[Challenge] Search for Strange News

[Acropolis]

Hey everyone,

The idea of this thread is to post the strangest, and possibly scariest real news items you can find. Maybe you can find a company that seems to be doing some really strange research.

An example would be:

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23382354-details/Scientists+unravel+superbug+that+kills+in+24+hours/article.do

Here are some links from our newsletters:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A63731-2004Nov19
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7064&print=true
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/11/02/brain.dish/
http://www.tgen.org/
http://www.gene.com/gene/index.jsp
http://www.salk.edu/
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,156527,00.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1625253_1,00.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1754008,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0,2763,1528082,00.html

Are we headed toward a Fallen Earth?
Is the Shiva virus right around the corner?

Have fun!

~Acropolis

[Mo0k]

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2007-01-22T202000Z_01_N22492863_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-GERMS-SPONGES-DC.XML&WTmodLoc=SciHealth-C3-Science-9

Microwaves are getting more and more useful, aside from feeding students the world over!

Could this be the beginning of the end? Will we do away with doctors and just sit in a microwave for a bit?

[Mo0k]

Actually, this takes the biscuit. (http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?storyid=2007-01-23T114259Z_01_L23900274_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-UK-KAZAKHSTAN-PARROTS.XML&type=oddlyEnoughNews&WTmodLoc=Oddly+Enough-C3-More-4)

[Boru Giorhe]

how about this?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16751949/wid/11915773?GT1=8921

[Boru Giorhe]

I wouldnt want to be this police force
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16763344/?GT1=8921

[Cthulhu]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16757285/

The fight for space gets...violent?

[Stowaway]

Lethal secrets of 1918 flu virus
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6271833.stm
Scientists who recreated "Spanish flu" - the 1918 virus which killed up to 50m people - have witnessed its remarkable killing power first hand. The lungs of infected monkeys were destroyed in just days as their immune systems went into overdrive after a Canadian laboratory rebuilt the virus. The reason for the lethal nature of the 1918 flu was never fully understood.

Note: The Spanish flu virus that swept the world in 1918-19 is considered one of the most deadly diseases in history. The influenza went on to kill 40 million in a matter of months.


http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/818/443144528xp.th.jpg (http://img69.imageshack.us/my.php?image=443144528xp.jpg)

Masaaki Nagumo, an engineer at Japan's machinery maker Sakakibara Kikai, gets into a 3.4-metre tall, two-legged robot called Land Walker for a demonstration as part of an art exhibition.


Chinese Regime Admits To Organ Harvesting From Prisoners
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-1-22/50806.html


The Gorillapod (Don't know why but this just scares me!)
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/6-12-31/49903.html
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5935/20061230gorillapodrock4hh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Gravity Defying Camera Tripod. It looks alive!

[Cthulhuvong]

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070123/D8MQLQSG1.html
bionic cat eyes!

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070123/D8MQL4TG0.html
Diosaurs looked like Wright Bros' plane

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070121/D8MPCK3G0.html
mutant fish in the Potomac

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16756519/
Bats better than birds

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16710924/
Two-headed reptile

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16755646/
Geothermal is the future!

[Mo0k]

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=UKNews1&storyid=2007-01-23T133758Z_01_L21619736_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BRITAIN-SHIP.xml&WTmodLoc=Oddly+Enough-R6-MostRead-2

I think it was these disgruntled guys that started off Shiva - clearly they wanted to scavenge in peace. What a haul, though.

[KingCole32]

Strange Science
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/01/05/chimeras.html

A TON of creepy and odd stories about new things abroad
http://www.plasticized.com/bizarre_cosmetic_surgery/index.html

[Stowaway]

The world stands at the brink of a second nuclear age. The United States and Russia remain ready to stage a nuclear attack within minutes, North Korea conducts a nuclear test, and many in the international community worry that Iran plans to acquire the Bomb. Climate change also presents a dire challenge to humanity. Damage to ecosystems is already taking place; flooding, destructive storms, increased drought, and polar ice melt are causing loss of life and property.


http://www.thebulletin.org/

18 January 2007
The Doomsday Clock Moves Two Minutes Closer To Midnight
-Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists -

[Cthulhu]

Strange Science
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/01/05/chimeras.html
That is so cool!

[Mo0k]

http://www.cyberpunks.org/display/620/article/

This is from KingCole's post... Woah.

But I don't think I believe the guy.

[Maxiboy]

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/003104.html

:(

[Soge]

Doggie Beer (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070122/ap_on_fe_st/doggie_beer)

Hair Loss (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070118/od_nm/crime_hair_dc)

Peta Disgrace (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ct/20070119/cr_ct/trialsettostartforpetaworkerscaughteuthanizingdump ingcatsanddogs)

Red Heads Beware (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2002266852_redhair09.html)

Here's mine. Be careful, third story is a sad one.

[Geist]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/08/national/main2337222.shtml
Shiva virus strikes the bird population of Austin?

[blarneystone]

No no no.. you can't get much weirder than this:

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=33257

Doctors' unions in Romania have criticised a decision to make a surgeon pay £100,000 in damages after he lost his temper and hacked off a patient's penis during surgery...

[Haruhi]

I posted this on the .se forums:

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20061221TDY02002.htm

EDIT: Never mind, they took it down

The story was about a guy who fell off a mountain and was frozen for over 3 weeks and fully recovered.

[JPatteri]

über-blades :)

http://www.newscientisttech.com/channel/tech/nanotechnology/mg19225780.151

[Maxiboy]

über-blades :)

http://www.newscientisttech.com/channel/tech/nanotechnology/mg19225780.151


*droools*
:eek:

[blarneystone]

Dogs everywhere rejoice, someone invented beer for our canine companions..

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/22/ap/strange/mainD8MQBT000.shtml

http://www.cbsnews.com/images/2007/01/22/imageAMS10801221316.jpg

[JPatteri]

Shiva gets to your comp too !!!

http://terrybollinger.com/spywarepages/shivas.html

[Taelanna]

http://www.medindia.net/bioterrorism/10.asp

http://www.medindia.net/bioterrorism/16.asp

Peace, Tae

[Geist]

Want to live forever? It may not be far off!
http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060522_immortality_social.html

[Shrapnel101]

Woo Im gonna be 110 still playing this game yeah!

