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Kickboxing robots draw crowds in Japan at Robo-One

Date: 2004 August 13 13:31 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Technology > Robotics

CNN are running an interesting story about Kickboxing robots at the Robo-One tournament.

MLive.com also have good coverage of Robo-One.

Souce: CNN.com

Japanese Researchers Produce Trout From Salmon

Date: 2004 August 05 16:52 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Freaky Things

Researchers at a Japanese university have succeeded for the first time in producing trout from salmon, in a method that promises hope for protecting endangered species.

Associate Prof. Goro Yoshizaki and other researchers at Tokyo's University of Marine Sciences and Technology succeeded in the method by injecting primordal germ cells (PGCs), which can grow into either sperm or eggs, from a rainbow trout into the body of a male yamame (landlocked salmon).

Souce: Mainichi Daily News

DNA Tests for Pork in Japan!

Date: 2004 May 29 17:14 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Freaky Things

In Japan "kurobuta" - the English rare breed of Berkshire pigs are prized for their meat. The BBC are running a story about Sygen a company that breeds and sells these pigs for a Japanese market. Due to fraud, they've had to use DNA testing to prove the authenticity of the meat on the shelves.

Souce: BBC News

Jet-powered Nausicaa Glider Project

Date: 2004 February 21 18:53 | Posted By: Joe

Category > Freaky Things

The people on Slashdot have posted an interesting article about - Open Sky a Jet Powered Nausicaa Glider Project!

It really does look good, if not Insanely dangerous!

Souce: Slashdot

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