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Like That Princess Leah Hologram in Star Wars?

Computer scientists are developing a system that allows people to "teleport" a solid 3D recreation of themselves over the internet. Link [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4102018.stm]. Excerpt: > He said that these cameras would work much the same way as the character of

Defending Cell Phones

Jeffrey Tucker does a pretty good job of decrying the recent criticism of the cell phone (e.g., it's an addiction). Link [http://www.mises.org/story/1849]. His main point: The criticism is just more of the intellectual, Commie-tainted, anti-free market psychobabble that we always hear about

The Waste Shuttle

John Derbyshire on that monstrosity of wastefulness, the space shuttle, and our ongoing obsession. Link [http://www.nationalreview.com/derbyshire/derbyshire200506160749.asp]. Excerpts: > Like the monster in some ghastly horror movie rising from the dead for the umpteenth time, the space shuttle is back on the launch pad. This

Revolutionizing Music?

Few things are more corrupt than the music industry: it's hedonistic, yes, but also big and manipulative of public taste. The whole American Idol phenomenon testifies to this: Network TV locates a talented singer and then the record company guarantees her/her massive success. How do they know

Watch Aunt Maude's Hernia Operation

> Tampa General is joining an increasing number of hospitals showing surgeries on the internet. > "It's kind of cool, actually, watching it live," said Jean Mayer, Tampa General's vice president for strategic services. "As people use the Internet more and more to

Giving Viagra to Children

No, it's not an experiment at the Kinsey Institute, it's an odd treatment for a sad disease. Link [http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/health/feeds/hscout/2005/06/13/hscout526266.html] . Excerpt: > Viagra may come to the rescue of children with a rare and deadly

Talking About Talking

An op-ed by Louis Rene Beres in the Chicago Tribune tries to get to the root of cell phone mania. Link [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0506120303jun12,0,5646218.story?page=1&coll=chi-newsopinionperspective-hed] . She raises interesting points in a poetic way: > Talking on a cell phone

The Crooked Science

Scientists aren't objective. That has been established for years. But now it appears that many aren't even honest. Link [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1894&e=2&u=/ap/20050608/ap_on_sc/misbehaving_scientists] . Excerpts: > One-third of scientists

She's a Lean, Mean, Dancing Machine

Dancing is an art, but dancing with a robot? Hey, if car racing is a sport, robotic dancing can be an art. Link [http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/06/07/robots.ballroom/index.html]. Excerpt: > The world's first ballroom-dancing robot is set to take to the

No Clones

A leading clone pioneer says human cloning is far, far away. Link [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1539&e=1&u=/afp/20050607/sc_afp/healthsciencestemcellskorea_050607123400] . Excerpt: > South Korean cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-Suk said the cloning of human beings would remain an