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Submarine Cable Map 2007: Maps: TeleGeography Research

2008 Jan 31, 11:29A lovely infographic style map of underwater cabling. Actually its a poster. And it costs $250. Argh!PermalinkCommentsvia:newscientist graph visualization map network technology underwater cable internet purchase product

New Scientist Technology Blog: Phones that plan their meals

2008 Jan 25, 1:54Research paper suggests location aware cellphones ask their owners to charge them when the phones see they're at home.PermalinkCommentsarticle newscientist research cellphone battery power microsoft

Dancing Yellow Robot

2007 Aug 17, 6:33New Scientist had an initial article on Keepon this cute yellow dancing robot and now they've got another article featuring a more traditional music video staring Keepon. (first video link) (second video link)
PermalinkCommentskeepon youtube video personal cute robot nontechnical

The Uneasy Relationship Between Mathematics and Cryptography

2007 Aug 13, 2:05From : "Rarely do we think of mathematicians as glamorous. But during the 1980s, the rising importance of cryptography injected a certain amount of glitz into the discipline.PermalinkCommentsmath article history cryptography

Avatar: the other you

2007 May 31, 11:11An article from newscientist about videogame avatars. There's a slideshow with side by sides of people and their avatars.PermalinkCommentsinternet videogames avatar culture article photos
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