October 2003

The Last Day of the Concorde

by Haitham Sabbah October 24, 2003

Three Concordes swooped into Heathrow Airport Friday, joining in a spectacular finale to the era of luxury supersonic jet travel. The last regular passenger flight from New York arrived with every seat filled, a feat that had become increasingly rare for a plane that was a technological marvel but a commercial flop. Flight 002 landed [...]

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Big Screens Open Windows on World

by Haitham Sabbah October 24, 2003

It’s like Star Trek or Star Wars where the projected image shows up in the air. An Austrian firm is developing a giant video-conferencing system that will be deployed in public spaces in London and Vienna next year, allowing people in the two cities to meet and talk eye-to-eye. Standing in front of the 10-foot-high, [...]

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Do You Have Your I Am Not A Terrorist Card?

by Haitham Sabbah October 23, 2003

Venture to Offer ID Card for Use at Security Checks. Americans hate to wait. But will they pay – and submit to security screenings and even high-technology fingerprinting – to avoid the long lines snaking behind checkpoints in airports, office buildings and sports arenas? If businesses, airports and government agencies sign on to the plan [...]

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Los Alamos Wants To Build A Space Elevator

by Haitham Sabbah October 23, 2003

Going Up, WAY Up Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers are proposing an elevator reaching 62,000 miles into the sky to launch payloads into space more cheaply than the shuttle can. “The first country that owns the space elevator will own space,” said lab scientist Bryan Laubscher. “I believe that, and I think Los Alamos should [...]

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Identity Theft Backfires When Stolen Identity Is Worse Than Current One

by Haitham Sabbah October 23, 2003

Man steals ID of sex offender. A good rule of thumb for an identity thief is not to steal the name of someone whose reputation is worse than yours — such as a sex offender. Police said James Perry stole the name and identity of a neighbor who turned out to be a convicted sex [...]

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Mobile Phones Becoming Wallets

by Haitham Sabbah October 23, 2003

Handsets let users pay for everything from food to gas. Kim Won-jung walked up to a vending machine and bought an orange drink. But rather than insert coins, she paid with the press of a cell phone button. Kim’s Samsung handset has a debit card inside, and pushing its “hot key” beamed the information to [...]

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Monkey Thinks, Makes His Moves

by Haitham Sabbah October 22, 2003

An implanted device had allowed the monkey to control the game using only her thoughts. Changes in the way the monkey’s brain cells worked suggested the brain was physically adjusting to the device, reported in the new online science journal. Dr. Miguel Nicolelis hopes the device will eventually allow paralyzed patients to regain some ability [...]

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