There was once a Japanese man who stole a left shoe.

Japanese police have arrested a man for theft after 440 women’s left shoes were found in his home.

Officers discovered the hoard after the man, 45, was initially arrested for stealing the left shoes of two women from a hospital in Usa, police said.

The hospital, which [...]

According to a UPI story, there was a security scare at a Norfolk, Viriginia airport when a British man attempted to pass through a security check point with his robot dog. The robot dog farted at an inopportune time, leading security experts to conclude it was a bomb. At this point, “Dave Rogerson, told the [...]

Manipulating atoms and molecules has a vast and shining future for products ranging from drugs to medical gear to computers.

In the near nanotech future, today’s medical instruments will seem crude. Take magnetic resonance imaging of the brain. A current MRI offers surgeons a macro view, comparable to a satellite picture of the Earth. Applying nanotechnology [...]

Better Android Skin.

According to a NewScientist.com article, researchers Sigurd Wagner and Stephanie Lacour of Princeton University’s Macroelectronics Group have developed an elastic metal film that can stretch up to twice its own length while remaining conductive. It can be embedded in silicone and still stretch up to 15%. The material should be ideal for androids, [...]

Way to go NASA!

Roland Piquepaille writes “Today, I had a big surprise. Like many people, I always believed that it was impossible to write in space with ordinary pens because ink would not flow. So imagine my astonishment when I read “Pedro Duque’s diary from space” this morning. Pedro Duque is an astronaut since 1992. [...]

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 just past [...]

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, cylindrical TV [...]

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 and put [...]

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 be involved [...]

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 offender.

Perry stole [...]