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Emotional robots in the spotlight view story
20 votes- Submitted by aroman07
- about 1 month ago
- (http://cordis.europa.eu/ictresult...)
Europe's Feelix Growing project believes people will be more willing to accept robots that are in tune with their emotions.
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Beijing Weighs Added Pollution Plans for Olympics view story
48 votes- Submitted by beijngblog
- about 1 month ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29...)
BEIJING — Less than two weeks before the Olympics, Beijing’s skies are so murky and polluted that the authorities are considering emergency measures during the Games beyond the traffic restrictions and factory shutdowns that, so far, have failed to cl
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Texan offers $1 billion for cancer cure view story
43 votes- Submitted by JessicaLaurie
- about 1 month ago
- (http://www.cbs47.tv/news/national...)
An Austin, Texas, man says he's offering a billion dollars to anyone who discovers a cure for breast cancer.
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Wireless internet should be banned from schools, say teachers - Telegraph view story
12 votes- Submitted by Zecchetti
- about 1 month ago
- (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/u...)
Wireless internet use in schools should be suspended amid fears millions of children are being exposed to a risk of cancer, according to teachers' leaders.
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Ten Even More Weird and Bizarre Japanese Soft Drinks view story
22 votes- Submitted by WordsnCollision
- about 1 month ago
- (http://inventorspot.com/articles/...)
What is it with Japan and weird drinks? Part of the answer lies in the love Japanese have for soft drinks – surveys show that about 40% of the nation's citizens drink at least one soft drink every day. That's about 50 million people!
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Briton faces 60 years in US prison after hacking into Pentagon World news | The Observer view story
39 votes- Submitted by hdar3415
- about 1 month ago
- (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2...)
The self-taught IT expert insists he was simply looking for information the US government had on UFOs and is adamant that he never damaged any of its computer systems.
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Make Your Own Ultimate Home Laser Show view photo
29 votes- Submitted by TunisianGuy
- about 1 month ago
- (http://inventorspot.com/articles/...)
Don’t feel like going to a techno club because it’s pouring rain outside? One inventor has a solution that can bring the hypnotizing light show to your home! read more »
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Man Offers $1 Billion Reward for Breast Cancer Cure view story
23 votes- Submitted by TunisianGuy
- about 1 month ago
- (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,29...)
Man Offers $1 Billion Reward for Breast Cancer Cure, A Texas man is offering a one billion dollar reward to the person who discovers a cure for breast cancer.
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7 Ways to Manage Your Passwords ? view story
30 votes- Submitted by TunisianGuy
- about 1 month ago
- (http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/07...)
One inescapable facet of web work is the need to come up with, and remember, usernames and passwords. The days when you could get away with picking a single combination and using them everywhere are pretty much gone: that strategy reduces your security to
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Next: a Medical Wikipedia view story
29 votes- Submitted by TunisianGuy
- about 1 month ago
- (http://www.pcworld.com/article/14...)
The Medpedia Project calls on doctors, PhDs to edit a new Wikipedia of medical information.

