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Europe Tests E-NewspapersBut why not just call them mediatrons? That's the term Sci-Fi writer Neal Stephenson introduced in 1995.
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State Would Outlaw Mandatory Microchip ImplantsA proposal moving through the Wisconsin Legislature would prohibit anyone from requiring people to have the tiny RFID chips embedded in them or doing so without their knowledge.
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Hangover-free Buzz: Star Trek's Synthehol Now PossibleIt would allow drinkers to experience all of the enjoyable, intoxicating effects of alcohol without unpleasant side-effects.
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Cybugs: Military Mulls Army of Cyborg InsectsResearchers say it should be possible to integrate microsystems within insects during the early stages of metamorphoses.
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Mouse Hearts Glow Like E.T.'sResearchers create mice whose heart muscles are genetically engineered to fluoresce when the muscles contract.
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Military Plans Cyborg SharksBrain implants would allow mind control of predators.
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Long-Distance Pen Devised by Author Margaret AtwoodThe LongPen allows her to meet and sign books for her fans all over the world from her own home.
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U.S. Ski Suits Straight Out of Science FictionIn their 1971 novel The Flying Sorcerors, David Gerrold and Larry Niven wrote about an impossible idea, a suit that was both flexible all over and hard as armor all over.
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Mind Control by ParasitesHalf of the world's human population is infected with this parasite of the body and brain. It is known to alter rat's minds. Now scientists are linking it to schizophrenia.
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Don't Bring Home the Bacon, Print ItSoon, you will be able to use a modified ink-jet printer to make yourself some breakfast.
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Move Over, Rover: Robotic Pet Can Be Best FriendStudies show robots invoke the same feelings and reactions as real pets.
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Freezing Assets: Human Corpsicles Could Wake Up RichCryonics clients can name themselves as beneficiaries in dynasty trusts.
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Scientists Study Carnivorous Plant's Slippery SlopeSci-fi writers had already imagined friction-free coatings. Now researchers see a similar product in nature.
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XPod Would Sense Your Emotions Then Pick MusicThe XPod mobile music player will senses activity and emotion, then tailor its music selections accordingly.
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DVR Would Turn Off When Viewer Falls AsleepRobert Heinlein thought about this forty-five years ago.
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Arthur C. Clarke's 'Newspad' Finally ArrivesSony brings a new dimension to the electronic book with its new Sony Reader.
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Military Sensor Hears Through WallsA new handheld radar scope can sense through up to 12 inches of concrete whether someone is in the next room.
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New ID Device Reads PalmsA model Japanese city deploys a very high-tech and hygenic setup.
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Bees Recognize People... And if bees can do it, researchers wonder if we really understand how humans recall faces.
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Fantastic Voyage to Save the HeartA new technique is reminiscent of the 1966 science fiction movie.
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Crickets Have Their Own 'Holodeck'Amy Young, who creates mixed-media interactive sculptures and digital media works, has vaulted the common cricket into the 23rd century of human imagination with her Cricket Holodeck.
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Chicken Implants Would Warn of Avian Flu FeverDigital Angel, which manufactures microchips for implantation in animals, has proposed using biothermal RFID chips in chickens as an early warning system for the avian flu.
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Robot Mouse Has Real WhiskersThe invention is straight from a 1950 Ray Bradbury story.
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Britain to Deploy Roadside 'Big Brother' SystemANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) cameras are being used to create a "24x7 national vehicle movement database" that will log the movement of every vehicle on the United Kingdom's roads.
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