[Geist]

One less mutant freak in the world!
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/4895053/detail.html
Take that chupacabra!

[Maxiboy]

One less mutant freak in the world!
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/4895053/detail.html
Take that chupacabra!

Awesome! :D I want one!

[Growaidun]

Do a web search on this.. Apophis 99942 .....Fallen Earth for real...in our lifetime

[suske]

http://www.lightlink.com/bbm/wpogo.html

ok you crafters get busy on this. i need 30 for the next raid....:p

[Glencannon]

From Wired, a list of Nuclear Apocalypse Near misses. I had heard of all of them before except the last one on the list that takes place in 2002.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.07/start.html?pg=11

[Dorkybob]

Heres one that always scares the heck outa me...
War By Remote? (http://www.oilempire.us/remote.html#robotwarplanes)
and
Robots With Real Guns! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4199935.stm)
also
Robot Armies Planed? (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/18/robogrunt_the_us_militarys_plans/)

Reasons why...
1> When war becomes a video game who feels the pain of defeat and the death toll? Most people in war that have had to kill another person have said that they have nightmares about it, Computers don't have nightmares.

2> With the advent and massive growth of WiFi connections, It wont be long until there is wireless access to all corners of the earth.

3> Perhaps our friends in the military should watch the Terminator film series. lol

[Candesious]

One less mutant freak in the world!
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/4895053/detail.html
Take that chupacabra!

Yea heard about that a few years back...But what have they found out since?? I havent seen any other news on this..

[Geist]

Yea heard about that a few years back...But what have they found out since?? I havent seen any other news on this..

I think the our beloved mad scientist community has given up on their escaped goat sucked and moved on to new startling experiments... Kind of like this!
Chimeras! (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0125_050125_chimeras.html)
How can you have post apocalypse without mutant freaks! And by the looks of things we wont be short of them!

Do I win yet? Come on people post stuff!

[Khurdy]

A strange, strange news, some hard to understand to non spanish, but strange.

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Franco/continuara/alcalde/honorario/perpetuidad/Salamanca/elpepuesp/20070126elpepinac_12/Tes

[elate]

Not science news but it is certainly strange (http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/phones/2007-01-24-textmessagenovel_x.htm?POE=TECISVA):

"HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — A novel in which the entire narrative consists of mobile phone text messages was published Wednesday in Finland, home of the world's top handset maker Nokia Corp... The texts are rife with grammatical errors and abbreviations commonly used in regular SMS traffic."

[Acropolis]

These are great! Keep them coming!

If it gets too big to handle, I may just make a whole forum dedicated to it.

[zainredding]

Railguns as Science Fact!

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/012007/01172007/251373/index_html?page=1

[Geist]

Not sure where you went last night when you didn't even remember drinking that much?
You might already be an automaton! (http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn2237)

[elate]

American military non-lethal ray-gun makes targets feel on fire (http://wcco.com/topstories/topstories_story_024162915.html)

Genetically modified chickens lay drugs in eggs (http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=0D8E7181CECFB125AEE394596B658287)

Microwave oven can sterilize your wet sponges (http://www.newscitech.com/microwave-oven-can-sterilize-sponges-scrub-pads)

How to take infrared pictures with a digital camera (http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/how-to-take-infrared-x-ray-pictures-with-a-digital-camera) (video warning for 56k people).

Belgian scientists give viagra to an iguana resulting in amputation. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070125/od_nm/iguana_erection_dc)

[Geist]

Ever want improved endurance, genetically augmented strength, or faster firing brain synapses?
Then Gene Therapy is for you! (http://www.hypography.com/article.cfm?id=34225)
(god I love this thread)

[Soge]

Liquid Assisted Armor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOLMsaAwY94)

[Geist]

Try this one on for size.
With crazy entire countries like this how have we avoided destruction for so long? (http://techdirt.com/articles/20070126/125016.shtml)

[Shrapnel101]

Ever wonder which was real, God, Or Science? Or are they just there?

Movie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wLXkK65FII)

[Geist]

Giant mutated ant chew your arm off? Not a problem, just get yourself a replacement (http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/04/10/cybernetics.profile/)! Guaranteed stronger and better then the original, well at least by 2154 it will be!

[Geist]

Do you think we have a long time before the apocalypse strikes? Well some of the worlds brightest minds seem to think we only have five minutes left! (http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/01/17/doomsday.clock.ap/index.html)

[Sudden Device]

While not of the direct science variety, a Ghost Bride covers both strange and news.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/26/AR2007012600565.html
And some caffeinated pastry developments for you.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070126/ap_on_fe_st/buzz_doughnuts
Mutant Pigs
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=33747&in_page_id=2
Toe Gems
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Wednesday/National/20070124091921/Article/index_html
d3o finally hits the public market
http://twenty1f.com/index.php?http://twenty1f.com/projects/187/
Neural Extension cords
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn10997-neural-extension-cord-developed-for-brain-implants.html
Get your cyber-creep on - Cyberhug Jackets developed in Singapore
http://twenty1f.com/index.php?http://twenty1f.com/projects/singapore-scientists-embrace-plan-for-cyberhugs/
Electric Mortars?
http://www.defensetech.org/archives/003156.html
Terms I want the Devs to know if they don't already -
http://sentientdevelopments.blogspot.com/2007/01/must-know-terms-for-21st-century_11.html

BTW, I'm just gonna keep editing my one post unless someone tells me I should do otherwise.

[Zmeagol]

Bionic Warfare - the BionicHornet

http://nanotechlaw.blogspot.com/search/label/warfare

cind of nasty future we have ahed if ppl keep going this way =)

[Soge]

So you think some technology would survive an apocalyptic event or a civilization that is stagnant for 100 years? (timeline after the release of Shiva to present in-game day.) Think again.


Digital Ice Age (http://men.msn.com/articlepm.aspx?cp-documentid=1628362&GT1=8991)

[Tomb]

The zombies are comming! (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,160903,00.html)

[Dominic Hale]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/02/15/whites.only.ap/

White minority scholarships. Hell hath no fury like the unappreciated white folks getting stiffed by affirmative action and racial scholarships. :)

[Khurdy]

Damn, the Reich come back

[GRiM]

There was the super tornadoes that hit florida the other night. One was said to be a half mile wide (from a difforent source)!

http://www.local6.com/news/10912157/detail.html

[Stowaway]

1,000 turkeys killed by bird flu in Suffolk, UK.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/6326587.stm

Just a disease OMG bird flu related story.....


