June 2004

SUPERWOMAN

by Haitham Sabbah June 15, 2004

Women & Men – Different but Equal? Commentary to Eman’s post titled ‘Superwoman’! Contemporary society is just beginning to delve into the true distinctions between men and women. Besides the obvious physiological differences, there are also differences in the way men and women think, speak, and behave. In order to understand the essential nature of [...]

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Private Space Travel?

by Haitham Sabbah June 14, 2004

Dreamers Hope a Catalyst Will Rise From the Mojave Desert. One week from today, from a runway in a barren reach of the Mojave Desert 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles, Burt Rutan will try sending a pilot higher than anyone has ever flown in a private plane. A longtime designer of innovative aircraft, he [...]

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Israel’s Slap Reagan in the Face

by Haitham Sabbah June 14, 2004

Top Israelis Boycott Reagan’s State Funeral By Wayne Madsen* Israel’s failure to send any important leaders to Reagan’s funeral was a diplomatic, political, and cultural slap in the face that should not go unnoticed in the Bush administration, the Republican and Democratic parties, the John Kerry campaign, and the American media. Israel was merely represented [...]

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The Sound of Big Bang!

by Haitham Sabbah June 13, 2004

Universe started with hiss, not bang. The Universe began not with a bang but with a low moan, building into a roar that gave way to a deafening hiss. And those sounds gave birth to the first stars. Cosmologists do not usually think in terms of sound, but this aural picture is a good way [...]

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Future Fashion

by Haitham Sabbah June 13, 2004

Biometric Bodysuits. A team of the Applied NanoBioscience Center at Arizona State University has built prototypes of biometric bodysuits. They can detect chemical attacks, deliver drugs to their wearers, or even perfume scents if your body temperature rises too much. The military version of the Scentsory Chameleon Bodysuit incorporates fuel cells to provide a lightweight [...]

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GoCar Go!

by Haitham Sabbah June 12, 2004

Talking vehicle knows where riders are, what to tell them. Arizona residents Steven and Ginger Peterson were touring the streets of San Francisco for the first time, yet they became tourist attractions themselves because of what they were driving — a small yellow talking car. “That’s what made it so fun. Everybody was smiling at [...]

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Wi-Fi ‘Smart Collars’ For Networked Cows

by Haitham Sabbah June 12, 2004

Virtual fences to herd Wi-Fi cattle Virtual, moving fences controlled from a laptop could one day herd cattle to fresh fields for grazing, a roboticist told the MobiSys 2004 conference in Boston, Massachusetts, on Sunday. A farmer would control multiple herds from a single server at home as if they were playing a video game, [...]

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