October 2004

Paralysed man sends e-mail by thought

by Haitham Sabbah October 17, 2004

An pill-sized brain chip has allowed a quadriplegic man to check e-mail and play computer games using his thoughts. The device can tap into a hundred neurons at a time, and is the most sophisticated such implant tested in humans so far. In June 2004, surgeons implanted a device containing 100 electrodes into the motor [...]

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Pirates & Emperors

by Haitham Sabbah October 16, 2004

While critics decry the United States’ current brand of military and economic imperialism as dangerously unprecedented, great powers have been throwing their weight around like schoolyard bullies since St. Augustine’s time. This playful but pointed cartoon shows that while Uncle Sam has been an especially bad apple of late, he’s following a pattern of bad [...]

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Ramadan Kareem

by Haitham Sabbah October 14, 2004

Best wishes to all friends…

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Gates’ house vs. Dilbert’s house

by Haitham Sabbah October 14, 2004

You are your own tour guide inside the Gates estate. Go here to check active areas of the image. Compare it with Dilbert’s house… follow this link!

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Instant Mess

by Haitham Sabbah October 14, 2004

All about today! Got a couple of minutes? Then watch this.

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Father wanted to name son ‘@’

by Haitham Sabbah October 13, 2004

A father in central China has been refused permission to name his son ‘@’. The dad wanted to name his son after keyboard character that appears in every email address, arguing it was now in common usage. But officials in Zhengzhou, Henan province, refused to register the name on a legal technicality, the Beijing Morning [...]

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Visualizing City Pollution

by Haitham Sabbah October 11, 2004

Metphomod is a 3D visualization tool for modeling meteorology and atmospheric chemistry — that is, smog. It was used to study pollution patterns in Europe in the late 1990s, with a particular focus on the air chemistry over Grenoble and over the Swiss canton of Obwalden. The illustration at right is from work done in [...]

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Hado: Messages From Water

by Haitham Sabbah October 10, 2004

The Japanese researcher Dr. Masaru Emoto, is the author of many books concerning the phenomenon of ‘ Hado’. The two ideograms comprising this expression Hado (pronounced hadou to rhyme with shadow) literally mean “wave” and “move”. This following definition is how Dr. Emoto himself describes the phenomenon, which led him to a series of remarkable [...]

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Watchful Watch

by Haitham Sabbah October 10, 2004

In the not-so-distant future, your wristwatch could stop you if you try to run out the door without the necessities you need for the day, like your keys, wallet or cell phone. At work, it could prompt you for important items needed for a meeting or a business lunch. In an academic setting, it could [...]

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New “Smart Box” can Warn Drivers, Issue Tickets

by Haitham Sabbah October 7, 2004

IBM and United Arab Emirates University jointly developed a “smart box” telematics system that can warn drivers if they’re breaking the speed limit, record actions taken during an accident and even issue speeding tickets to offenders. The system combines cellular, GPS and voice recognition technologies to provide totalitarian control of the driving populus. Oh, and [...]

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Beaten Afghan Brides

by Haitham Sabbah October 6, 2004

It’s been two years since President Bush declared that in Afghanistan, “Today, women are free.” But that’s news to the inmates. Then there is Sohailla, 18, who says she was kidnapped for three days by the family of a young man who wanted to marry her (the police suspect that she went to his house [...]

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History of Useless Inventions

by Haitham Sabbah October 6, 2004

FISHING APPARATUS, WILLIAM R. LAMB, patented february 20, 1894, SALUTING DEVICE, JAMES C. BOYLE, patented march 10, 1896 FINGERTIP TOOTHBRUSH, US patent 5,875,513 / issued 1999 INSTANT FACE LIFT, US patent 4,995,379 / issued 1991 ‘butter stick’ (not patented), 1995 ‘food cooler’ (not patented), 1997 ‘drymobile’ (not patented), 1997

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International Museum of Toilets

by Haitham Sabbah October 5, 2004

If that peculiar question ever crossed your mind-seek professional help ! But if you really want to know, you can visit Sulabh in New Delhi, India or just browse this website where they brings the museum onto your screens, virtually. Photo: King Louis XIII and Louis the XIV used to give audience while using the [...]

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Gmail Invites

by Haitham Sabbah October 5, 2004

I have 5 gmail invites left. The first 5 people to leave a comment with their email address can have them. No random gift or good deed necessary :-) consider it a “Thank You” for reading.

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Sentenced to Be Raped

by Haitham Sabbah October 4, 2004

In June 2002, the police say, members of a high-status tribe sexually abused one of Ms. Mukhtaran’s brothers and then covered up their crime by falsely accusing him of having an affair with a high-status woman. The village’s tribal council determined that the suitable punishment for the supposed affair was for high-status men to rape [...]

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