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Submission + - Dynamically Balancing Robot

Submitted by dar on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @03:29PM

dar writes: If you have kids, you know what a thrill it is to watch them take their first steps. It must have been a similarly great feeling to get Dexter the robot to walk like a human — "It looks fairly smooth when we do it, but it's really a controlled fall. At any given moment you have to think (or at least, your body does) about which direction you're falling, and put your foot down in exactly the right place to push you in the direction you want to go." Anybots seem to have it just about licked.

Vanishing Honeybees Will Affect Future Crops 322

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @03:07PM from the bee-gone dept.

daninbusiness writes "Across the US, beekeepers are finding that their bees are disappearing — not returning while searching for nectar and pollen. This could have a major impact on the food industry in the United States, where as much as $14 billion worth of agriculture business depends on bees for crop pollination. Reasons for this problem, dubbed 'colony collapse disorder,' are still unknown. Theories include viruses, some type of fungus, poor bee nutrition, and pesticides."

Submission + - a giant moonbeam reflector is built

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @01:24PM

An anonymous reader writes: I find this quite curious. Some guy has spent most of his money building a moonlight reflector for the purpose of '[helping] people conquer depression, arthritis and even some types of cancer'. From the article:

Although moonlight is reflected sunlight, its frequency and spectrum are unique and, so far, irreplicable, which makes it difficult to examine in a controlled, clinical fashion.
I reckon moonlight and its effects on various things is something that should be researched, just for the fun of it.

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