Interesting News

[*zeo]

The Navy has created a new deep diving suit capable of diving to 2000 feet. The previous limit being 1200.

Stimulation Of The Semicircular Canals Can Artificially Control Human Walking And Balance. Basically remote controlled people.

The Sharpest object yet made is a tungsten needle tapering down to about the thickness of single atom. Main application being more accurate resolutions for scanning tunneling microscopes.

Mind-controlled Wheelchair No Longer Science Fiction.

Nintendo DS Browser Arrives In Europe October 6th

Meanwhile the US Airforce has decided not to produce as many F-22's as originally intended and will instead suppliment their fleet by upgrading the F-15C's. Upgrades include air to ground attack ability which previously was only available for the F-15E. Whether they will get other modifications is unknown.

And for those who like a closer look at the F-22, 27th Fighter Squadron 1

And now some gadget reviews. . .

For those who have been through a blackout or brownout, you can appreciate a good Flashlight

RFID Blocking Wallet, not a review but self explanatory.

Saitek Pro Gamer Command Unit

USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE Adapter with One Touch Backup

Incidently it seems major brands of anti-virus software is far less effective than we thought. Intercepting as low as 20% of the viruses. This is because the ones creating the viruses are getting very advance and specifically designing their viruses to bypass the most common anti-virus software.

So it is recommended you use more than one on your system. According to research the not well known Russian Anti-Virus software is 90% effective, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0

[largo]

Yah know zeo you find some strange stuff.

[thanosfan82586]

Only one atom thick at the tip. If only a knife could be made with an edge like. That would make a ginsu seem about as sharp as a jogging shoe.

On a side note, this site http://www.kurzweilai.net posts links to stories like these all the time.