http://v-tech.comuv.com Science and Technology News Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:50:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It started off with the obvious joke. The Director tells the attendees in his introductory remarks that he's the head of that OTHER CIA, the Culinary Institute of America... Go here to see the original:  SciFri Blog:Down to Earth meets the CIA http://v-tech.comuv.com/2010/03/19/scifri-blogdown-to-earth-meets-the-cia/ AP - Japanese police are recommending charges against a driver who says his Toyota Prius crashed because of brake failure after an analysis of "black box" data showed no defects. Original post: Japan police recommend charges in Prius crash (AP) http://v-tech.comuv.com/2010/03/19/japan-police-recommend-charges-in-prius-crash-ap/ The scheme to use caves as a means of storing wind power is subversive—er, I mean subterranean... Excerpt from: SciFri Blog:Wind power's underground plot revealed! http://v-tech.comuv.com/2010/03/19/scifri-blogwind-powers-underground-plot-revealed/ Can samples of the bacteria on a person's hands be enough to identify them? Original post:  SciFri Radio:Bacterial Forensics http://v-tech.comuv.com/2010/03/19/scifri-radiobacterial-forensics/ Plotting optimal paths for interplanetary spacecraft? Remote sensing to map out pipeline hazards Continued here:  SciFri Radio:Outstanding High-School Science http://v-tech.comuv.com/2010/03/19/scifri-radiooutstanding-high-school-science/ Spring is in the air, and thoughts turn to bicycles. How about an electric bike? Original post: SciFri Radio:All Aboard the Electric Bikes http://v-tech.comuv.com/2010/03/19/scifri-radioall-aboard-the-electric-bikes/ Blockbuster films use 3D, and 3D televisions are entering the market. But where is the technology headed? Continued here: SciFri Radio:The Future of 3D http://v-tech.comuv.com/2010/03/19/scifri-radiothe-future-of-3d/ A new play looks at two scientists charged, on Stalin's orders, with a serious task -- finding a way to preserve Lenin's corpse for posterity. Continued here: SciFri Radio:New Play Lays Lenin to Rest http://v-tech.comuv.com/2010/03/19/scifri-radionew-play-lays-lenin-to-rest/ LiveScience.com - "Fat Actress" star Kirstie Alley - following a well-publicized failure as spokeswoman for weight loss company Jenny Craig - has developed a new diet system called Organic Liaison. So if you want to look like Kirstie Alley, here's your chance. View original post here:  What Is the Organic Liaison ... http://v-tech.comuv.com/2010/03/19/what-is-the-organic-liaison-diet-livescience-com/ AP - A federal judge has approved a first-of-its-kind settlement requiring the government to suspend 38,000 acres of oil and gas leases in Montana so it can gauge how oil field activities contribute to climate change. View post:  Climate change cited as Mont. leases suspended (AP) http://v-tech.comuv.com/2010/03/19/climate-change-cited-as-mont-leases-suspended-ap/