| Page | Text |
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Digital TV on your Computer
via set-top box, video recorder and
PC TV Card
Christopher Jarman |
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Eco-Tech Forum
Solar water heating project
Eco-Advance Gas Boilers
Domestic CHP ?
Keith Johnson |
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Designed for Use?
Technology and Ergonomics
John Harrison |
| 11 |
Ancient and Modern
Superstitions - (and Murphy's Law?)
G T Swain |
| 13 |
Radio-Controlled Clocks
Oregon Scientific MSF clock,
thermometer and weather forecaster
Colin Sutton |
| 17 |
Technology at the Vet's
RFIDs - Identity chips
With thermometry
Christine Shield |
| 19 |
The History of Recorded Sound Part 10
Future : Solid-state reorders/players
Advanced 'surround sound'
Brian Pickard |
| 22 |
More and Moore
Growth in computer capacity and power
Colin Singleton |
| 26 |
LWT - The Challenge
More subscribers needed
Personal recommendation best
Paul Beverley |
| 27 |
LWT - A Growing Archive
Indexes, Web site downloads
- and CD to come
Paul Beverley |
| 28 |
Egg Technology
Eggshell piercer and
Boiled egg decapitator
Colin Singleton |
| 29 |
Sniff, Sniff!
Packaging a cleaning cream - inept
non-ergonomic changes waste money
Arthur Borrill |
| 31 |
AV Units and All That
Connecting - alternative layouts
VHS VCR v DVD
Richard Watkinson & T.O.M.S. |
| 35 |
Through the Pinhole
Vision errors? A pinhole can restore
image sharpness: needs only your fist
Christopher Jarman |
| 36 |
Modern Cryptography
Symmetric & Public-key Ciphers
Digital Signatures
Nat Queen |
| 39 |
Techno-Snips
FCC fines AT&T for violating
do-not-call requests
Wall St Journal / Web Site |
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Techno-Snips
Moving images on new e-paper
Foldable screen : Beats LCD
Philips Research / Web Site |
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Techno-Snips
Singapore scientists working on
SARS detection chip
to identify flu, dengue or SARS
Web Site |
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Techno-Snips
Ultrafast motors drive 'talking'
appliances
e.g. relay history to repair centres
James Dyson / New Scientist / Web Site |
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Techno-Snips
Sensing technologies
transform archaeology
Non-invasive IR, Microwaves
The Economist / Web Site |
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Techno-Snips
A handset for the future
Pay for goods by cell-phone
S Korea
AP/San Jose Mercury News |
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Techno-Snips
DoCoMo coming to Britain
Japanese i-mode mobile phone service.
NTTDoCoMo
New York Times / Web Site |
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Techno-Snips
Intel improves its typing skills
New alpha-numeric keyboard layout
BBC News / Web Site |
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Techno-Snips
Sony looks for ways to get smarter
FeliCa smart card payment system
AP/Los Angeles Times / Web Site |
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The joy of good design
Can override even poor functionality
Book 'Emotional Design: Why We Love
(or Hate) Everyday Things'
Don Newman : BBC News / Web Site |
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Techno-Snips
Public videoconferencing system
opens window on the world
23ft dia TV Booths: Free - Adverts pay
Andreas Traint : Wired.com / Web Site |
| 43 |
Techno-Snips
Cell phone rehab?
Claims of addiction/obsession symptoms
Wired.com / Web Site |
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Techno-Snips
Amazon's new 'search inside the book'
Free search & read; NOT copy/download
SeattlePost-Intelligencer / Web Site |
| 44 |
My Favourite Tools
Wine waiters' pocket corkscrew
Wine preserver: air remover/seal
Christopher Jarman |
| 46 |
PC Bits
Erratic PC cured by new power unit
Computer fair bargains
Bimal Jangra |
| 49 |
Zapping the Telemarketeers
List of devices - all US only
'Telezapper' cheap, effective
Barry Jerome |
| 55 |
Computer Techno-Snips
Computing at the speed of light
Israeli 'EnLight' - optical matrix ops.
Aviram Sariel: New Scientist / Web Site |
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Computer Techno-Snips
Microsoft touts self-destructing email
In Office 2003: But may be counted as
'illegal shredding of records'
BBC News / Web Site |
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Computer Techno-Snips
Sun sheds light on faster transmission
Direct chip-to-chip coupling
Sun Microsystems
New York Times / Web Site |
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Computer Techno-Snips
Google and Microsoft?
Public offer & possible takeover
New York Times / Web Site |
| 56 |
Computer Techno-Snips
Power cable broadband goes on trial
Powerline Communication Technology
Cheaper service to rural areas
Web Site |
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Computer Techno-Snips
IBM touts laptop crash protection
Hard Drive made safe if computer
dropped
AP / Web Site |
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Computer Techno-Snips
Massachusetts gives nod to open
standards, open source
Against Microsoft proprietary S/Ware
AP/USA Today / Web Site |
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Computer Techno-Snips
Microsoft puts a price on the head of
virus writers
$5M Anti-Virus Reward Program
Los Angeles Times / Web Site |
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Feedback...
Magnets for fuel and water (1/11/31)
Scepticism - but it works - perhaps
Gerald Fitton & Ed. |
| 59 |
Feedback...
Fly Shooter - The original bug gun
Recommendation
Michael Marwood |
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Feedback...
Emergency power supplies
Wind turbines out, looking into
solar panels plus batteries
Michael Marwood |
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Feedback...
Switch cleaning
Try brake pad cleaner
Chris Newman |
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Feedback...
Switch cleaning (2)
Getting into hands-free phones to
clean buttons
Ed. |
| 61 |
Feedback...
Useful gadgets
Stow-way ironing board,
Jobezer for jobs out of reach
Ed. |
| 62 |
Feedback...
Cleaning windows
Good cleaning company
Use de-ionised water - no smears
Derek Banks |
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Feedback...
Digital hearing aids
Seem over-expensive
Request for any information
Christopher Jarman |
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Feedback...
Stagg chill fixation
Search for ring-pull cans for
illustration
Ed |
| 63 |
Feedback...
Broadband by satellite
Commercial offers, costs
Brian Thompson |
