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Street-fighting robots? Singapore wants YOU!
Imagine an urban-warfare robot that could roam the streets picking off humans at will. Well, it'd certainly liven up the opening credits to Coronation Street. Singapore's Defence Science and Technology Agency has launched a competition – the TechX Challenge -…
Khet: it's like chess, but with extra lasers
Deep Blue wouldn't have had a chance against Garry Kasparov if the Russian had been given a laser or two. Perhaps this could form the basis of a chess handicap system in the future, if computers start kicking human-grandmaster ass…
LG's KE850 Prada phone gets official unveiling – and imminent European launch
Can't wait for the iPhone to arrive? Well, you can get your hands on another very fashionable handset much sooner when the LG KE850 Prada phone arrives in Europe next month. Like the iPhone (but beating it to market),…
Google and Milk Thistle saves family from death
My grandmother always swore milk thistle was the best thing for my screwed-up liver; she's mentioned it on many occasions over the years and I'm afraid I've always relegated it to the same category as the books I read…
Buy a MiG 21F military jet on eBay
Why? Why not?! It's not every day that you get a chance to buy a prime Cold War-era military jet, after all. This Russian-built plane has a max speed of 1,385 mph, a max range of 721 miles, and contains…
Cloning a steer from a steak
In Cloned Bull: the bum rap on cloned food, William Saletan addresses the technical issues of cloning beef. He mentioned a startling fact: ViaGen's 19-month old prize steer, Elvis, "was cloned from a side of Prime Yield Grade 1…
Macworld 2007 roundup: Back seat Macs; new markets; Apple's "killer app"
As Macworld closes for another year, here are my reflections on a show of surprises and omissions. iPhone The star of the show has to be the iPhone, yet it's the first Expo I can remember where a product has…
Macworld 2007: Axiotron unveil the ModBook "Mac Tablet"
I'm sure there are plenty of Mac users who've wished that Apple would create a tablet version of their notebook computers, but so far it hasn't happened. Axiotron to the rescue, who seem to have done a fantastic job at…
CES 2007: Samsung 10 megapixel camera phone and MobileTV handset
Samsung had a couple of CDMA phones on display on their stand, and of course, no one's sure if they're going to ever make it to the UK. Still, they both look flash, although why you'd ever want 10 megapixels…
Nokia responds to Apple iPhone – 'it is a surprise that the iPhone is not 3G'
So, the Apple iPhone has finally been announced (read all about it here if you're still in the dark). So what does this mean for existing mobile phone makers? I just interviewed Nokia's vice president of Nseries Computers Pekka Pohjakallio…
