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 Pentagon’s Robo-Hummingbird Flies Like the Real Thing
 Noah Shachtman
Military-backed researchers have built a tiny drone that looks and flies like a hummingbird, flapping its little robotic wings to stay in the air.
Drama and Diplomacy Author Jenny McGill Launches Website
 Robin Noelle
Author Jenny McGill recently announced the launch of her new website, which features sample chapters and audio readings of her book 'Drama and Diplomacy in Sultry Puerto Vallarta,' which covers her fourteen years as the US Consular Agent in Puerto Vallarta during the 1980's and 90's.
 Photo Tip of the Week: ISO Basics - Part 2
 Larry and Linda Bennett
This week we are continuing our discussion of ISO, and I'll also get around to telling you about the noise in your images and how to get rid of it. If it’s been a while since you've read Part 1 of this series, I recommend that you re-read it before starting this week's.
Quincey Technology: More to Google
 Quincey Hobbs
Google. You know it. The website, the verb, the rapidly growing digital empire. It is becoming increasingly difficult to avoid Google on a daily basis. Either you use it to look up something quickly or you hear someone else refer to it in some manner...
Electric Drag Racing: White Zombie
 Bogt
An interview with John "Plasma Boy" Wayland. See him cruise along and destroy some muscle cars!
Attention Bloggers: Big Brother is Watching
 Doug Thompson
The ever-opressive Federal Government, not content to tightly regulate banks, auto companies, smoking and God-knows-what-else, now wants to extend the controlling hand of Big Brother to the blogging community.
In Mexico, Scientists and Communities Forge Eco-Alliances
 Verónica Díaz Favela
More and more citizens have begun to alternate their jobs with work to stop the destruction of the environment in their communities.
Federal Government Revamps Websites
 Ivonne Melgar
In order to reach YouTube’s youth public, which already totals seven million Mexican users, the Presidency relaunched federal government's New Channel.
The Downside of Mexico's Wind Power Boom
 Sarah Terry-Cobo
Behind Canada, Mexico is the largest importer of crude oil to the United States, but a changing breeze is pushing our southern neighbor to produce more wind energy.
Mexico Cooperates with Google to Revive Tourism
 Hispanic Business
The Mexican government and Google Mexico on Tuesday signed an agreement on providing Google with Mexico's cultural heritage information to help revive tourism.
Lights, Camera, Contraction!
 Malia Wollan
By her eighth month of pregnancy, Rebecca Sloan, a 35-year-old biologist living in Mountain View, Calif., had read the what-to-expect books, taken the childbirth classes, joined the mommy chat rooms and still had no idea what she was in for. So, like countless expectant mothers before her, Ms. Sloan typed “childbirth” into YouTube’s search engine.
US Startup Turning Human Waste Into Fuel
 Nichola Groom
Fifty miles east of Los Angeles, a small and inconspicuous facility is using something most of us would rather not think about - household sewage - to create a resource we can't live without - fuel.
Photo Tip of the Week: ISO Basics
 Larry and Linda Bennett
We are in the final weeks of the photography triangle: Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO. In this week's article we will talk about ISO, which is the easiest of the three photography basics to grasp and apply, and what we will be discussing for the next two weeks.
Wikipedia Has Rules
 Noam Cohen
It is an interesting twist about Wikipedia that the most controversial, most heavily trafficked articles are often the most accurate and vandalism-free.
Spy Bugs May be Deployed for 2012 Olympics
 David Leppard
British police are studying Chinese-style surveillance tactics as they prepare security for the 2012 London Olympics, a leaked Scotland Yard report has revealed.
PC Touch Screens Move Ahead
 Ashlee Vance
For years, companies have dabbled with the touch-screen technology that lets people poke icons on a display to accomplish tasks like picking a seat at an airport check-in kiosk.
Researchers Develop the First Climate-Based Model to Predict Dengue Fever Outbreaks
 Marie Guma-Diaz
Scientists use climate variables and vegetation indices to predict and mitigate Dengue epidemics in the American tropics.
If at First You Don't Succeed, Let the Search Engine Try
 A'ndrea Elyse Messer
No matter how good a search engine is, it is sometimes necessary to change the search terms to get the information you need. But what if you did not have to change the search terms yourself? What if the search engine could do that for you?
The Problem: How to Fight Cyber-Attacks
 Lolita C. Baldor
In the murky world of computer espionage, the U.S. faces hard choices on how to retaliate when government or privately owned networks come under cyber attack, senior military and intelligence officials said Tuesday.
