Technobriefs
December 15, 2008
Just random technobits this week: Math
Gains Reported for U.S. Students --- What
the Search Engines Have Found Out About All of Us --- Intel
Cites Advance in Using Silicon in Data Products; Claim Is Challenged
--- Labels
Open to Collective Licensing on Campus --- Verizon
4G Next year: A Pipe Dream? --- Top
10 Things You Forgot Gmail Can Do --- Cold
Sore Virus Linked To Alzheimer's Disease: New Treatment, Or Even
Vaccine Possible --- Proof
That Meteors Could Have Sparked Life on Earth --- Critical
Report on Health of Zoo Elephants Is Debated --- 3D desktop
revealed in Apple patent filing --- Wikipedia
Censorship Sparks Free Speech Debate (no mention of the
(similarly NSFW) 1969 Blind Faith album
cover) --- Sweeping
Changes Coming With Smart Dust --- work on a biomimetic device,
inspired by the
razor clam, that might eventually become a self-adjusting boat anchor: Dig
this:
RoboClam - MIT News Office --- now I can easily translate My hovercraft is full of eels into
several languages at the same time: Nice Translator - The fast,
easy
to use online translator.