Fishing and shooting: His fish is now swimming about with a radio transmitter in its dorsal fin

Source: The Scotsman

I suppose if anyone should be able to catch a fish it is a “senior fisheries biologist,” in this case Alan Kettle-White, of the Argyll Fisheries Trust, who has landed a 30lb 10oz wild brownie on Loch Awe. This, it turns out ...
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Silicon Image pushes new MHL 2.0 chips for phones and HDTVs with 1080p60 video, faster charging

Source: Engadget

Silicon Image Introduces Low Power Dual-Mode Transmitter IP Core Supporting Both HDMI® and MHL™ Connectivity Standards SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 22, 2012 – Silicon Image (NASDAQ: SIMG), a leading provider of wireless and wired ...
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Fog brings danger to the seas

Source: San Luis Obispo Tribune

A fog bank appears off the Pecho Coast last week. Navigating the waters along the Central Coast in dense fog was a nightmare before the adoption of modern navigation equipment. Without any visual references in the fog, you can develop vertigo relat ...
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Jacob Sullum: Cell phone surveillance raises major concerns over privacy

Source: Omaha.com

In January, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that tracking a suspect’s movements by attaching a GPS transmitter to his car counts as a “search” under the Fourth Amendment. But because the majority opinion emphasized the physical intrus ...
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Will the move to digital cut off my long-wave radio?

Source: The Telegraph UK

The BBC says the eventual closedown of the Long Wave service is determined not so much by the digital switchover but a dwindling supply of valves used by the Droitwich transmitter, owned and operated by Ar ...
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Should you consider cochlear implants?

Source: Ventura County Star

For people with profound hearing loss, a cochlear implant might be the ticket back into the world of conversation, music and chirping birds. "If you can't discriminate between words in addition to having profoun ...
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Radio trailblazer Reynald Grondin, a master voice in two languages

Source: Ottawa Citizen

Radio was the only profession that Reynald Grondin wanted to work in. Born in Cloutier, Que. — near Rouyn-Noranda — Grondin dreamed of someday reading the news and spinning records at a major radio station. He got his wi ...
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THE WAY WE WERE IN ’52

Source: Sunday Sun

BACK in 1952 Brits were living on rations, James Bond was yet to make his first outing and Al Martino was topping the first-ever chart. The North was a very different place to live when Queen Elizabeth first took her seat on the throne 60 year ...
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Galactic Invasion: How to Make a Wireless Robot Rocket Launcher

Source: Wonder How To

If you're like me, you were always jealous of the kids with rich parents who got to ride around in their own Power Wheels cars. Now that I am tall enough to sell my body and time, I find myself attaining childhood dreams like buying ...
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