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‘Mars Phoenix Lander’ touching down tonight

NASA’s Mars Phoenix Lander is set to explore the Martian arctic, looking for signs of water and conditions favorable to life. But getting there won’t be easy: in the international history of the space age, only five of 13 attempts to land on Mars have succeeded.
Phoenix will enter the Martian atmosphere at nearly 13,000 miles [...]

Telectroscope Tunnel connects New York and London

New York and London’s newest hot attraction: A “tunnel” under the Atlantic that connects the two cities. It’s called the Telectroscope ( created by Paul St George), and links up the Big Apple with London in real-time in what is basically a giant outdoor videoconference. The Telectroscope (pictured above) is actually an art project, and [...]

Burmese junta says relief effort ‘finished’ as death toll rises to over 200,000

Aid agencies were appalled today as the Burmese junta declared the relief effort in the country over, just as foreign observers said the number of dead and missing in the wake of Cyclone Nargis could be higher than 200,000.
The international community was ramping up pressure on the government to allow foreign aid staff into the [...]

Asimo Robot Conducts the Detroit Symphony

Its good to see that robots instead of trying to take over the world are uniting with us under the banner of classical music. After walking up stairs,sprinting and doing other amazing feats Honda’s ‘Asimo’ robot is up to his latest trick. Video of it all below:

iPhone 2 is on the way

I think its almost definite the iPhone 2 or 3G iPhone will be released within the month. The screenshot below was from the American company AT&T’s website which was apparently a “mistake”.

Additionally I found this post on engadget today:
“So there was a little rumor bouncing about yesterday which claimed that Swisscom would land the iPhone. [...]

Death Toll Rises to at least 22,000 in Burma after Cyclone, Military regime won’t let international aid in

Video: News coverage of the disaster in Burma
New UNOSAT Maps Show Scale of Flooding in Burma
06 May 2008 As the death toll in Burma rises to at least 22,000, new satellite maps released by the United Nations show the devastating scale of floods affecting Burma’s Irrawaddy Delta following Cylone [...]

Artist repairs spiderwebs

Quite amazing how Nina’s done this. “The Mended Spiderweb series came about during a six-week period in June and July in 1998 which I spent on Pörtö. In the forest and around the house where I was living, I searched for broken spiderwebs which I repaired using red sewing thread. All of the patches were [...]