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Top Ten Advances in 2004
An anonymous reader writes "Technology Research News has released it's top
ten picks for advances of 2004. Something for everyone here including notable advances in biotechnology, communications, computing, engineering, energy, security, nanotechnology, applied physics and the Internet."
They forgot Poland!
...the Nintendo DS on that list?
I took an advance a girl earlier this year. And we ended up getting married.
Did you set her up a ring?
However much they make computers better, they still haven't solved the classic PEBKAC problem...
Hey! I've still got 1 more day to invent cold fusion.
Technology, the cause of and solution to all of life's problems.
"And scientists from the NASA Ames Research Center developed speech recognition technology that allows users to speak silently. The scheme uses throat nerve activity rather than acoustics to glean information about what a person is saying. "
It'd be better if the device could make people -think- before speaking (silently or otherwise). Lincoln noted "Better to keep one's mouth shut and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt".
Now doubt can be removed without opening of a mouth!!
<SILENT>hehehehehe - the fools!!</SILENT>
He's just zis guy, you know?
When making "it" possessive, the correct form is "its." When joining "it" and "is," the correct form is "it's." This is a common error, but it's an eyesore.
I think that's the most important advance of 2004. What else could I get high and waste hours doing... either give me excellent computer games, or give me a flying car. One way or the other, I'll be disoriented, slightly confused, but satisified.
We are one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. Back to you with the weather, Bob!
MPAA and RIAA makes the P2P community evolve at a geometric rate... enjoy EXEEM folks.
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The balance on my credit card :-(
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
China's implementation of Broccoli With Beef is pretty cool too.
An array of small pressure sensors on a flexible sheet from University of Tokyo researchers promises to lead to smart rugs and robot skin.
I bet Bill Shatner's salivating at that one :)