In this issue: The savings rate, cars that drive
themselves, and Lance Armstrong.
---Earthquakes---
Impending earthquakes have been sending us warning signals
-- and people are finally starting to listen, according to
IEEE Spectrum.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=230130
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=230130
---Economy---
IndustryWeek looks at the personal savings rate in the U.S.
Is it negative?
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=229983
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=229983
---Movies---
With mainstream animated features bending over backwards to
appear more lifelike, it's a bracing joy to get to see a
live action movie as utterly cartoonish as Aeon Flux with
Charlize Theron, according to Eye.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=230522
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=230522
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---Privacy---
IEEE Spectrum asks if we are becoming the surveillance
society. Is there hope for privacy?
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=230111
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=230111
---Technology---
In the past year, the robotics community has learned a great
deal about how to make cars drive themselves. IEEE Spectrum
says computer algorithms have showed that cars might just be
ready to take the wheel without human chaperones.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=230091
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=230091
---Misc---
With hardware donated by Intel, Tropos, and Pronto Networks
mounted on various street lights, The Motley Fool says New
Orleans is opening up a can of Wi-Fi worms that should have
been popped open years ago.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=230251
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=230251
Metropolis says that modular housing from Sweden is entering
the English-speaking world.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=230661
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=230661
Over the coming months Lance Armstrong will confront his
accusers in courtrooms and legal proceedings in the U.S.,
England, and France, according to Outside.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=230771
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=230771
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