December, 2004

December 26, 2004 Wal-Mart breaks the $500 laptop barrier with this cool Linux laptop! Has everything you need. See also How Laptops Work. Terrorist radiation sensors pick up lots of people emitting lots of gamma rays! (really!) See also How Nuclear Radiation Works. Extreme Unicycling??? Yes, extreme unicycling! See it to believe it! (video) See also How Bicycles Work. First fuel-cell cars should appear in 2005 if everything happens on schedule! See also How Hybrid Cars Work. List of the top 10 hoaxes/urban legends of 2004 is an eye opener! See also How Urban Legends Work. After you burn songs onto a CD, you can now flip the CD over and use the write laser to burn the label! See also How CDs Work. December 21, 2004 New bionic dolphin is a sub described as an "underwater flying machine." (w/pic) See also How Submarines Work. New ultra-real Army simulator is the ultimate real-world video game! (with photo) See also How Xbox Works. This list of six red-hot sports cars makes the ultimate Christmas list! (with photos) See also How the Enzo Ferrari Works. List of the top 10 hoaxes/urban legends of 2004 is an eye opener! See also How Urban Legends Work. After you burn songs onto a CD, you can now flip the CD over and use the write laser to burn the label! See also How CDs Work. New Flash memory design should make 32-Gb chips available in two years! See also How Flash Memory Works. December 19, 2004 Using LEGOs, guy builds a working grandfather clock - 7 feet tall! (with photos) See also How Pendulum Clocks Work. The space station is running out of food and may have to be abandoned in 3 weeks! See also How Space Stations Work. Sharks sense minute electric fields using jelly-filled canals - Navy wants to replicate them! See also How Sharks Work. New cell-phone chip cuts power by 100x - batteries could last a year! See also How Cell Phones Work. Truck driver wins $1 million in a penny slot machine in New Mexico! See also How Slot Machines Work. Man in Florida is immune to stun guns and pepper spray and even fights off a K-9! See also How Stun Guns Work. December 9, 2004 Trio uses laser to measure roulette-wheel speed and takes home over $1 million! See also How Slot Machines Work. The magic behind Google includes something like 30 petabytes of storage space! See also How Search Engines Work. Living to be 1,000 years old will be easy in the near future! See also How Cells Work. Why does Princess Leia's hologram look so great in Star Wars? Find out! See also How Blue Screens Work. Here are 10 great questions to ask if you are custom-building a house! See also How House Construction Works. UFOs are being spotted every night on a mountain in Washington. (with video) See also How Airplanes Work. December 4, 2004 New technique produces lots of hydrogen using only a little energy! See also How the Hydrogen Economy Works. Video games are becoming the preferred way to train firefighters, soldiers, pilots, etc.! See also How Xbox Works. New "Cell" processors will pack 10 times the power on one chip! See also How Microprocessors Work. Stem cells allow woman to walk after 20 years of paralysis! See also How Stem Cells Work. Tiny, 60-mpg cars are coming to the U.S. from Europe! (with photo) See also How Hybrid Cars Work. Chef tosses shrimp at man; man dies five months later. Family wants $10 million. See also How Lawsuits Work.