Robot Terkecil di Dunia

Ini dia robot yg bakal jadi favorit militer dan polisi, untuk memata-matai dan counter-attack para teroris dan separatis.

clipped from news.nationalgeographic.com Week in Photos Smallest Robot As the world's smallest robot i-SOBOT may be tiny, but rest assured he's action-packed. Designed by Japanese toymaker Tomy, the Ombibot17u i-SOBOT is 6.5 inches (16.5 centimeters) tall and is listed by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's smallest humanoid robot. The i-Sobot's 200 different actions include dancing, somersaults, karate moves, push-ups, and animal imitations, controlled by the owner via remote control. This environmentally friendly robot—it runs on rechargeable batteries—will hit the United States in October with a price tag of around $350.

Skintight SpaceSuit..Suit..Suit

Astronot tidak boleh gendut lagi karena bajunya makin skimpy tapi fleksibel. Mungkin yg bakal dikirim ke angkasa adalah model dan artis saja.

clipped from news.nationalgeographic.com New Skintight Spacesuit Design Unveiled Dava Newman, a professor of astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, just might if her new space suit design makes it off the launching pad. Yesterday she unveiled the BioSuit, a skintight, next-generation space suit prototype that she and a team of researchers have spent seven years developing. The new suit, which Newman is modeling here, could make space exploration safer and easier—and maybe a little more fashion forward—thanks to specially reinforced fabrics. The key to her team's new design is its Spider-Man-like fit, she explained. A conventional space suit forms a pressurized envelope around an astronaut to protect her from the vacuum of space. The BioSuit achieves a similar effect by using supertight material to exert pressure on the astronaut's body, while also affording greater flexibility, Newman said. The suit isn't ready for use in space yet, but Newman expects the BioSuit to be ready for liftoff in about ten years.

Believe vs Proof

Mungkin aja Bin Laden ada di Indonesia...pasti Kedubes AS sudah minta tolong sama paranormal Indonesia untuk cari dia dan bilang bahwa mereka punya"data dan analisa"...US Fuckin' A

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Pakistan rejects 'Bin Laden raid' Pakistan has responded angrily to suggestions from the United States that American forces might be sent into Pakistan to strike at Osama Bin Laden A senior US official has said he believed the architect of the 2001 suicide attacks on New York and Washington was in northern Pakistan. US director of national intelligence Mike McConnell said recently he believed Bin Laden was in northern Pakistan, near the Afghan border. President Bush's homeland security adviser Frances Townsend said that in the pursuit of Bin Laden, no options were off the table. Pakistani foreign minister Khurshid Kasuri said he did not believe that the al-Qaeda leader was in Pakistan - and in any case, if the US shared its intelligence, Pakistan's army could do a better job. Pakistan Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao said: "Our stance is that Osama Bin Laden is not present in Pakistan. "If anyone has the information he should give it to us, so that we can apprehend him,"

Dumb Ass American Bomb

Ini bukti bahwa perang dipakai untuk ajang uji coba teknologi, US Fuckin A menganggap dunia adalah laboratorium perang mereka

clipped from www.theregister.co.uk US military tests ground-penetrating monster bomb The US military's effort to build what may become the largest conventional bomb ever used is making progress. Boeing announced on Monday that its Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) demo weapon had successfully completed a "static tunnel lethality test" at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The MOP, which also goes under the names "Big BLU" and "Direct Hard Target Strike Weapon", is a 30,000-pound brute, intended for delivery by B-52 Stratofortresses or B-2 stealth bombers against deeply buried or heavily protected targets. It's being developed under the auspices of the US military's interestingly-named Threat Reduction Agency, which normally does things like verifying nuke disposals. The MOP is intended to reduce the threats faced by the USA only, of course, by pulverising them. From the viewpoint of other countries the new bomb could be described more as a threat enhancement.

Kamera Untuk Payudara

Beli kamera ini Anda telah mendukung para peneliti kanker payudara...di Indonesia ada nggak ya?

clipped from news.com.com Casio just announced that it will be releasing a special edition of the Exilim EX-Z75 to help fight breast cancer. Casio is working with the National Breast Cancer Foundation to help promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October. The special-edition pink EX-Z75 will be available throughout October in a bundle with a pink-ribbon-embossed camera case and a pink ribbon lanyard. The bundle will retail for $180 and will help sponsor the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Casio teams up with National Breast Cancer Foundation for special camera bundle

Barbie Masa Kini

Ini dia Barbie untuk anak2 yg semakin tech-savvy

clipped from www.nytimes.com Barbie Gets Another Accessory: An MP3 Player and More Stuff on Her Web Site A new doll hitting retail shelves this week is familiar in many ways — she’s got outfits galore — but she also has some unusual features: this Barbie, who is smaller and less shapely than her standard namesake, functions as an MP3 music player. And when her feet are plugged into the iPodesque docking station that she comes with, she unlocks pages and pages of games, virtual shops and online chatting functions on the BarbieGirls.com Web site. The trends that have brought about BarbieGirls, Webkinz and their ilk are clear: While sales of dolls, action figures and outdoor toys are down, electronics sales to children were up 16.6 percent over the last two years as of May, the latest month available from the NPD Group, a research firm that tracks retail trends. The total toy industry’s annual sales were up just 0.8 percent in May, compared with two years ago.

