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China to remote sense mysterious tomb of first emperor Xinhuanet 2002-12-13 11:27:09 @BEIJING, Dec. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese scientists and archaeologists will survey the Mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang (259 BC-210 BC), the first emperor of China's feudal dynasties, using remote sensing and geophysical techniques in a bid to unravel the historical mystery, the China Daily reported Friday. @@As a key project of the National High Technology Research and Development Program, the survey is by far the most comprehensive research ever on the mausoleum and set to end by Sept. 2003, the newspaper said. @@"We will use aerial remote sensing and...

<p>A tiny part of the brain behind the right ear can cause out-of-body experiences and could explain the many stories of near-death patients who say they have looked down at their own bodies, a team of Swiss scientists announced yesterday.</p>

Think a PDA will be too expensive to “waste” as a mere remote? The Pocket PC 2002-based iPAQ H3950 does ring in at a sticker-shock inducing $649 USD MSRP, but if you compare that to its closest hardware matched dedicated remote competition, the Philips ProntoPro at $999 MSRP, the iPAQ is actually 35% cheaper. Not only that, but it has far superior specifications: a 400MHz processor compared to 33MHz; 64MB memory with expansion compared to a fixed 8MB; 65,000-color active matrix LCD touchscreen compared to 256-color passive matrix – the list goes on. From a merely specifications standpoint the...

Murder stuns remote Pacific home of the 'Bounty' descendants By Kathy Marks 01 June 2002 Norfolk Island, a speck in the South Pacific that is home to descendants of Fletcher Christian's Bounty mutineers, is in turmoil following its first murder in 150 years. The island, a tax-free Australian territory with a colourful history and an idyllic setting, is a popular holiday destination for elderly Australians and New Zealanders. It is a quirky place where cows have right of way on the roads and locals speak a hybrid of archaic English and Polynesian. But Norfolk's image as a peaceful haven is...

    Unmanned fighter plane performs first flight   11:28 24 May 02 Will Knight   An experimental remote-controlled fighter jet developed by the US military has performed its first test flight. The flight tested the X-45's flight stability and remote control system. If fully developed, the X-45 would allow fighter pilots to raid enemy targets and engage in airborne combat from the comfort of a base on the ground. The X-45 reached a speed of 361 km/h (Photo: DARPA) Colonel Michael Leahy, X-45 program manager at the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), says: "Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles (UCAV) will...