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Test Flight of the World?s Smallest Helicopter
A major milestone towards making the smallest helicopter in the world was recently reached by a Norwegian company Prox Dynamics. A prototype was able to demonstrate take off, forward and turning flight, and landings during a successful test flight. The Hornet-1 prototype, weighing less than 15 grams with a rotor diameter of 100 mm, has [...]
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Science In Islamic Countries
Physics Today published a thought-provoking article on the status of and prospects for science in Islamic countries. The author, a Pakistani physicist, posits that ‘Internal causes led to the decline of Islam’s scientific greatness long before the era of mercantile imperialism. To contribute once again, Muslims must be introspective and ask what went wrong.’ The [...]
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Future Technologies
PC World looks into The Future of Technology and offers 100 Fearless Forecasts. Although better user interfaces are one of the future predictions, for now using the ‘print view’ is the most convenient way to read individual sections of the sprawling article. A persevering reader will find, however, an interesting overview of various emerging technologies [...]
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JavaScript on GooglePages
Google Page Creator no longer removes JavaScript from GooglePages. Useful tools and active content, such as, Google Analytics, StatCounter, AdSense, Flash animation, and various JS widgets can now be added to any GooglePage (including the default home page) without resorting to hacks or manually uploaded HTML. The detailed description of this new feature is too [...]
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Creating a GooglePage
Update (July 4, 2006): My GooglePage tutorials are now moving to the new GooglePage eXplorer (GPX-Files) site. Apologies for any inconvenience for the next few days, as the basic GooglePages and Google Page Creator tutorials are updated. For the last couple of weeks, I have also enjoyed the “hacker” aspect of being a biohacker and [...]
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