X-Message-Number: 15404 References: <> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 17:05:39 +0000 From: "Joseph Kehoe" <> Subject: more snippets BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/sci/tech/newsid_1124000/1124312.stm Careful on that couch! It could be a resting robot. Scientists are starting to make robots out of smart building blocks that make them morph into different forms to suit the job they are doing. from nanodot.org http://www.cnn.com/2001/ASIANOW/south/01/14/india.stephenhawking.ap/index.html BOMBAY, India (AP) -- Physicist Stephen Hawking predicted that people would colonize other planets in 100 years and successfully design an improved human race by the next millennium. http://www.msnbc.com/news/514233.asp CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Jan. 15 Ever since the movie The Fantastic Voyage came out more than three decades ago, scientists have imagined what it would be like to shrink down to the size of a molecule and take a look around. While the movie s shrinking ray has long been exiled to late night sci-fi television, a group of researchers in North Carolina have figured how to virtually achieve the same effect. http://www.msnbc.com/news/515158.asp The semiconductor industry has reached an important milestone on the path to producing 10GHz chips. Joseph. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=15404