July, 2004

July 29, 2004 Man attacked by 385-pound alligator escapes by punching it in the nose! See also How Alligators Work. Freaky 100-ft tall waves may be sinking two large ships every week. See also How Waves Work. New self-cleaning countertops kill germs, may prevent 5,000 deaths/year! See also How Your Immune System Works. New TraumaDex potato powder stops bleeding instantly -- even if it's "profuse"! See also How Blood Works. Turning off your PC and monitor when you're not using them is a great way to save $50 per year! See also How PCs Work. July 27, 2004 Man sends 100 people to the hospital by oiling a squeaky chair! (with photos) See also How Emergency Rooms Work. Man loses wife, dog, house, car, savings - then 2 days later wins a $1 million lottery! See also How Lotteries Work. A new jacket contains a cell-phone and MP3 player - with a fabric keypad to control both! See also How Cell Phones Work. A Black box embedded in your car's airbag can track your driving and incriminate you in court! See also How Airbags Work. Microsoft and other companies use blogs and wikis in interesting ways! See also How Blogs Work. July 23, 2004 Square and pyramid-shaped watermelons are cool in Japan! (with photos) See also How Composting Works. Build your own giant keyboard with these instructions, or just learn how keyboards work. See also How Keyboards Work. July 20, 2004 A miner digs up a 182-carat diamond in Guinea -- four times bigger than the Hope diamond. See also How Diamonds Work. Do you need cosmetic surgery? You can get it free by joining the military! See also How Breast Implants Work. Colleges are providing free music downloads to students through the reborn Napster. See also How Napster Works. July 20, 1969 was the day humans first set foot on the moon. See also How the Space Shuttle Works. Boeing's flying attack robot will carry 4,500 pounds of bombs! (with photo) See also How Cruise Missiles Work. July 19, 2004 The top ten dumbest sci-fi movie moments analyzed in this article (with list). See also How Blue Screens Work. Detroit outlaws huge car stereos -- if they can be heard 10 feet away from car. See also How Speakers Work. Las Vegas' new monorail opens with 3.9-mile track and 50-mph speeds. See also How Maglev Trains Work. The X-43a is ready for Mach 10 and should fly by Sept. or Oct. See also How Hypersonic Planes Work. 1,747.4 miles per gallon is the EPA rating of the world's most efficient car! See also How Car Engines Work. July 15, 2004 The top ten dumbest sci-fi movie moments analyzed in this article (with list). See also How Blue Screens Work. Detroit outlaws huge car stereos -- if they can be heard 10-ft. away from car. See also How Speakers Work. Producing electricity from human waste with microbes or fire is a possible exhibit for this London science museum! And... Will Smith recommends wet toilet paper rather than dry. Or so says this article. See also How Toilets Work. July 14, 2004 The top chess-playing computer is "particularly aggressive and human-like." See also How Chess Computers Work. 1,747.4 miles per gallon is the EPA rating of the world's most efficient car! See also How Car Engines Work. Woman spots a robbery on her friend's webcam - calls police and catches them! See also How Webcams Work. The European Space Agency is planning a mission that will deflect an asteroid! See also How Asteroids Work. July 13, 2004 'Human billboard' goes to the next level with flat screens embedded in T-shirts. See also How Web Advertising Works. SpaceShipOne's control problems have been diagnosed - next stop is the X-Prize! See also How SpaceShipOne Works. Hydrogen-as-fuel may get easier if we store hydrogen in glass bubbles. See also How the Hydrogen Economy Works. New tombstones will offer screens so the deceased can play a video! See also How Video Editing Works. It's time to replace your browser with something a little less risky. Or so says this US-CERT. See also How Viruses Work. July 8, 2004 Cough medicine is completely useless - no better than sugar water. Or so says this study. See also How Viruses Work. Take this indecency quiz to see what the FCC finds truly indecent. See also How does the FCC police obscenity?. EFF announces 10 worst patents and asks that they be revoked (with list). See also How Patents Work. The battle against spam will be won in two years? The U.N. thinks so. See also How Spam Works. Tennis balls may get 6% bigger to slow them down, make them easier to see on TV. See also How the First-Down Line Works. July 4, 2004 Man saves 1 million pennies - 3.6 tons! Now he is having trouble getting rid of them. See also How Currency Works. Restaurant cooks up 6-pound burger to beat the record. Can you eat it? See also How Mad Cow Disease Works. EFF announces 10 worst patents and asks that they be revoked (with list). See also How Patents Work. Teen gets caught filming Spider-Man 2 in theater with his video camera (with clips). See also How Night Vision Works. An amazing string of ancient Indian villages has been uncovered in Utah. See also How Mummies Work.