Richard Branson branches out .... Into Stem Cells.

Stem Cell Bank http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6317855.stm

Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson is set to launch a company which will let families bank and store stem cells from their child's umbilical cord.

[Dominic Hale]

Huzzah for stem cells!

[Stowaway]

1,000 turkeys killed by bird flu in Suffolk, UK.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/6326587.stm





Update - Tests show bird flu is H5N1 virus

Tests have confirmed that the avian flu which killed 2,600 turkeys at a Suffolk farm is the H5N1 virus.

That virus can be fatal if it is passed on to humans and further tests will determine if it is the same strain as found in Asia.


AHHHHHH SHIVA!!!

[Khurdy]

Update - Tests show bird flu is H5N1 virus

Tests have confirmed that the avian flu which killed 2,600 turkeys at a Suffolk farm is the H5N1 virus.

That virus can be fatal if it is passed on to humans and further tests will determine if it is the same strain as found in Asia.


AHHHHHH SHIVA!!!

Hehehe, the similar explanations to FE are scariest.

[Phenix]

[[[ Warning, the following content can hurt fan ]]]


Icarus Studio will begin Fallen Earth Beta phase

http://www.fallenearth.com/beta (http://www.fallenearth.com/index.php?page=news&article=1)

"Icarus Studio don't give a lot of information about Fallen Earth, but a rumor said that a beta will begin in the next 10 years..."

Realy strange news... it's certainly not true :p

[Shafty]

Icarus Studio will begin Fallen Earth Beta phase

http://www.fallenearth.com/beta (http://www.fallenearth.com/index.php?page=news&article=1)

"Icarus Studio don't give a lot of information about Fallen Earth, but a rumor said that a beta will begin in the next 10 years..."

Realy strange news... it's certainly not true :p

ROFL
Scared my control center operator when it goes from dead silence to riotous laughter. You owe my Ops guy an apology, damn you

[Stowaway]

it is the asian type

Been confirmed as the highly pathogenic Asian strain of the H5N1 virus. The 159,000 other turkeys on the farm will now have to be slaughtered.

It is the first case on a UK commercial farm of an H5N1 infection. The strain has killed 164 people worldwide


Hurry up Icarus, or we'll all be dead.

[JPatteri]

Way cool:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/02/warm02.xml

[Sinuous]

Who needs the pesky moral culpability that comes from killing when you can just set your automated sentry gun to annihilate anything that moves.

Samsung has developed motion-sensing automated sentry machine-guns for South Korea that will be deployed along the North Korean border this year. That will teach those emaciated North Korean refugees! (Samsung engineers must have been watching too much Aliens: Special Edition for their own good.)

http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/samsung_develops_machine_gun_sentry_robot_costs_20 0k.php

Includes a video of the atrocity in action!!!!!!!

ENJOY!

[Mo0k]

Who needs the pesky moral culpability that comes from killing when you can just set your automated sentry gun to annihilate anything that moves.

Samsung has developed motion-sensing automated sentry machine-guns for South Korea that will be deployed along the North Korean border this year. That will teach those emaciated North Korean refugees! (Samsung engineers must have been watching too much Aliens: Special Edition for their own good.)

http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/samsung_develops_machine_gun_sentry_robot_costs_20 0k.php

Includes a video of the atrocity in action!!!!!!!

ENJOY!

Bloody hell.... The things that could potetially go wrong with it...

I'd steer clear of those machine guns if I was Oriental!

[RalpGalland]

Who needs the pesky moral culpability that comes from killing when you can just set your automated sentry gun to annihilate anything that moves.

Samsung has developed motion-sensing automated sentry machine-guns for South Korea that will be deployed along the North Korean border this year. That will teach those emaciated North Korean refugees! (Samsung engineers must have been watching too much Aliens: Special Edition for their own good.)

http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/samsung_develops_machine_gun_sentry_robot_costs_20 0k.php

Includes a video of the atrocity in action!!!!!!!

ENJOY!

I want one!!!!

[Scotsman262]

Who needs the pesky moral culpability that comes from killing when you can just set your automated sentry gun to annihilate anything that moves.

Samsung has developed motion-sensing automated sentry machine-guns for South Korea that will be deployed along the North Korean border this year. That will teach those emaciated North Korean refugees! (Samsung engineers must have been watching too much Aliens: Special Edition for their own good.)

http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/samsung_develops_machine_gun_sentry_robot_costs_20 0k.php

Includes a video of the atrocity in action!!!!!!!

ENJOY!

I'm forwarding this To Homeland Sec! Bye bye border problems! Seems a lot more cost effective than people with pensions and health care.

[Sinuous]

I'm forwarding this To Homeland Sec! Bye bye border problems! Seems a lot more cost effective than people with pensions and health care.

If they did that, I'd be out of a job! BTW........killer avatar!

[Cthulhuvong]

I'm forwarding this To Homeland Sec! Bye bye border problems! Seems a lot more cost effective than people with pensions and health care.

Stop stealing jobs from Americans and sending them overseas to asians :p

[Adrir]

Scientists Pretty Sure Experiment Won't Destroy Planet
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=325&objectid=10400645


If the theories are correct, the machine will create tiny black holes that evaporate and possibly even find particles that offer evidence that the three dimensions known to mankind are just a fraction of those that exist.

[...]

Dr Cox dismissed worries that by adventuring into the unknown and creating tiny black holes, the machine could even destroy the planet. "The probability is at the level of 10 to the minus 40," he said.

[Cthulhuvong]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6335899.stm

Final design done for "doomsday" vault holding seeds from all known kinds of food crops. To be built on island near the north pole.


http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=325&objectid=10400645

Scientists plan to make mini big bangs. Hope not to destroy world.

