October 2004

US Air Force Pursuing Antimatter Weapons

by Haitham Sabbah October 4, 2004

“The U.S. Air Force is quietly spending millions of dollars investigating ways to use a radical power source — antimatter, the eerie ‘mirror’ of ordinary matter — in future weapons,” the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Beyond the pointed-ear cool factor, antimatter would make a powerful weapon — at least in theory. “If electrons or protons [...]

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Topobo

by Haitham Sabbah October 2, 2004

Topobo is a 3D constructive assembly system embedded with kinetic memory, the ability to record and playback physical motion. Unique among modeling systems is Topobo’s coincident physical input and output behaviors. By snapping together a combination of Passive (static) and Active (motorized) components, people can quickly assemble dynamic biomorphic forms like animals and skeletons with [...]

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Kitty

by Haitham Sabbah October 2, 2004

KITTY, a finger-mounted keyboard for data entry into PDA’s, Pocket PC’s and Wearable Computers which has been developed here at the University of California in Irvine. KITTY was one of this years ISWC (Int. Symposium on Wearable Computers) Wearable Fashion Show main features (see here). KITTY, an acronym for Keyboard-Independent Touch-TYping, is a fingermounted keyboard [...]

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WorldKit

by Haitham Sabbah October 2, 2004

I came across another blog mapping tool called WorldKit. It is similar in concept to Blogmapper, which I blogged a while ago at araBlog reBlog. I downloaded the code and will play with it for a while until I get a chance to install it at which time I’ll share it with the public.

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Hijab Chic (Warning: 358 Astaghfirullahs Required)

by Haitham Sabbah October 1, 2004

This is hijab-in-fashion week. Armani thinks the headscarf (also known as Islam’s 6th-fard-for-women-only) is cool and in-fashion. And indeed, in Beirut’s annual Fashion Week, being held this week, the hijab made some appearances (see photos on this page) in designs by Egyptian Hani Buhiari and Saudi Amina Al Jassem. However, some of the designs lacked [...]

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Believe It or Not!

by Haitham Sabbah October 1, 2004

Kailashgiri Brahmachari has been carrying his blind mother on his shoulders to visit holy sites all around India. He’s traveled 3,750 miles since started in 1996 and expects to finish by 2013!

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103%

by Haitham Sabbah October 1, 2004

What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life? Here’s a little mathematical formula [...]

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Roadmap

by Haitham Sabbah October 1, 2004

Every day, more people die in traffic accidents than in war! I wonder why they call it “Roadmap to Peace”.

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Stop Bush

by Haitham Sabbah October 1, 2004
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Islah TV

by Haitham Sabbah October 1, 2004

I was refreshing my satellite channels when I came across Islah TV (Hotbird 10949V 27500 3/4). What caught my eyes and made me dig further were three things. First is the list of names (Islah List # 13, I don’t know why 13) which is refreshing every few seconds. The names are of people from [...]

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