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WolfWithoutAClause writes "Its long been a dream of people to just fly into space in an airbreathing aeroplane, however this has sadly remained as science fiction. The main problems have been a) collecting air at mach 23 requires that most expensive material: 'unobtainium' ; and b) having to carry extra airbreathing equipment into orbit. New Scientist has an article on a new study that NASA is funding to investigate whether an airbreathing launch vehicle might in fact be possible."

WolfWithoutAClause writes "Its long been a dream of people to just fly into space in an airbreathing aeroplane, however this has sadly remained as science fiction. The main problems have been a) collecting air at mach 23 requires that most expensive material: 'unobtainium' ; and b) having to carry extra airbreathing equipment into orbit. New Scientist has an article on a new study that NASA is funding to investigate whether an airbreathing launch vehicle might in fact be possible."

solferino writes: "Assume engineering genius continues to allow Moore's law to hold. What are the absolute computing limits of a 1kg laptop computer as defined by the physical laws of the universe? A New Scientist article has some interesting answers."

angelos writes "New Scientist Magazine has an article discussing the theories of Quantum Encryption. Short and not too complicated an article, but makes for some interesting reading. " Very cool overview of the subject - takes a look at the potential future of encryption and why the curent system of encryption will not last.

angelos writes "New Scientist Magazine has an article discussing the theories of Quantum Encryption. Short and not too complicated an article, but makes for some interesting reading. " Very cool overview of the subject - takes a look at the potential future of encryption and why the curent system of encryption will not last.

Matt Booth writes "New Scientist has an article about a new cellphone from Nokia which is also a digital TV and web browser. It runs linux, and apparently it won't be available in the States because of the poor Digital TV standard there. " Cursed am I!

Matt Booth writes "New Scientist has an article about a new cellphone from Nokia which is also a digital TV and web browser. It runs linux, and apparently it won't be available in the States because of the poor Digital TV standard there. " Cursed am I!

Gveloper wrote in to say that x11amp is in CVS. An anonymous reader sent us a link to a Linux based synthesiser. I probably wouldn't have posted it, but I was playing with it quite a bit and its just a lot of fun. Make little drum beats and throw power chords over top of it. Whee. AbsurdSnore wrote in to tell us about a Slashdot mentioned in New Scientist's Netropolitan column for February 6th regarding the fight for ajax.org and the creation of the Domain Defense Advocate site. Anyone who thinks that the world is coming to an end is probably right as evidenced by the following three inventions: A nonymous Coward sent us the first. Pray that it is a hoax. fcw sent us number 2: the world's first (and I hope only) Ass Kicking Machine. And last of all, for the completely random, David Price sent us a link to gas powered couch Don't care about the advancement of technology? How about some bits about a a more primal topic? Knish wrote in to say that the Swimsuit Edition of Sports Illulstrated is online. Somewhat related I guess, Greedo sent us another Pseudo O'Reilly Book that you won't see in bookstores.

The New Scientist this week has an interesting article on why Silicon Valley is so successful. It also warns that as transistor size goes down, the probability of error due to alpha particle radiation from the environment and the chip's casing itself increases. Finally, for those that are interested in climate change, there's a daily report from the Buenos Aires conference. Update It appears they've been slashdotted. It worked when I read the article. Perhaps tomorrow...

The New Scientist this week has an interesting article on why Silicon Valley is so successful. It also warns that as transistor size goes down, the probability of error due to alpha particle radiation from the environment and the chip's casing itself increases. Finally, for those that are interested in climate change, there's a daily report from the Buenos Aires conference. Update It appears they've been slashdotted. It worked when I read the article. Perhaps tomorrow...

The New Scientist is carrying an interesting article about the link between Quantum Mechanics and Relativity.: keeping a chaotic deterministic system relatively coherent over a whole Universe. Also in this week's issue, HAL's 30th birthday is celebrated by Netropolitan. Our current efforts are also described. William Tanksley wrote in to tell us of another publication to reach the net: Chemical and Engineering News, one of the most reliable and timely technical news sources he knows of:" Their first complete issue will come out on the 24th. They were the first people to carry news about the negative results on testing for life in the Martian metiorite, and they're the only ones I've seen that carried the news of the recent development of efficient organic LEDs and LECs (light emitting capacitors --- charge 'em up and let 'em glow). "

The New Scientist is carrying an interesting article about the link between Quantum Mechanics and Relativity.: keeping a chaotic deterministic system relatively coherent over a whole Universe. Also in this week's issue, HAL's 30th birthday is celebrated by Netropolitan. Our current efforts are also described. William Tanksley wrote in to tell us of another publication to reach the net: Chemical and Engineering News, one of the most reliable and timely technical news sources he knows of:" Their first complete issue will come out on the 24th. They were the first people to carry news about the negative results on testing for life in the Martian metiorite, and they're the only ones I've seen that carried the news of the recent development of efficient organic LEDs and LECs (light emitting capacitors --- charge 'em up and let 'em glow). "

The New Scientist is carrying an interesting article about the link between Quantum Mechanics and Relativity.: keeping a chaotic deterministic system relatively coherent over a whole Universe. Also in this week's issue, HAL's 30th birthday is celebrated by Netropolitan. Our current efforts are also described. William Tanksley wrote in to tell us of another publication to reach the net: Chemical and Engineering News, one of the most reliable and timely technical news sources he knows of:" Their first complete issue will come out on the 24th. They were the first people to carry news about the negative results on testing for life in the Martian metiorite, and they're the only ones I've seen that carried the news of the recent development of efficient organic LEDs and LECs (light emitting capacitors --- charge 'em up and let 'em glow). "

The New Scientist is carrying an interesting article about the link between Quantum Mechanics and Relativity.: keeping a chaotic deterministic system relatively coherent over a whole Universe. Also in this week's issue, HAL's 30th birthday is celebrated by Netropolitan. Our current efforts are also described. William Tanksley wrote in to tell us of another publication to reach the net: Chemical and Engineering News, one of the most reliable and timely technical news sources he knows of:" Their first complete issue will come out on the 24th. They were the first people to carry news about the negative results on testing for life in the Martian metiorite, and they're the only ones I've seen that carried the news of the recent development of efficient organic LEDs and LECs (light emitting capacitors --- charge 'em up and let 'em glow). "

Digital watermarks were designed to protect the copyright of image archives, while allowing them to place pictures on the Web. As it turns out, they don't work as advertised.

Dissipating Heat is becoming a major problem for chip manufacturers as chips are shrinked further and further. In a bid to solve this problem scientists are studying the structure of butterfly wings which are designed to gather heat and keep the cold blooded butterflies alive. To find out more go here