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Computers Are Green After All - A new study finds that computers constitute only 2 percent of U.S. electricity use. The findings contradict a previous study, which said the Internet alone was gobbling up 8 percent of the country's electric power. From the Environment News Service. For full story, GO TO: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41623,00.html?tw=wn20010206. From: Wired News "Off the wall" curiosities 2001.02 [top] Deconstructing Harry Connick Jr. - So you want to expand your CD collection but you don't want to spend money on stuff you don't like? Music companies think they've devised ways to figure out what you'll like. By Tania Hershman. For full story, GO TO: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41645,00.html?tw=wn20010220. From: Wired News "Off the wall" curiosities 2001.02 [top] FDA OKs Artificial Skin - The Food and Drug Administration approves a new skin to help children with a debilitating inherited epidermal disease. The treatment will be available by May. For full story, GO TO: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41977,00.html?tw=wn20010223. From: Wired News "Off the wall" curiosities 2001.02 [top] Hey Flipper, What's Shakin'? - Next time you're out scuba diving you may be able to strike up a conversation with a passing dolphin -- that is, so long as you've studied up on your whistle-speak. By Louise Knapp. For full story, GO TO: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41705,00.html?tw=wn20010222. From: Wired News "Off the wall" curiosities 2001.02 [top] Implant Achieves Female Orgasm - A device used to treat back pain has a pleasing side-effect, causing women to have an orgasm. A doctor-inventor has patented the device which would work in tandem with a remote control. For full story, GO TO: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41682,00.html?tw=wn20010208. From: Wired News "Off the wall" curiosities 2001.02 [top] Keeping Up With the E-Joneses - Master-planned communities have been around for decades, but the good folk from Levittown ain't seen nothing like this. An 'e-village' near Fresno, California, is being connected in every way possible with the latest broadband has to offer. By Andy Patrizio. For full story, GO TO: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41713,00.html?tw=wn20010209. From: Wired News "Off the wall" curiosities 2001.02 [top] MIT Winner Thinks Out of the Bag - Brian Hubert, winner of the 2001 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Inventiveness, is more than a part-time concert pianist and composer. From potato chip bags as computer memory to gene chips as a diagnostic method, Hubert's ideas are on the cutting edge of scientific research. By Mark K. Anderson. For full story, GO TO: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41492,00.html?tw=wn20010216. From: Wired News "Off the wall" curiosities 2001.02 [top] New DWI: Driving While Internet - Revolve Design's in-car keyboard Palm accessory is a twist on Bruce Springsteen's lyrics, 'Working on the highway laying down the blacktop.' How about 'working on the highway, typing on the laptop?' But could this lead to Springsteen's 'Wreck on the Highway?' By Leander Kahney. For full story, GO TO: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41909,00.html?tw=wn20010221. From: Wired News "Off the wall" curiosities 2001.02 [top] News Flash: Floppies Are Not Dead - Remember floppy disks? When was the last time you used one? Well, Panasonic not only thinks there's a market for them, it's producing a new disk drive that can cram 32 MB on one. By Michelle Delio. For full story, GO TO: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41716,00.html?tw=wn20010209. From: Wired News "Off the wall" curiosities 2001.02 [top] Soot to Blame for Global Warming? - A new study in the journal Nature contests that soot may be responsible for up to 30 percent of global warming. From the Environment News Service. For full story, GO TO: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41727,00.html?tw=wn20010209. From: Wired News "Off the wall" curiosities 2001.02 [top] The Search for Another Earth - The question of whether extraterrestrial life exists has always captivated astronomers and non-astronomers alike. The Kepler Mission wants to search for it but it's searching for funding first. By Jeffrey Terraciano. For full story, GO TO: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41483,00.html?tw=wn20010203. From: Wired News "Off the wall" curiosities 2001.02 [top] What Makes a Snowflake Unique? - Some people like to train spot, others are into bird watching. For Kenneth Libbrecht, professor of physics at California Institute of Technology, his kick is snowflake watching. By Louise Knapp. For full story, GO TO: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41085,00.html?tw=wn20010201. From: Wired News "Off the wall" curiosities 2001.02 [top]
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