Mund
Ein plötzlicher Lustanfall kommt einen Schweizer Pensionär teuer zu stehen: Er ließ sich von einer Prostituierten auf einer Toilette bedienen. Als er für die Bezahlung seine Geldbörse aus der Tasche holte, schlug die junge Frau mit Fäusten auf ihn ein, traktierte ihn mit Tritten und raubte das Portemonnaie.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 20, 2004 at 12:07:00 PM CEST
Pensioner loses false teeth in fight with prostitute
A Swiss pensioner has lost his false teeth in a fight with a prostitute.
The man, aged 74, had met up with the woman and then gone to a nearby public toilet in Basel with her.
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