Actually with laser sintering you can print the metal directly.

Even though they may have cured AIDS (car) there are still other STDs to worry about (motorcycle).

I know what you mean, but she always thought I was saying "E I S H E I S H".

You could always attach explosives for later use. Perhaps undetected.

No problem. Just have the deaf wear a big D with a circle around it on their shoulder...

Computers in the 60's not only had graphics, they had mice! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MPJZ6M52dI

Don't hold back on the lens flare either!

What happens when the insurance companies raise the normal rates to 10x what they are now, and offer a "discounted" rate only to those that have this camera installed? That would effectively force it on everyone without the help of any new laws.

"With dumb interfaces I can fire off a long string of commands without having to stop and think between each one"

Try that on a Therac-25. ;)

>> What's the point?

Because we can. Even if the only result was to inspire the next generation of brilliant engineers, it would all be worth it.

>>You can't do that with x, y and z coordinates. Yes you can. If each coordinate axis has a finite number of members, you can actually reduce the dimension to a single space of dimension 1. Index = x + y*x_members + z*x_members*y_members + ...

Stem cells are used currently for the treatment of leukemia and lymphoma.

The average EV-1 size electric vehicle consumes around 400 watt-hours per mile. Somewhere around 140 miles is a good estimate. This site has a lot of home conversions: http://www.evalbum.com/