NATO launches effort to define role

NATO must redefine its focus in the 21st century to combat new threats, including piracy, terrorism and cyber attacks, and to reflect its new role in war zones around the world, the organization's secretary general said Tuesday.

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Toyota to Unveil Concept Truck at Show

Toyota Motor Corp. plans to introduce a concept hybrid pickup truck featuring improved fuel economy and lower emissions at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the automaker said Friday.

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Designer Ahmet Bektes is proposing using centuries-old technology to provide the power for a familiar modern device. Rather than drawing energy from a computer or batteries, a user will need to remove a key from below the Sustail mouse and wind it up before being able to use it.

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For much of the last century, educators and many scientists believed that children could not learn math at all before the age of five, that their brains simply were not ready.

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Jacob Innovations has developed the conceptual Flex-Seat, which can be configured in a number of ways to make the most of the vertical space often wasted inside airline cabins and putting the possibility of a good night's sleep (or rest) within reach of most fliers.

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If you saw the video we posted last week of the Nissan Land Glider concept that leaned and though to yourself if it had one less wheel and looked like the cockpit of a Viper from Battlestar Galactica you would totally buy one, get your checkbook out.

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Yesterday, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office reported that the Obamacare bill still being drafted by the Senate Finance Committee will cost a whopping $829 billion dollars while leaving over 25 million people still uninsured by 2019.

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That's right, the Senate Finance Committee, the fifth and final committee with jurisdiction over the government takeover of healthcare that is being debated, is in session as we speak and will soon vote to approve the bill.

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Revealed 50 years to the day since the launch of the classic original Mini, this is the stunning Mini Coupé Concept, which CAR expects to enter production in 2011.

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I found this blog site and could not resist sharing these great pictures and descriptions of futuristic cars. From Madza:

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Racialized science seeks to explain human population differences in health, intelligence, education, and wealth as the consequence of immutable, biologically based differences between "racial" groups.

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No, the new Target in Broken Arrow isn't a Super Target.

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General Motors opened the North American International Auto Show with an indoor road rally of 17 new and upcoming cars and crossovers – including four global premieres – in order to demonstrate the company's viability as evidenced by its vehicle's design, fuel efficiency  …

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Jake Loniak is a college junior, he's also the inventor of one of the most innovative concept vehicles we've seen in ages. Inside: the electric exoskeleton motorcycle and an exclusive video of the beast in action.

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Earthquakes can't stop us now. Under "Writing Gigs" at Craigslist, some optimistic editor or publisher has posted an uber-excited notice about a "free" daily paper launching in L.A. that will boast a circulation between 250-300,000, with a cool half mil for the Sunday edition.

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Construction of Irish Cougar Begins Today

Word has been released to us that Irish Cougar has begun it's "Concept and Construction" phase. No further word is yet to be released as to what this new online world will be, and what its intentions are of building the future of online usage.

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With automobile tycoons already battling with the production of automobiles that maintains equilibrium between space and economy,

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BMW's GINA concept explores the design possibilities opened up when a car's exterior is completely flexible - from variable lines to hingeless doors to eyelid headlights - in one of the most fascinating design studies we've seen in years.

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short opinion on Firefox Mobile concept video - as it might be seen from Maemo or Nokia Tablet perspective

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The Filterbrella has a canopy which is made of compostable polylactic acid plastic blends. This gives the Filterbrella its environment charm. The Filterbrella has a very innovative activated carbon filter in its hollow rod.

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Truth be told, the bona fide Optimus Maximus keyboard is still quite a few bills higher than most folks are willing to pay, which makes the likelihood of a similar layout hitting laptops anytime soon that much slimmer.

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The Nokia Research Center, working with the University of Cambridge, is showing off a cell phone shaped like -- well, shaped like whatever you want it to be shaped like.

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Nokia's new Morph concept phone would use nanotechnology to give it a flexible body with a transparent display that could be re-shaped depending on the user's needs, a far cry from today's solid and chunky devices.

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With the ability to combat even red wine stains, a new nanocoating for fabrics offers the promise of wools and silks able to automatically cleanse themselves.

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A car design team are bringing back memories of a famous scene from a James Bond movie by producing a car that can travel under water. ..... The scene was shot using animation, but more than 30 years later Swiss company Rinspeed has come up with a concept car - the sQuba.

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There's no writing here, but it was a winner in the designboom competition-

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