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The World's 1st Turning Timepiece Building
 Nancy Faraj
Never before in the history of architecture has a structure been designed to emerge, that moves in sync with the earth, sun and time.
 Virtual-Reality Golf is a Winner in South Korea
 Choe Sang-Hun
Simulated golf has been around for years, in Europe and the United States, mainly as a teaching aid at golf clinics, or on cruise ships where passengers are no longer allowed to hit balls into the ocean. But in South Korea, virtual-reality golf has become a fast-growing pastime for Koreans, almost as commonplace as pool tables and dartboards in bars.
Japanese Firm Makes Robot Girlfriend for Lonely Men
 Reuters
A Japanese firm has produced a 38 cm (15 inch) tall robotic girlfriend that kisses on command, to go on sale in September for around US$175, with a target market of lonely adult men.
Abu Dhabi Firm Introduces Prototype Humanoid Robot
 Amir Ben-Artzi
Pal Technology Ltd. (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) has launched a prototype humanoid service robot codenamed Reem B.
New Airport Security Scans Will Show Sex Organs
 Agence France-Presse
Security scanners that can see through passengers' clothing and reveal details such as their sex organs, colostomy bags and breast size, are being installed in 10 US airports.
Gamma Rays: The Incredible, Hulking Reality
 Charles Q. Choi
Gamma rays are blamed for making Bruce Banner the Incredible Hulk. But what are gamma rays and what can they really do? A gamma ray packs at least 10,000 times more energy than a visible light ray. Unlike the Incredible Hulk, gamma rays are not green — lying as they do beyond the visible spectrum, gamma rays have no color at all that we can describe.
Mexico to Monitor Sharks With Implanted Transmitters After Deadly Attacks
 Associated Press
Sharks will be monitored for their behavior off Mexico's Pacific coast to determine why they are swimming so close to land. Environmental official Nadia Vela says scientists will attach transmitters to the marine predators and track them by satellite.
Scientists Revive the Debate on Cellphones and Cancer
 Tara Parker-Pope
Along with Senator Edward Kennedy's recent diagnosis of a glioma, a type of tumor that critics have long associated with cellphone use, recent doctors' remarks have helped reignite a long-simmering debate about cellphones and cancer.
Drug Cartels Possess More Firepower, Technology
 Daniel Borunda
Mexican police fighting the drug cartels face an enemy that is better funded, better equipped and better armed. The inequality was never more evident than earlier this year, when several unarmed Juárez police officers were fatally shot on their way home from work.
Internet Attacked as Tool of Terror
 Matt Renner
A controversial plan to study and profile domestic terrorism was scrapped after popular push back, however, the spirit of the legislation lives on in Senator Joe Lieberman's office.
YouTube-Style Porn Threatens Studios
 Adam Tanner
After years of booming sales supported by videotapes, DVDs and the internet, the adult film industry is being challenged by easy video-sharing websites offering explicit content for free.
Lesbian Alien 'Sex' Scene Spooks Censors
 Chloe Lake
Censors in Singapore have banned the highly-anticipated Microsoft game Mass Effect due to a human-on-alien, girl-on-girl love scene. Mass Effect is the first Microsoft video game to be banned in Singapore by the Media Development Authority.
Website Tells Kids When They Should Die
 News.Com.Au
An ABC website has been accused of portraying farmers and forestry workers as evil and telling kids how much carbon they can produce before they die. The Planet Slayer website, which can be accessed via the science section on the ABC home page, also demonises people who eat meat and those involved in the nuclear industry.
Interactive Websites Draw Minds, Shape Public Perception
 Vicki Fong
The interactive look and feel of a corporate website could help shape positive perceptions about the organization if the site includes a likeable design and features that engage the target audience, especially job seekers, according to media researchers.
Interactive Toilet Makes a Splash
 Reuters
A mobile men's toilet which combines the usual facilities with video game interactivity is proving a winning novelty in Belgium. The booth was developed by two Belgian beer fans who used their skills in software development and engineering to conjure up 'Place to Pee'.
America's R&D Train Wreck
 Ann McFeatters
Eight out of ten Americans tell pollsters they believe the nation is on the "wrong track," an analogy born of the age of the railroad. Unfortunately, passenger trains are faster and fuller elsewhere than they are in America.