[RalpGalland]

Prohestetics getting alot better.

http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn11094-woman-with-bionic-arm-regains-sense-of-touch.html

Just wait a few years, and lost limbs won't be much....:D

[Pfc4Life]

*edited due to redundancy*




http://codon.regalix.com/codon/codon1.jsp?channel=overture&adgroup=genetics&adkey=10&keyword=genetics&OVRAW=Genetics&OVKEY=genetics&OVMTC=standard
Now you can get your Genes custom made, at half off! But Wait theres more! well also throw in this set of Ginsu Knives!

http://news.nabou.com/cgi-bin/newsframe/437892yks4328903Dnabou2BInews421789994asgw3798etys 6787/18A8047A97056E4D9B2CDA039BFF5E58backheadline3DHow2 Bdo2BI2Bcut2Ba2Boout3Fnews26o3D0/FrameIt.cgi?Url=http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?r801520508
new genetic disease, anyone?

[Haruhi]

Scientists Pretty Sure Experiment Won't Destroy Planet
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=325&objectid=10400645

1 in 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ,000 chance everyone will die. I don't like them odds :eek:

[Cyprus]

sorry if this one has been posted... but it goes along with last weeks question.

http://65.127.124.62/south_asia/4483241.stm.htm


Cambodian Troops Quarantine Quan'sul

Military Forces quarantine Quan'sul
There has been a small outbreak of “zombism” in a small town near the border of Laos in North-Eastern Cambodia.
The culprit was discovered to be mosquitoes native to that region carrying a new strain of Malaria which thus far has a 100 percent mortality rate and kills victims in fewer than 2 days.

After death, this parasite is able to restart the heart of its victim for up to two hours after the initial demise of the person where the individual behaves in extremely violent ways from what is believed to be a combination of brain damage and a chemical released into blood during “resurrection.”

Cambodian officials say that the outbreak has been contained and the public has no need to worry.

General Ary Serey had this to say, "We have obtained samples of this new parasite and plan to learn how it starts the heart and other major organs of the deceased. We intend to use this to increase the quality of life for all."

US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice opposed the plan saying that the Cambodian government holds a great biological weapon and should destroy it immediately. Cambodian officials have yet to comment.

A United Nations team will be dispatched to Cambodia to confirm the safety of biological research in Cambodia.

[Acropolis]

NEW YORK (AP) -- Researchers are trying to find ways to regrow fingers _ and someday, even limbs _ with tricks that sound like magic spells from a Harry Potter novel.

Read more!

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/02/18/D8NCIHHG0.html

[Unixtam]

Artificial Intelligentsia

Proselytizers of a future in which smart machines reign have not lost the faith

http://stuff.mit.edu/people/etekle/Articles/Artificial%20Intelligentsia.htm

[wiccadwitch]

Success: Lab-grown teeth successfully transplanted to mice
By Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Monday, 19 February 2007
A breakthrough by Japanese researchers in growing teeth in a lab dish and successfully transplanting them into mice points way to an organ regeneration future and better ways to restore health and grant longer lives to humans.



http://www.shoutwire.com/viewstory/53710/Lab_Grown_Teeth_Successfully_Transplanted_to_Mice

Neat huh?

[Sinuous]

Some of you may have seen a show on CBS called Jericho, which centers around the tribulations of a small town in a post-nuclear United States. One of the major story arcs concerns a fictional government-mandated private security contractor, which is just a fancy way of saying "mercenaries," called Ravenwood. Not surprisingly, Ravenwood is involved in all kinds of shady practices, not the least of which are murder-for-hire and the 'appropriation' of goods and services under the banner of the U.S. government.

A number of people who have seen the show have commented to me that the U.S. would never hire Mercs to conduct military operations. These same people are shocked when i tell them that this is common practice and will become more common in the future as the U.S. capitalistic agenda infiltrates other governments. The producer and/or creator of Jericho is making a veiled gibe at the largest of the Merc Corp.'s in the U.S., which is called Blackwater. You can see the obvious similarity in the names. Read a little about Blackwater's dubious involvement with the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts here:

http://www.knowmore.org/index.php/Blackwater_Down

[Zartan]

This is the latest sinister "crowd control" device that the US military has developed.

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/02/new_roboweapon_.html

Its a freaking 7.5 million candlelight power beam that can paralyze people, and to make things even more horrifying they're thinking of combining it with the other crowd control device they recently unveiled, the one that makes people feel as if they're on fire.

I don't know, but something about this latest trend just doesn't sit well, seems to me this might be the teargas of the future, the new way to deal with crowds of unruly people protesting the government or a corporation, scary nonetheless.

[ordeith]

23 feb 2007 22:33

Several houses and at least one lorry have been swallowed by a giant sinkhole in a poor district of Guatemala City.

Neighbors said the ground had been shaking for weeks after a huge sewer pipe burst, making the ground underneath the houses unstable. Foul stench, weird noises and horrifying vibrations came from the hole after the cave-in friday night.

Officials said the sinkhole had probably been caused by a saturated sewer main. [But we all know that there were C.H.O.T.A dogs trying to dig their way into a Gasoline station]

http://www.dvhardware.net/news/guatemala_sink_hole_2.jpg

[Mo0k]

Chinese develop remote-controlled pigeons:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/27/remote_controlled_pigeons/

[spear2]

Strange new creatures found in antarctic..

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070225/sc_livescience/strangenewcreaturesfoundinantarctica

[zainredding]

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2000/07/20/speedlight000720.html

[Bandaloop]

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=5097386

[Bandaloop]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,253810,00.html?sPage=fnc.science/evolution

[Bandaloop]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,256621,00.html?sPage=fnc.science/humanbody

[Bandaloop]

http://www.kidzworld.com/article/1219-mouse-wears-human-ear

[Trappin]

Salty mud polygons in the Andes match those On Mars.

http://xenotechresearch.com/mudpoly1.htm

[MadCat]

http://www.mercurynews.com/weirdnews/ci_5513981

[Drifter]

http://www.azonano.com/details.asp?ArticleID=417






I just found some old email corresspondance to and from Mr.C Watkins looks like I have known about this game some time around march 2004

He is prolly the guy I called when i looked up their info on internic

I may post the messages if people are interested and Mr. watkins doesnt mind

not much was said he even said back then they wher looking at 2005 as a realease lol

so it would be more of a lark i guess


gawd damn it all to hell i am so dying to play

[Hagel]

This not so much old news as news at all, but its fun, and weird, and part of history, and i'm also from the netherlands, and i also claim new york, and thats it!
http://giveusbacknewyork.com/

[Haruhi]

http://music-news.com/ShowNews.asp?nItemID=13535
. . .

