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Britain's Acoustic Mirrors of War

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2008-01-14 23:16:28 by Editor in Audio Junkies
...Britain's acoustic mirrors. The acoustic mirrors were used before radar as early warning devices in Britain. They were built in the 1920s-1930s and featured different shapes in order to test their abilities. Although the acoustic mirrors were not quite as effective as the creators had hoped, they did implement Britain's early radar systems by...
 
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Britain opens a well-made fitness park for oldies

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2008-02-05 06:16:24 by Editor in Gizmodiva.com
...Britain we will see oldies being taken to exclusive playground for the over-60s. Britain's first playground for the over-60s opens in Manchester and it will cost about $30,000. Based on a German idea, was built by the residents' association in Dam Head Park, Blackley. And it's not only for fun as physiotherapy is also the focal point. Instead...
 
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Crossing Guards Become Big Brothers [Cctv Britain]

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2008-04-30 14:45:00 by posted by Pantha in
...Britain is underway, then look no further than this. Lollipop ladies, those kindly old women who man the main roads next to school, similar to the US crossing guard, have been issued with video cameras to record lollipop rageas school-side road rage is known The cameras, which record traffic coming from both the front and the back, mounted on...
 
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Crossing Guards Become Big Brothers [Cctv Britain]

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2008-04-30 10:45:00 by Addy Dugdale in Gizmodo
...Britain is underway, then look no further than this. Lollipop ladies, those kindly old women who man the main roads next to school, similar to the US crossing guard, have been issued with video cameras to record lollipop rageas school-side road rage is known The cameras, which record traffic coming from both the front and the back, mounted on...
 
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Anti-Immigration Robot Secures Britain's Borders [Border Patrol Bot]

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2008-07-22 15:40:00 by Sean Fallon in Gizmodo
...Britain has a bit of an illegal immigration problem. Tens of thousands risk their lives to cross into Britain each year by clinging underneath trucks transported on ferries. To combat this problem, BAE systems has provided the border agency with a robot dubbed "Hero" that is capable of ferreting out these stowaways using a combination of...
 
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LEGO Wins 'Favorite Toy' Election in Britain

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2008-07-29 16:22:11 by Brian X. Chen in Gadget Lab
Britain has the time to vote on its favorite toy, and apparently it's LEGO Retailer Argos issued the toy poll, in which 56 percent of respondents chose the colorful plastic bricks from their childhoods as their favorite. It comes as no surprise: With LEGOs being used in modern media like YouTube videos and Flickr galleries, it's no doubt that...
 
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Britain's new fastest supercomputer makes its ominous debut

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2008-01-14 14:26:00 by Donald Melanson in Engadget
...Britain, and at least near the top in all of Europe. Dubbed HECToR (for High-End Computing Terascale Resource), the Cray -built rig packs the equivalent power of 12,000 desktop PCs, or enough to perform some 63 million calculations per second, which'll apparently be used to study everything from climate change to new medicines -- or, as the...
 
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Britain Gets New Super Computer: You Can Call Me HAL

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2008-01-15 04:17:10 by Charlie Sorrel in Gadget Lab
...Britain's fastest supercomputer unveiled [Reuters
 
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HECToR SUPER computer unveiled in Britain.

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2008-01-17 11:20:24 by HASH0x8c36930 in Newlaunches.com
...Britain and one of the most powerful in Europe. It can make 63 million calculations each second, allowing scientists to conduct research into everything from climate change to new medicines. The purpose-built machine is housed in 60 wardrobe-sized cabinets in the University of Edinburgh's advanced computing centre near the Scottish capital....
 
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