Tragedy Begts Scam - Email Abuses Flight 261 Memory
 Stephen Nellis
More than eight years after one of the deadliest plane crashes in California history, Alaska Airlines Flight 261, scammers have resurrected the list of victims as part of a global email fraud.
Swiss Man Soars With Jet Wings
 Reuters
A Swiss man stuns onlookers by flying a jet propelled wing for nearly ten minutes at a peak speed of 300 km/h (186 mph).
US Air Force Aims for 'Full Control' of 'Any and All' Computers
 Noah Shachtman
The Air Force wants a suite of hacker tools, to give it "access" to - and "full control" of - any kind of computer there is. And once the info warriors are in, the Air Force wants them to keep tabs on their "adversaries' information infrastructure completely undetected."
2,000 Year-Old Calculator That Just Didn’t Add Up
 Newswires
It was sunk with a wrecked ship in 80BC, found by divers in 1900 and until now has baffled scientists. But the secrets of the Antikythera mechanism have been unlocked – and scientists claim it is more valuable than the Mona Lisa.
Two New Ways to Explore the Virtual Universe, in Vivid 3-D
 Steve Lohr
The skies may be the next frontier in travel, yet not even the wealthiest space tourist can zoom out to, say, the Crab Nebula, the Trapezium Cluster or Eta Carinae, a star 100 times more massive than the Sun and 7,500 light-years away.
Report Pushes Passage of Thought Crimes Bill
 Lee Rogers
The Internet is now becoming a new front in the phony terror war. Legislation which seeks to give the government powers to define thoughts and belief systems as homegrown terrorism, is on the brink of being pushed down our throats.
Cuban Blogger Receives Spanish Award - In Absentia
 Daniel Woolls
A Cuban woman who gained worldwide acclaim for a blog that offers stinging criticism of the Communist regime was honored Wednesday with a Spanish journalism award — in absentia.
Mexican Program Teaches Immigrants By Computer
 Associated Press
A program aimed at providing Mexican immigrants and others a chance to improve their English-language skills and earn the equivalent of high school diplomas may return to Arkansas.
Cell Phone Spying: Is Your Life Being Monitored?
 JR Raphael
It connects you to the world, but your cell phone could also be giving anyone from your boss to your wife a window into your every move. The same technology that lets you stay in touch on-the-go can now let others tap into your private world — without you ever even suspecting something is awry.
Gates: Major Changes In Internet In Next Decade
 Associated Press
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said there will be a vast shift in Internet technology over the next decade as he met Tuesday with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.
Face Scans for Air Passengers to Begin in UK This Summer
 Owen Bowcott
Airline passengers are to be screened with facial recognition technology rather than checks by passport officers, in an attempt to improve security and ease congestion, the Guardian can reveal.
Mans Best Friend Sniffs Out Pirated DVDs
 CNN-IBN
Pirated discs are abundant in Mexico which has over 50,000 illegal selling outlets making it difficult to crackdown on the racket. But now the Mexican Police is using dogs to sniff out pirated DVDs.
Comcast: Worst. Company. Ever.
 Craig Aaron
Comcast's awful customer service is one thing. But what's truly galling are its plans to turn the Internet into something that looks like cable TV.
Amateurs Use Video Cameras to Watch the Border for Illegals
 Arthur H. Rotstein
Self-appointed border-watchers are increasingly using remotely operated cameras to help catch people sneaking into the country. The cameras represent a high-tech twist on the usual practice of sitting in lawn chairs or pickup trucks close to the border.
'The Grid' Could Soon Make the Internet Obsolete
 The Times
The Internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds.
Is That Really a Naked Woman in Dick Cheney's Sunglasses?
 Kevin G. Hall & George Bridges
He shot his hunting partner, but Vice President Dick Cheney apparently doesn't fly fish with naked women. Since last Wednesday, the blogosphere has been atwitter over a photograph on the White House Web site of Cheney with a caption that said he was fly-fishing on the Snake River in Idaho.
Yahoo, Time Warner Closing in on AOL Deal: Source
 Eric Auchard
Yahoo Inc and Time Warner Inc are "closing in" on a deal where Yahoo would merge with Time Warner's AOL Internet unit, brushing aside Microsoft's bid for Yahoo, a source familiar with the talks said on Wednesday.
Museums Exhibit High-Tech Appeal
 Sue Zeidler
Paintings and sculptures long stored away are finding a new audience as museums strive for mass appeal with high-tech Web sites packed with video, podcasts and interactive elements.
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