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Submission + - Self-healing composites

Submitted by wired_parrot on Friday May 23, 2008 @12:54PM

wired_parrot writes: A new technique pioneered by the university of Bristol offers the possibility of composite structures that can heal themselves. The technology would be available to market in 4 years, where asides from safety benefits in aerospace applications, it should reduce the weight of composite structures.

Submission + - VoIP 911 call leads to botched response, death

Submitted by wired_parrot on Friday May 02, 2008 @06:50PM

wired_parrot writes: After a botched 911 call in Canada from a VoIP phone where responders where sent to the wrong province, canadian federal regulators are now looking at possible changes to the way VoIP is regulated. With 15% of canadians using VoIP, are many people in peril of not having emergency response when needed?

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