[Bashir Taha]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17816192/
Hexagonal pattern appears on Saturn.

[grayclay88]

Bwahaha, i like how the Ad on the Jackson Robot page is Command and Conquer 3, and at the end it says "Fight Terror"

[ZenSEM]

Did you guys see the CIA Director and other officials buying "Nuclear Attack Insurance"?

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/cia_director_quietly_buys

[Abe Droghan]

http://www.davesdaily.com/out.php?id=26143&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ananova.com%2Fnews%2Fstory%2F sm_2270800.html

Mutants? :)

[Necpock]

Cow eating chickens!!

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=365672007

[shabadabadizzle]

http://www.davesdaily.com/out.php?id=26143&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ananova.com%2Fnews%2Fstory%2F sm_2270800.html

Mutants? :)

lol. his name is "stumpy."

[shabadabadizzle]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/26/ap/strange/main2732055.shtml

And on a related subject...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/26/ap/strange/main2730238.shtml

I wonder how they "ended the meeting."

[LaughingOtter]

Combat robots!

Army tests fighting bot
The U.S. Army will test a six-wheeled, 20-foot robot to see whether it can traverse rugged terrain, fire machine guns and carry 1,900 pounds of gear without soldiers remotely controlling its every move. The two-and-a-half ton Multifunction Utility Logistics and Equipment (MULE) vehicle is seen as the robot that will travel with every light infantry company in the Army. Designed to fly on a Black Hawk, the MULE will carry two 7.62mm machine guns and two Javelin anti-tank missiles and feed camera data from its on-board sensors. The MULE is supposed to drive and navigate on its own using an Autonomous Navigation System (ANS) whose algorithms can direct its own course. (Wired www.wired.com - 05/01/07)

[intti]

http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/378/14269_aliens.html
http://english.pravda.ru/news/science/02-05-2007/90787-beer-0

[Studmuffin]

http://www.thedominican.net/articles/pampo.htm

if the picture doesnt scare you, i dont know what will.

[Clive]

by the way that fallout insurance story was from the onion....

[morganlock]

Hi, new to the boards but been watching FE for well over a year. I have a few articles of interest that I'll be posting over the next few days. Starting with some info on how the .GOV plans to control a human-to-human outbreak.

Martial law ftw.

US military begins planning for avian flu pandemic (News Article) (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070510/pl_afp/healthfluusmilitary)

Actual DoD plan summary in PDF format (http://fhp.osd.mil/aiWatchboard/pdf/DoD_PI_Implementation_Plan_August_2006_Public_Rele ase.pdf)

[Geist]

While not a world ending catastrophy I found this Plastic Blood (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/6645923.stm) rather interesting.

[morganlock]

So ever wonder where all the mutant wasteland creatures are coming from? Here's two science articles dealing with the re-evolution of sexual reproduction in mites, and Komodo dragons reproducing asexually aka parthenogenesis.

The future giant mite colonies. (http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20070318222048data_trunc_sys.shtml)

The origins of Lizard Monsters (http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa029&articleID=C61B0F6E-E7F2-99DF-3BB99A2F0F7F8802)

[Stowaway]

The Queen to the butler.....

She warned him of "powers at work in this country that we have no knowledge about"

Just creepy as hell if she did indeed say that to him ..... right before she transformed into a lizard beast and ate his brain.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6657461.stm?lsm

[Cynagin]

Did you know..

A big area of Antarctica melted in 2005? (http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/05/16/antarctica.melting.reut/index.html)

Curious!

[Makiaveli]

by the way that fallout insurance story was from the onion....

And for those who don't know The Onion is a satirical site. Don't feel bad, I have fooled lots of people who clippings from that site. Old fav was the one where the company "laid off" the cow they had as a mascot, and then immediately had a BBQ for all employees.

[Database82]

Thief let's ailing victim call 911. He even tries using the store phone to call 911 for her. http://player.clipsyndicate.com/player/play/1187/298616

[Database82]

I found this to be pretty interesting. A dead jockey rides to victory. It's really old, but i got a kick out of it.

http://www.newsoftheodd.com/content/view/222/30/

[Stowaway]

Don't trust the owl!

He is an illuminati spy!

[OnassisRyan]

Bank sells house complete with owner's corpse

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070515/od_nm/spain_corpse_dc;_ylt=AkThfiPo_0tpT7fR3.LvakbtiBIF

[Cynagin]

This reminded me of the link from earlier in this thread.

Russia accused of unleashing cyberwar to disable Estonia (http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2081438,00.html)

I also found this today, "Ministers have bowed to pressure to allow the creation of human animal hybrid embryos for research."
Hybrid embryos (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6661717.stm) kind of strike me as strange news.

[Redus]

http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/2007/05/17/spanish-political-parties-clash-in-second-life/

And this is why games and goverment should be seperated. :D

[Drifter]

check this out nano armor liquid till kinetic force is applied then solidifies

http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?type=article&article_id=218392807

[Database82]

Man pays parking ticket with dog doody (http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/113329.html) :)

[morganlock]

Holographic Disks Contain 64 times as much data as a DVD (http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2080840,00.html)

[morganlock]

This article is mainly about producing Hydrogen from water and reactive pellets for use in clean burning fuel cells for cars.

Keep reading and towards the end of the article they talk about another scientist that is using micro-organisms to produce Hydrogen from water and sunlight.

Cars for Techs and Vistas!!! :eek:

Hydrogen Fuel (http://news.com.com/Producing+hydrogen+with+water+and+a+little+metal/2100-11392_3-6184879.html)

[Cynagin]

US isolates traveler infected with super-TB (http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN2934397420070529?feedType=RSS&rpc=22)

[OnassisRyan]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070530/ap_on_fe_st/odd_check_mistake;_ylt=Av96GY_3Y8nEoKYRthyYI5csQE4 F

[WNxBigbobo]

Cold War 2????
http://politics.slashdot.org/politics/07/06/04/0154243.shtml

Ocean on Titan???
http://science.slashdot.org/science/07/06/04/219234.shtml

[sixtoes]

BAHAHAHHAHA!!!! I want to do it!http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070607/News01/706070318

[Eccentricaa]

Scientific America had article this month....

