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by Manisha Verma
After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isn't it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it? This is how I answer when I am asked -- as I am surprisingly often -- why I bother to get up in the mornings. - Richard Dawkins

by Manisha Verma
After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isn't it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it? This is how I answer when I am asked -- as I am surprisingly often -- why I bother to get up in the mornings. - Richard Dawkins

By Evert Cilliers

Cars with video displays on their sides that show up only when the video plays. Pocket-sized video screen roll-ups. Wall-hanging TVs -- across an entire wall -- that are as thin as cardboard. These are only some of the possible uses for a new form of LED display, reported today by a scientific team in Science magazine.

Korean tire maker Kumho has produced a concept for an electric SUV utilizing a tire maker's favorite material - rubber.  The Fortis SUV features body panels made from recycled rubber and the rest of the design is pretty cool too.
The SUV's wheels contain one 100-horsepower motor each, allowing the production of front-, rear- or all-wheel-drive models.  Built-in software controls the motors so different types of traction control can be programmed in.

From The New York Times:

Edward B. Rackley

Edward B. Rackley

There's nothing like the thrill of last-minute holiday shopping. Some consider it frustrating, but I prefer to think of it as a challenge. If the person stuck on your list has a computer, you're in luck. This week we'll toss up a bevy of last-minute gift ideas guaranteed to please.

It definitely helps to know a little about the person in question -- in this case, his or her computer wants and needs. You can spend a little or a lot to get something useful or just fun.

It's hard to remember now, but the first BlackBerry devices weren't phones. They were two-way e-mail pagers that couldn't be used for calls.

Now a New York-based startup is betting it can fill the niche the BlackBerry abandoned. It has made a sleek, $100 e-mail pager called the Peek that hits Target Corp. stores Monday.