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Battlestar Galactica’s Edward Hames Olmos delivers Speech at NMU
Scheduling conflicts associated with his directing duties on Battlestar Gallactica delayed his appearance.As an award-winning actor, Olmos has appeared in several films, including “Stand and Deliver,” and on television in “Miami Vice” and “Battlestar Galactica.” The revised schedule for his appearance coincides with the university’s involvement in “One Book, One Community” — a program aimed at bringing people of all ages together by reading and discussing the same book.
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Boomerang Bot with Built-in Camera
Battery powered and shaped like a boomerang, the “Phantom Sentinel” unmanned aeiral vehicle (UAV) “is in constant motion and the center of [its] mass is located outside of the fuselage,” Catherine MacRae Hockmuth tells us in the current issue of Defense Technology International. “As the aircraft spins, it disappears from vision,” an AeroTech fact sheet adds.”"Even better, the company promises, is that the folding, backpack-ready drone “has a uniquely minimal cross section allowing it to ‘slice’ through even the most adverse weather conditions that would keep conventional UAV systems on the ground.
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Fullscreen Display BenQ “Black Box” Phone
The user interface looks as if it can be accessed via a variety of icons with no text involved at all, making this a truly appealing phone universally which is capable of breaking the language barrier. The glossy finish reminds one of the beautiful LG Chocolate phone, but that would also mean the Black Box is a prime candidate for the “Fingerprint Magnet of the Year” award.
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Apple and Intel working together on “secret stuff”
Naturally Microsoft is not liking the fact and “Microsoft has expressed concern over the newfound friendship between Intel and Apple’s , as it adds yet another operating system vendor to Intel’s portfolio.” In my opinion good things will come from this partnership and Apple is poised to gain further marketshare in the future.