Lomba Menuju Kaki Langit

Naik, naik ke puncak langit...coba uangnya orang Dubai lebih dimanfaatkan untuk hal2 kemanusiaan dan IPTEK di TimTeng, pasti lebih bermanfaat.

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Dubai skyscraper world's tallest An unfinished skyscraper in the Gulf state of Dubai has become the world's tallest building, at 141 storeys, its developers say Emaar Properties said the 512m (1,680ft) Burj Dubai is now taller than Taiwan's 508m (1,667ft) Taipei 101. It is thought Burj Dubai will eventually be 693m (2,275ft) tall. When finished, the skyscraper will have more than 160 floors, 56 elevators, apartments, shops, swimming pools, spas, corporate suites, Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani's first hotel, and an observation platform on the 124th floor. Previous skyscraper record-holders include New York's Empire State Building at 381m (1,250 ft); Shanghai's Jin Mao Building at 421m (1,381 ft); Chicago's Sears Tower at 442m (1,451 ft) and Malaysia's Petronas Towers at 452m (1,483 ft). Building began on the structure on 21 September 2004, and is expected to be completed in 2008. The spire of the building is expected to be able to be seen from 100km (60 miles) away.

Jangan Buru2 Ganti ke Vista

Mau Vista yg stabil? Tunggu aja SP1-nya..

clipped from www.betanews.com Microsoft Reminds: No Vista SP1 This Year Following reports that Microsoft would deliver a beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 this week, well before the originally-stated November date, the company has taken the unusual step of issuing a statement to quell any expectation, saying no changes have been made to the release timeframe. The first news of a Vista SP1 beta arriving this week came from Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley, who cited sources that said a release would be made to a group of select testers. Foley's post, titled "Vista SP1 beta 1 to launch in mid-July" also stated that, "We are now in the under-promise and over-deliver era at Microsoft," referring to Microsoft's comments on Vista SP1 beta coming in November. With mid-July quickly passing, Microsoft decided it was time to clear the air. Although beta code may be made available this week to a very small group of testers, Vista SP1 Beta 1 is not on the way, and will not arrive anytime soon.

iPod dan Hujan...NO Way !!!

Perhatian para pengguna iPod...ini berita bagus...

clipped from content.nejm.org Thunderstorms and iPods — Not a Good iDea   PDF PDA Full Text Add to Personal Archive Add to Citation Manager Notify a Friend E-mail When Cited E-mail When Letters Appear PubMed Citation To the Editor: The potential for permanent hearing loss due to prolonged use of personal stereo equipment, such as portable compact-disk or MP3 players, at high decibel levels has been well described in the literature.1 We have recently become aware of an additional, albeit uncommon, hazard associated with the use of such devices. A 37-year-old man was brought to the emergency department at our hospital. He had been jogging in a thunderstorm, listening to his iPod, when an adjacent tree was struck by lightning. Witnesses reported that he was thrown approximately 8 ft (2.4 m) from the tree.

Berita Baik Untuk Peminum Kopi

Kopi...yg penting adalah berapa banyak yg Anda minum...

clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com Up Close & Edible: Coffee July 19, 2007 - The latest buzz on coffee suggests that a cup of joe may have benefits beyond that early-morning boost. Whether you're drinking regular or decaf, dieticians are now saying that a cup or two a day is not going to cause any damage. It may even help a little; recent research has shown that coffee has the potential to lower risk for a wide range of diseases from Parkinson's to type 2 diabetes. clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com The key to coffee is moderation, in both consumption and the addition of calories. Gerbstadt recommends a two-cup-a-day limit, along with a small amount of sugar and skim milk. And if you just can't say no to that Frappuccino, treat the coffee like a dessert rather than a drink and consider getting a small size. "It's basically like eating a piece of cheesecake,” Gerbstadt says. “If you look at it like: 'I've been to the gym, I've already eaten healthy today, I know this is high fat,' that's appropriate."

Kamera Baru Canon S5 IS

Kamera baru bagi para penggemar fotografi...mungkin bisa jadi gadget idaman saat akhir tahun nanti ?

clipped from www.digitalcamerareview.com Canon Powershot S5 IS Review The Canon PowerShot S5 IS replaces the S3 IS in the Canon line, and boasts a full mix of features: an 8 megapixel sensor and 12X optical zoom lens that provides a 36 to 432mm focal length range (35mm equivalent); optical image stabilization and an ISO range up to 1600; a DIGIC III processor which Canon says improves image quality and camera functionality, particularly with the face detection and red-eye correction technologies; full manual controls in addition to the typical auto and special scene shooting modes, plus a hot shoe, viewfinder, and 2.5 inch LCD monitor that can be rotated and folded to accommodate a wide range of shooting angles. Does the S5 IS measure up to Canon’s self-proclaimed "creative performance of a professional digital SLR camera and the compact convenience of a point and shoot"?  In large measure, yes, it does. CONCLUSION  PROS Good image and color quality Good shutter/focus performance Image stabilization Great focal length lens