Martian Cave Dwellings
Seven football field--size caves may have been discovered on Mars. Analysis of photographs from NASAs Mars Odyssey orbiter revealed black spots near the massive Martian volcano Arsia Mons that do not look like impact craters because they lack blast patterns and raised rims. Scientists at Northern Arizona University and their colleagues say the possible caverns range from 330 to 825 feet wide and are 425 feet deep

Maybe the martians had to go into vaults too.....

[Eccentricaa]

Even if the CIA director didnt buy fallout insurance...... You still can!


AMERICAN NUCLEAR INSURERS

95 Glastonbury Blvd.
Glastonbury, CT 06033
phone: 860-682-1301
fax: 860-659-0002
Web: http://www.amnucins.com
A nonprofit unincorporated association through which liability insurance protection is provided against hazards arising out of nuclear reactor installations and their operations.

[Mold]

Wiiitus (http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/fun.games/06/06/wii.elbow.reut/index.html) its the end man.

[Eccentricaa]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap_on_sc/chile_missing_lake;_ylt=Aidz52lcqEbGxeNvr0IPI10iAN EA

[suske]

now that's a small computer! http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,39272166,00.htm

[RamonSterns]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070702/sc_livescience/babybornfromfrozenegg

[Abulafia]

Some nice post apocalyptic fashion inspiration here (http://static.iftk.com.br/mt/2007/07/weirdest_fashion_show_ever_by.html#more).

Regards, Abulafia

[Jerik]

Did anyone see or post this one yet? It's kindof an old story but I thought it was pretty strange. Missing Lake (http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9BBD3F07-F15E-45B8-A9BC-6147A238A5C3.htm)

[RamonSterns]

Small things can make big changes.

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=49750&cl=3289922&ch=61492&src=news

[Makiaveli]

Agro-bot with flame thrower and lasers?? Hmm...so I guess Killbots are in!! :)

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/05/the_robo_peasantry_r_revolting/

[Makiaveli]

Taser rounds for shotguns....that's just odd


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/10/taser_shotgun/

[Eccentricaa]

http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2004/FEMA-Concentration-Camps3sep04.htm

That site gives the locations of the concentration camps, some of which are the area covered by fallen earth.

Other sites include:
http://www.freedomfiles.org/war/fema.htm
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/camps.htm (has some links to youtube videos.)

Maybe our government knows a fallen earth isnt too far in our future...

[RamonSterns]

http://potw.news.yahoo.com/s/potw/30293/the-real-x-files\

I actually think that if the U.S. Government released all these theories about aliens, more stupid people would commit suicide trying to hitch a ride in a flying saucer. You know, make us all a favor.

[Eccentricaa]

There have been ex navy, airforce, and other people who have come forward regarding the alien secrecy in US.

http://therealnewsjunkies.ning.com/video/video/show?id=859527:Video:4078

[ordeith]

There have been ex navy, airforce, and other people who have come forward regarding the alien secrecy in US.

http://therealnewsjunkies.ning.com/video/video/show?id=859527:Video:4078

Yeah, they're here.. and all they wanted to do was to beam up tobacco chewing folks in the south and analprobe them and then releasing them... yup. Most likely. :D

[Makiaveli]

Yep. That's what I said...steampunk cyber limbs....

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/21/steampunk_cyber_limb/

[OnassisRyan]

How to Survive a Robot Uprising.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7951038502689013454&q=robotic+limb+human&total=4&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

[Csyndrome]

I'm not sure if anyone has posted this one..soo..

EXPLODING WHALES! AAAH!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4096586/

[OnassisRyan]

Running Club Members Face Felony Charges

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/26/ap/strange/main3204345.shtml

[Arawak]

Not really news but enlightening nonetheless.

Theodore geisel (http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/1aa/1aa291.htm) was a racist.

(for those that don't know Theodore geisel is Dr.seuss)

[OnassisRyan]

Helmsley Dog Gets $12 Million, But Real Estate Billionaire Leaves Nothing To 2 Grandchildren

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/29/ap/strange/main3215694.shtml

[Makiaveli]

Not really news but enlightening nonetheless.

Theodore geisel (http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/1aa/1aa291.htm) was a racist.

(for those that don't know Theodore geisel is Dr.seuss)

Did you read the whole article or just the last part? Yes he depicted Japan as a stereotype while depiciting Germany as Hitler, but since that was the style then, and he may have had very little information to go on, as well as I doubt he would have gotten published if he made them look like gods, AND the fact that he blasted anti-black and anti-Semitic prejudice in the his books, I don't think that is fair. Unless you want to say he was an alchoholic since he was also against Prohibition.....


And since I have already gone way off-topic, to Onassis, that isn't unusual. Lots of rich people leave the kids only enough for college. The dog needs taking care of (not sure it needed that much but hey) the grandkids can get a job. Often the perception is they can earn it the way I did....so grandma is telling them to sleep their way to the top ;)

[Lamech]

Helmsley Dog Gets $12 Million, But Real Estate Billionaire Leaves Nothing To 2 Grandchildren

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/29/ap/strange/main3215694.shtml

Who wants to Kill a dog? :D

[OnassisRyan]

Who wants to Kill a dog? :D

my question is who gets the money if the dog dies =p

[Lamech]

Who ever kills it, I'll take it before anyone else can get to it :D

[OnassisRyan]

This is why there are children staving in 3rd world countries, because insane billions are leaving their pets millions of dollers instead of doing something useful with the money >_<

[Mycroft]

Who ever kills it, I'll take it before anyone else can get to it :D

I don't think this is Highlander, Lamech. Sorry.

And back on topic... (http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSHER94722820070829)


-Mycroft

[OnassisRyan]

I don't think this is Highlander, Lamech. Sorry.

And back on topic... (http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSHER94722820070829)


-Mycroft

but there can ONLY BE ONE!!!!!

[Makiaveli]

I don't think this is Highlander, Lamech. Sorry.

And back on topic... (http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSHER94722820070829)


-Mycroft

What's he complaining about? Free upgrade :)


EDIT: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/29/nanotech_gecko_spiderman_suit/ sorry back on topic

[Stowaway]

130M Spider Web

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6972062.stm

[Lamech]

I made that with that fake spider web stuff you get for Halloween. Look I made teh News!

[Mycroft]

This counts, right? :D
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/13838710/detail.html

[Csyndrome]

This counts, right? :D
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/13838710/detail.html

PWNED!
-----------------
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295399,00.html
*Hits head with microphone* Dee dee dee.

