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 Robotic Dragonfly,
World's Smallest Drone, Unveiled
It can easily penetrate an enemy's defenses and,
assuming nobody notices a giant dragonfly buzzing
around their head, can send back real-time live video. |
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 Google Buys
Company That Makes Military Robots
When they start buying aircraft carriers it's time to worry. |
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Canada Poised to Probe Google
Google poised to probe Canada. |
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| EDUCATION |
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Harvard Student Made Bomb Threat to
Get Out of Taking Final Exam
In Situational Ethics. |
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| ODDS 'N' ENDS |
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 New Tourist
Attraction: Glass Platform Suspended
Thousands of Feet Above the French Alps
It had been used by police to extract confessions. |
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What is this?
$6.9 Billion, $7 Billion, $20 Billion |
| A ) | The net worth of the richest three bankers on Wall Street. |
| B ) | What we’re spending on food stamps, the Headstart
program, and infrastructure repair. |
| C ) | Government support for K-12 education. |
| D ) | The amount of taxpayer money the U.S. Army spent
on the failed RAH-66 Comanche armed reconnaissance
helicopter, later canceled, the XM2001 Crusader mobile
cannon, later canceled, and the Future Combat Systems,
later canceled. |
| Hint: results of simulations, tests, and analyses that
highlighted problems and predicted failure were
ignored or suppressed, and don’t even ask about
the Joint Tactical Radio System. |
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| SPORTS |
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Official World
Cup Ball Unveiled
Official World Cup vuvuzela will be unveiled
next week. |
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