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Submission + - WikiLeaks founder Assange released on bail (washingtonpost.com)

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on Thursday December 16, 2010 @03:03PM

Phoghat writes: "LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was released from a British jail cell Thursday after the High Court upheld a decision granting him bail, allowing him to retreat to a friend's country estate where he will now help mount his legal defense against extradition to Sweden to face sex crime..."

Submission + - How to walk through walls or Platform 9 3/4 (physicsworld.com)

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on Thursday December 16, 2010 @01:59PM

Phoghat writes: "Imagine being able to walk through a solid wall. That sort of trick might sound far-fetched, but it’s a little closer to reality now that researchers in China have created what they call an “invisible gateway”.

Huanyang Chen at Soochow University, Jiangsu, says that the effect is a bit like “platform nine and three-quarters” – that is, the fictional area of King’s Cross railway station in the Harry Potter books that is only accessible through a secret, illusionary wall."

Submission + - Arthur C Clarke award calls on SF fans to help rei (guardian.co.uk)

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on Thursday December 16, 2010 @01:27PM

Phoghat writes: "With funding from its founder now at an end, the prize is inviting suggestions from readers on how it should move into the future. You can learn more and comment at
the award website"

Submission + - New Advice for Nuclear Strike - Flee, Get Inside - (nytimes.com)

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on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @10:58PM

Phoghat writes: "The Obama administration wants to convey how to react to a nuclear attack but is worried about seeming alarmist. They say chances of survival are greater inside a sturdy building, or even in a car. They don't say anything about refrigerators"

Submission + - Federal Eye - House votes to repeal 'don't ask, do (washingtonpost.com)

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on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @07:12PM

Phoghat writes: "House lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday to end the "don't ask, don't tell" law, giving new life to an effort backed by President Obama, Pentagon leaders and gay rights activists to end the ban on gays in the military this year."

Submission + - Senate approves tax cut deal (washingtonpost.com)

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on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @04:41PM

Phoghat writes: "A sweeping tax package negotiated by the White House and Republican leaders sailed through the Senate on a 81-19 vote and now awaits action by the House as early as Thursday.The Senate vote represented a rare moment of bipartisanship and underscored the depth of concern among lawmakers in both parties about the pace of the economic recovery."

Submission + - Light Touch - instantly turns any flat surface int (lightblueoptics.com)

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on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @11:31AM

Phoghat writes: "Light Touch is an interactive projector that instantly transforms any flat surface into a touch screen. Light Blue Optics is a privately-funded company developing and supplying miniature projection systems for use in high volume applications in markets including automotive, digital signage and consumer electronics. Light Blue Optics has been awarded the Product Design Innovation Award for 2010. The judging panel felt that this novel approach to projection would lead to a wide range of potential applications and products."

Submission + - Amphibious Robotic Military Vehicle | SMSS (landtamer.com)

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on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @11:14AM

Phoghat writes: "Lockheed Martin’s (LM) Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) has passed a final round of tests at Fort Riley, Kansas, before scheduled deployment to Afghanistan in 2011. The system, which turns a six-wheeled amphibious ATV into a robotic packhorse and charging station, has been subjected to a variety of simulated warzone environments in both remote controlled and fully autonomous modes The vehicle itself is built by Landtamer."

Submission + - AIDS Information :: Stem cell transplant has cured (aidsmap.com)

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on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @11:03AM

Phoghat writes: "Doctors who carried out a stem cell transplant on an HIV-infected man with leukaemia in 2007 say they now believe the man to have been cured of HIV infection as a result of the treatment, which introduced stem cells which happened to be resistant to HIV infection."

Submission + - Ancient Antikythera Computer Rebuilt in Lego (universetoday.com)

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on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @04:21PM

Phoghat writes: "I grew up playing with Legos, but never constructed anything like this! Andrew Carol built a replica of the The Antikythera Mechanism, the oldest known scientific computer, which was built in Greece probably around 100 BCE."

Submission + - Voyager 1 Has Outdistanced the Solar Wind (universetoday.com)

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on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @04:14PM

Phoghat writes: "The venerable Voyager spacecraft are truly going where no one has gone before. Voyager 1 has now reached a distant point at the edge of our solar system where it is no longer detecting the solar wind. At a distance 10.8 billion miles from the sun."

Submission + - Decoding an Ancient Computer: Greek Technology Tra (scientificamerican.com)

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on Monday December 13, 2010 @08:45PM

Phoghat writes: "New explorations have revealed how the Antikythera mechanism modeled lunar motion and predicted eclipses, among other sophisticated tricks"

Submission + - Web video future at heart of Comcast, NBC review (washingtonpost.com)

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on Monday December 13, 2010 @04:37PM

Phoghat writes: "Rare opportunity to shape online video as Comcast, NBC deal nears end of regulatory review. But what if there's nothing to watch?"

Submission + - The Real Da Vinci Code Discovered In Mona Lisa's E (gizmodo.com)

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on Monday December 13, 2010 @03:46PM

Phoghat writes: "This is not part of Dan Brown's novel. Researcher Silvano Vinceti chairman of the Italian national committee for cultural heritage;has found a secret code in the Mona Lisa by scanning her eyes. A code that could reveal her mysterious identity:"

Submission + - Poll finds broad bipartisan support for tax packag (washingtonpost.com)

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on Monday December 13, 2010 @01:49PM

Phoghat writes: "About seven in 10 Americans back the tax deal negotiated last week by President Obama and congressional Republicans, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll."

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