[Lamech]

He should be locked up by his gills, and towed to the police!!!

[Killian]

oh my god... "mommy called the po-po"



the world is really ending isn't it?

[Lamech]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070903/ap_on_bi_ge/un_labor_productivity;_ylt=Ahkxsm3N59ahqpjwzAi2czS yBhIF

O RLY?

[Phenix]

Air Force Says Nukes Flown Out of Minot Base (oops...)

Three Air Force officers quoted in the Airforce Times say a B-52 bomber mistakenly loaded with five nuclear warheads flew from Minot Air Force Base to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, last week. Officers, who spoke under condition of anonymity, say the incident took place on August 30 and has resulted in an Air Force-wide investigation.

The Times reports the B-52 was loaded with Advanced Cruise Missiles, part of a Defense Department effort to decommission 400 of the ACMs. But the nuclear warheads should have been removed at Minot before being transported to Barksdale, the officers said.

Air Force spokesman Lt. Col. Ed Thomas said the transfer was safely conducted and the weapons were in Air Force custody and control at all times. However, the mistake was not discovered until the B-52 landed at Barskdale, which left the warheads unaccounted for during the approximately 3 1/2 hour flight between the two bases. boom !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[OnassisRyan]

Police Say Woman Lived With Dead Aunt

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/06/ap/strange/main3238735.shtml

[Lamech]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070916/ap_on_re_as/thailand_plane_crash

PHUKET, Thailand...

Guess the Pilot went emo and said "PHUKET All" :rolleyes:

[Fat Tony]

Hmmm....


Tuesday, September 18, 2007


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SNELLVILLE, Ga. — Police are investigating the death of a man who collapsed after being headbutted by an armless man in a fight over a woman.

Snellville Police Chief Roy Whitehead said the two men, Charles Keith Teer and William Russell Redfren, scuffled Monday afternoon in the driveway of a suburban Atlanta home.

Witnesses told authorities that Redfren, who has no arms, kicked Teer, and Teer struck Redfren, Whitehead said.

After bystanders separated them, Redfren "came back and headbutted [Teer] one time," Whitehead said.

Teer complained of feeling dizzy, collapsed, and died, Whitehead said.

Police are awaiting autopsy results before deciding whether Redfren should be charged




Fat Tony

[Cynagin]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7001897.stm

A crater made apparently by a meteorite in Peru
The crater has been spewing fetid gases, reports say

Hundreds of people in Peru have needed treatment after an object from space - said to be a meteorite - plummeted to Earth in a remote area, officials say.

[Stowaway]

The invasion has begun!!

"Increasingly we think that people witnessed a fireball,

COVER UP!


RUN EARTHLINGS, RUN!

[Ishkebibble]

Duck! Here comes Super Teacher! (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070917/od_nm/japan_teacher_dc;_ylt=Ahqd9w.VQaqpoUMSvGy6g63tiBIF )

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese teacher who threw a chair at his students was named "super teacher" by the local board of education despite having been reprimanded several times for using corporal punishment, a news agency said on Saturday.

[goggins]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/09/25/deformed.frogs.ap/index.html

Nutrient runoff deforming frogs:


Nutrient runoff from farming contributing to large number of deformed frogs

Parasitic infection results in loss of legs, extra legs or other deformities

The deformed frogs have been a puzzle for more than a decade

[Mycroft]

Go Go Gadget Car! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/northamptonshire/7014044.stm)


-Mycroft

[Ishkebibble]

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2007-08/07/xin_16080407092610903941.jpg
Hello Kitty - Thailand's New Mark of Shame (as of August) (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2007-08/07/content_5448964.htm)

Bangkok - Thai police officers who break rules will be forced to wear hot pink armbands featuring "Hello Kitty," the Japanese icon of cute, as a mark of shame, a senior officer said Monday.

[Mikeyfe]

This was kind of funny. This kid loves Applebee's.

http://www.macon.com/weird//story/158415.html

[Ximmise]

I have a feeling in the world of Fallen Earth, we'll be seeing something akin to the one, the only...Mike:

http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org/

[Tomb]

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20071013080449804C939465

A female artillery officer risked her life on Friday in a desperate bid to prevent members of her battery dying from their own anti-aircraft gun.

But the brave, as yet unnamed officer was unable to stop the wildly swinging computerised Swiss/German Oerlikon 35mm MK5 anti-aircraft twin-barrelled gun. It sprayed hundreds of high-explosive 0,5kg 35mm cannon shells around the five-gun firing position.

By the time the gun had emptied its twin 250-round auto-loader magazines, nine soldiers were dead and 11 injured.

[Jaonna]

Now, I'm sure this counts ...

Worm turns cricket into a zombie (http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-5220551385066049121&q=worm+zombie+cricket&total=1&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0)

Sticking on the topic of zombies, I read in The Sun newspaper that there is a police leuitenant in Michigan collecting a horde of chainsaws in preparation for a zombie attack.

[Delgado]

Hippo to the rescue! (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yziU0cFHzTc)

Zombie Gators (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IC4zHUokFF8)

The Beggining is Near? (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kMO94yXf43Q)

Weird enough for me.

[goggins]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/11/06/india.girl/index.html

[Samu]

http://futurismic.com/2007/11/15/yosemite-gives-aspiring-post-apocalyptic-writers-new-hope/

Yellowstone is a giant caldera; Krakatoa is erupting again. (Well, "Son of Krakatoa", as the original's eruption was so powerful it created a massive crater and sent tsunamis across the region, and erupted so much ash that it altered weather systems for years...)

[Billy]

The Beggining is Near? (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kMO94yXf43Q)

Weird enough for me.

This one is a fake, on exeexe.com when you click in the middle of the crop field pic, there's a link to this: http://www.commonspace.com

Just advertising. :)

[Samu]

A robot which trades stocks:

http://doublingstocks.com/index-p2.php

We might be approaching what Charles Stross called "Economy 2.0" in Accelerando:

http://www.accelerando.org/

[Samu]

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/klabu006/architecture/2006/10/natural_phenomenon_the_red_tid_1.html

Rising ocean temperatures and coastal pollution seem to be causing an increase in dinoflagellates and phytoplankton algae, resulting in "red tides".

