• Houston: What would MacGyver do?
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Even in space, a little duct tape may work wonders.Astronaut Piers Sellers suggested using some multipurpose sticky material to fix a safety-jet backpack used during spacewalks after it almost came loose from him while he repaired the international space station.
• Accidental genetic engineering in your own backyard!
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Cucumbers and cantaloupes are closely related enough to swap genes, Joffrion said. He'd never seen anything like the Dusenberys' whatever."In the first generation, they'll cross and you'll get an unusual fruit," Joffrion said.
The firm flesh inside is yellow and somewhat sweet but has a flavor more like cucumber than cantaloupe, Tim Dusenbery said.
• The rise of the Matrix gets one step closer.
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A new brain-computer-interface technology could turn our brains into automatic image-identifying machines that operate faster than human consciousness.Researchers at Columbia University are combining the processing power of the human brain with computer vision to develop a novel device that will allow people to search through images ten times faster than they can on their own.
• Classic video games smorgasbord: Bring me the heads of Mario and Luigi!
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After Frogger, Microsoft will release Cloning Clyde on July 19, Galaga on July 26, Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting on August 2, and Pac-Man on August 9....Microsoft is going to make a bigger deal out of each new game release, adding multiplayer, high-definition graphics, and achievements and reward points for each title.
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