US Firm Says Handheld Puke Ray is Ready to Go
 Lewis Page
A US industrial laser company says it has developed a functional puke-ray system, ideal for use by cops or military personnel wishing to take down their opponents without shooting them.
Photo Tip of the Week: Shutter Speed - Part 2
 Larry and Linda Bennett
Yes, just another day in Paradise, that’s one of my favorite sayings. I hope you have all had just another day/week in Paradise. We were discussing shutter speeds last week, so before you begin reading this week's article, you may want to re-read Part One of my Shutter Speed series.
Cuba Criticizes Microsoft Blocking Messenger
 Andrea Rodriguez
Cuba criticized Microsoft on Friday for blocking its Messenger instant messaging service on the island and in other countries under U.S. sanctions, calling it yet another example of Washington's "harsh" treatment of Havana.
Supporting Science and Technology Crucial for Federal Government: President Calderón
 Presidencia de la República
President Felipe Calderón inaugurated the Planetarium of the CFE Technological Museum, adding that it is his government's priority to support people, particularly the poorest families. It is also essential to support science and technology, however, as a result of which Mexico has more and better scientists and researchers than in 2006.
Obama Set to Create A Cybersecurity Czar With Broad Mandate
 Ellen Nakashima
President Obama is expected to announce late this week that he will create a "cyber czar," a senior White House official who will have broad authority to develop strategy to protect the nation's government-run and private computer networks, according to people who have been briefed on the plan.
Evidence Supports Use of Web- and Computer-Based Programs to Help Adults Quit Smoking
 Seung-Kwon Myung
Available evidence supports the use of online or other computer-based smoking cessation programs for helping adults quit smoking, according to a meta-analysis of previously published studies appearing in the May 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Knowledge is the Key to Progress: President Felipe Calderón
 Presidencia de la República
As part of his activities for the state of Guanajuato, President Felipe Calderón mentioned the importance of promoting knowledge and Federal Government's firm decision to promote science and technology in the country.
Photo Tip of the Week: Shutter Speed
 Larry and Linda Bennett
For those who are just starting to read my column, these are continuation pieces and it maybe in your best interest to check out my previous articles to see what you’ve missed so far. In past discussions we learned some camera basics including F/Stop. Now let's talk about shutter speed.
Viral Epidemics Poised to Go Mobile
 Lisa Van Pay
If you own a computer, chances are you have experienced the aftermath of a nasty virus at some point. In contrast, there have been no major outbreaks of mobile phone viral infection, despite the fact that over 80 percent of Americans now use these devices.
FCC's Warrantless Household Searches Alarm US Experts
 Ryan Singel
You may not know it, but if you have a wireless router, a cordless phone, remote car-door opener, baby monitor or cellphone in your house, the FCC claims the right to enter your home without a warrant at any time of the day or night in order to inspect it.
Site Lets Writers Sell Digital Copies
 Brad Stone
Turning itself into a kind of electronic vanity publisher, Scribd, an Internet start-up, will introduce on Monday a way for anyone to upload a document to the Web and charge for it.
Quincey Technology: When Gone is Gone
 Quincey Hobbs
There are two types of storage, volatile and non-volatile. Volatile storage essentially means that what ever you are working on will be gone as soon as you power off your computer, and non-volatile storage saves your work even after the computer has been powered down.
Photo Tip of the Week: Learning F/Stop or Aperture - Part 2
 Larry and Linda Bennett
This week, we continue addressing the F/Stop or aperture. Once we have taken the time to cover this subject very thoroughly, then we will address shutter speed, ISO, white balance, bracketing, lighting, flash, using a flash, and so on and so on in the coming weeks.
US Cadets Trade the Trenches for Firewalls
 Corey Kilgannon & Noam Cohen
The Army forces were under attack. Communications were down, and the chain of command was broken. Pacing a makeshift bunker whose entrance was camouflaged with netting, the young man in battle fatigues barked at his comrades: “They are flooding the e-mail server. Block it. I’ll take the heat for it.” These are the war games at West Point.
Mexico's Future Hinges on Near-Empty Science Classrooms
 Verónica Díaz Favela
Many solutions for sustainable development in Mexico lie in the scientific and technological training of its younger generations, say academics. But students in this country, where everyone wants to be a doctor or accountant, are ignoring those fields.
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