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Can you uncover the code?
Dan Brown is a writer whose best-sellers include The Da Vinci Code, a thriller involving secret societies, ciphers and symbolism. Supposedly, Leonardo da Vinci liked to hide secrets by encoding them in his artwork. The aim of this challenge is to uncover a series of codes. And, as the Web site informs us, "These codes are visible to the naked eye... and they are already in your possession." The Challenge is presented using Shockwave's 'Flash' programming. It's visually pleasing and the questions are intriguing. However, you'll need the book in order to participate. The grand-prize is a trip for two to Paris.
Hawking: Life on Earth Dangerous, Humans Should Colonize the Moon
World-renowned scientist Stephen Hawking said the survival of the human race depends on its ability to find new homes elsewhere in the universe. The British astrophysicist said in a press conference in Hong Kong that humans could have a permanent base on the Moon in 20 years and a colony on Mars in the next 40 years, adding "We won't find anywhere as nice as Earth unless we go to another solar system."
"It is important for the human race to spread out into space for the survival of the species," Hawking emphasized and added "Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global warming, nuclear war or a genetically engineered virus."
Hawking, who is wheelchair-bound, can use only one hand and communicates with the help of a computer because he suffers from an incurable neurological disorder called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
He concluded by saying if humans can avoid killing themselves in the next 100 years, they should establish space settlements that can continue without support from Earth.Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Google Research
A team from Google Research has developed a prototype system that uses a home computer’s internal microphone to listen to the ambient audio in a room, determine what is being watched on TV and offer web-based supplemental information, services and shopping contextual to each program being watched. It’s strange, but it sounds like it works and people might really like it. There’s no indication yet whether or when this could be available as a service.
Nokia N92 part of German DVB-H Trial
Nokia have announced their N92 multimedia handset will officially be part of the pilot of DVB-H mobile TV services currently underway in Germany. During the pilot, guests of E-Plus, O2, T-Mobile and Vodafone are able to view live TV - including broadcasts of World Cup matches - via compatible handsets."Nokia is extremely happy to be part of this DVB-H pilot during the football championships by offering the Nokia N92 devices. Nokia has been part of numerous DVB-H pilots around the world and this pilot is a very important milestone in moving closer to the commercial mobile TV phase" said Harri Männistö, director, Multimedia, Nokia. "We are confident that live mobile TV will be an exciting new service for consumers, and we are looking forward to seeing the market developing fast."During the pilot 14 channels, including ARD, ZDF, Nord3, BR, RBB, RTL, Sat.1, ProSieben, n-tv, N24, VOX, MTV Music and Eurosport, and around 6 radio stations will be available. The trial will continue until August, except in Munich where the trial will end on July 31st.
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