Interesting reading…

Groups Urge FCC to Keep the Internet Open - “The U.S. Federal Communications Commission needs to take steps to keep the Internet free of interference from broadband providers, such as the slowing of peer-to-peer traffic and the tracking of subscribers’ Web habits, several witnesses told the FCC at a hearing Monday…”

First look at new Russian/European spacecraft - “This is what Russia and Europe is hoping will get them some boots on the surface of the moon to compete with NASA’s Orion Program…”

San Francisco’s Mayor Gets Back Keys to the Network - “San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom met with jailed IT administrator Terry Childs Monday, convincing him to hand over the administrative passwords to the city’s multimillion dollar wide area network…”

Research puts finger on virtual iPhone button - “Now researchers are using tiny vibrations to imitate the feel of a button when a user touches the keypad. The user will be able to feel the edges of each key so will be able to identify where each key is without checking visually…”

Giant Twist Freedom DX Electric Bike Test Drive - ” In March, we got the first look at the new Giant Twist Freedom DX bicycle, an electric bike that uses a cyborglike mix of muscle and machine power to propel riders as far as 75 miles on a single charge…”

Laser Truck Inches Closer to Iraq Battlefield: Exclusive First Look - “Looking up in Iraq is still a dangerous proposition. Mortar blasts continue to penetrate—with rare deadly force—the Green Zone and other protected areas because militias can find them, like rockets and other indirect-fire weapons, on the cheap, and fire them from shoot-and-hide platforms…”

The Human-Powered Floating Gym! - “Have you ever pedaled on a stationary bike at the gym and thought to yourself: ‘What if this energy I am exerting could be used for something better than just making me sweat?””

Ten Things You Should Know About Scooters - “Americans are learning quickly what took Europeans decades to learn—how to cope with high gas prices. Automakers aren’t reacting quickly enough, so many of us are left to fend for ourselves. This has led many Americans to consider buying a scooter….”

The New Anti Theft Method - Artificial Posts Rust - Terrible english but good photos

Apollo 14 astronaut claims aliens HAVE made contact - but it has been covered up for 60 years - “Aliens have contacted humans several times but governments have hidden the truth for 60 years, the sixth man to walk on the moon has claimed…”

Natural Treatment for Clinical Depression - “Below you will find four natural ways to overcome depression without the use of any drugs…”

Big LED Breakthrough at Purdue University Could Change the World - “Scientists at Purdue University have figured out how to manufacture LED solid-state lights on regular metal-coated silicon wafers (more details below). What this means is: much lower costs…”

Why does the Wii even exist? - “Or put more generally, why do we have three different, completely incompatible video game consoles on the market right now, instead of multiple companies making video game consoles that play a single format?”

Hoping Two Drugs Carry a Side Effect: Longer Life - “Sirtris has two drugs in clinical trials. One is being tested against Type 2 diabetes, one of the many diseases of aging that the company’s scientists hope the drugs will avert. With success against just one such disease, the impact on health “could be possibly transformational,” said Dr. Patrick Vallance, head of drug discovery at GlaxoSmithKline…”

Who Does Rainwater Belong To? - “One of the greatest steps forward that local communities have taken of late is the push to collect rainwater to offset your water use…”

Is Wikipedia Nuking the Fridge? - “The Nuking the Fridge article was actually deleted twice — the meme was so powerful that someone who didn’t know about the first deletion created the page again almost immediately…”

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