[Makade]

Brain-removal workers at pork processing plant get sick:

BRAIIIINSSSSSS! (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5349213.html)

Maybe that's why zombies crave brains? Or one way they became zombies? :confused:

[Drifter]

3d animated people made from nano machines

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~claytronics/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claytronics

[Andhrimnir]

Sorry if any of these have been posted- couldn't read all 18 pages.

Half man half tree - Not for the squeamish.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=MLYGYKBGOGQ2DQFIQMFSFGGAVCBQ 0IV0?xml=/news/2007/11/12/wtree112.xml

Scientist creates artificial life:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/oct/06/genetics.climatechange

Cloned Glow-in-the-dark Cats:

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2007/12/123_15447.html

Russian Doomsday device:

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/09/soviet-doomsday.html

http://www.slate.com/id/2173108/pagenum/all/


I'm all scary-science-linked out for the day.

[speCta]

http://malepregnancy.com/

Male pregnancy... It really scares me.

[goggins]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22934464/wid/11915773?GT1=10815

People with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor, according to new research.

A team of scientists has tracked down a genetic mutation that leads to blue eyes. The mutation occurred between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago, so before then, there were no blue eyes.

[Eccentricaa]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080228/ap_on_fe_st/australia_snake_attack;_ylt=At1u610UEX11pZblS_WYFo osQE4F

The sad part is that the kids saw him get eaten... Some little kid will be scared for life.



Another strange news.... http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2008-02-26-washington-hair_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

Four strands of George Washington's hair was auctioned off for 17K

That lead me to start wondering, what kind of collectables will still be around in Fallen Earth.. and what will the price be after inflation?

[row1992]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080228/ap_on_fe_st/australia_snake_attack;_ylt=At1u610UEX11pZblS_WYFo osQE4F

The sad part is that the kids saw him get eaten... Some little kid will be scared for life.
Musta been a Chinese Python xD

[RamonSterns]

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/aptera-hybrid.htm

[RamonSterns]

Cool cellphone concepts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G32JmZkRddc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX-gTobCJHs&feature=related

Giant, Antartic seas creautures.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080321/ap_on_sc/antarctic_sea_life

[Chirix]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/28/2201791.htm

Man ****d by WOMBAT!!! :eek:

[Qark]

ok this is not strange news and it isnt "new tech" but its interesting info considering area where game will set at start:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/science/06cnd-canyon.html

(dunno if someone posted it before)

[Qark]

ok i got this post idea by reading about power suply in game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B601aMfBirw&feature=related

[Eccentricaa]

http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/mar/21car.htm

[Gash jackel]

For those of you who know of the tree man. He can now feed himself!
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=143235&in_page_id=2

[OnassisRyan]

http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/2008/04/21/20080421abrk-strangelights0421-CP.html

Strange lights reported in north Valley sky.

[Bullion]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/opinion/23wed4.html?ref=opinion

In case someone wanted to submit their Frankenburgerchicken

[RamonSterns]

Never noticed the tech thread. Moved videos there.

[Phenix]

A nice collection for FashionVictim Survivors :

http://media2.lelombrik.net/16001-16500/16375.jpg

(sorry i didn't know where to post that)

[BTime]

And beaming it down to earth based receptors

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/05/30/space.solar/index.html?eref=rss_space

[BTime]

We can make them better, faster, stronger..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1022504/Monkeys-control-bionic-arms-thought-power.html

[Drifter]

hmm

Amish Thrift Shops

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9207370

[BTime]

I thought this looked pretty cool, it's a concept for a floating bio-dome.

http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/16/lilypad-floating-cities-in-the-age-of-global-warming/

[BTime]

Prisoners Used Carrier Pigeons To Get Drugs And Contraband

http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_24156.aspx

[Csyndrome]

Fox news...*Sigh* What more can I say? (http://www.crooksandliars.com/Media/Play/13641/2/Obama011707.mov/)

[BTime]

http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/10/15/111114/73

[Bullion]

And so it begins. With that much radioactive material some sort of mega-corporation must be looking to invest and then they'll start making brain-fried zombie clones

[BTime]

It's good to know Cyberdyne exists and is on its way to realizing our Terminator dreams

Robotic Suit Gives a Leg Up to People With Limited Mobility

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/64737.html

HAL, a robotic suit developed by Japanese company Cyberdyne, is designed to assist people with partial paralysis, the elderly, or anyone else with mobility problems. The suit captures brain signals with a sensor at the waist and uses leg braces to help the user move around. The company is making it available for rent in Japan.

[BTime]

Tricked-Out Inflatable House Provides "Instant Survival"

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/images/2008/11/07/life_cube_on_site.jpg


In tough circumstances, sometimes all you need is hope, but other times you need a blow-up survival shelter featuring a bed, a couch, freeze-dried food, a 50-gallon water bladder, a first-aid kit, a radio, and a cookstove.

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/inflatable-hous.html

[Lamb]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7918618.stm

[Sixx]

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/playboy_warren_beatty_wants_lilo_to_live_with_him_ sam_ronson_annette_bening_marilyn_monroelolita/celebrity/66258

[Alendera]

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/sony_releases_new_stupid_piece_of

[vasdrakken]

Hey everyone,

The idea of this thread is to post the strangest, and possibly scariest real news items you can find. Maybe you can find a company that seems to be doing some really strange research.

An example would be:

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23382354-details/Scientists+unravel+superbug+that+kills+in+24+hours/article.do

Here are some links from our newsletters:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A63731-2004Nov19
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7064&print=true
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/11/02/brain.dish/
http://www.tgen.org/
http://www.gene.com/gene/index.jsp
http://www.salk.edu/
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,156527,00.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1625253_1,00.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1754008,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0,2763,1528082,00.html

Are we headed toward a Fallen Earth?
Is the Shiva virus right around the corner?

Have fun!

~Acropolis

How about a company building the the T-80, they changed the piture so the top of the robot looks harmless now.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/05/army-terminators-walk-like-a-man/

[bran34]

This reminded me of the link from earlier in this thread.

Russia accused of unleashing cyberwar to disable Estonia (http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2081438,00.html)

I also found this today, "Ministers have bowed to pressure to allow the creation of human animal hybrid embryos for research."
Hybrid embryos (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6661717.stm) kind of strike me as strange news.

Good god! Furry's? :o