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Jul 23 2007 12:00am EDT

Daily Brew

Slashdot: Imagine listening to Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head on an iPod powered by a rush of blood to your head. Scientists at Georgia Tech are working on a way to harness the energy of blood flow in the human body to power electronics.

RTE News: Looks like the "$100 Laptop" is set for mass production. The required three million orders are in and Intel has jumped on board and soon the One Laptop Per Child project will help giveaway these energy efficient devices to school children in developing countries.

Security Evaluators: Could a remote user hack into your iPhone and steal your personal information? Yes. Learn how along with three ways you can protect yourself.

Australian IT: Venture capitalists are flocking to clean technologies with the same fervor that swept Silicon Valley in the 1990s. Last year alone investors pumped $4 billion into clean tech, up 45 percent from the year before. And experts claim, don't worry, this bubble can't burst.

Guardian Tech Blog: Hollywood execs should pay attention, because this is the stuff of sci-fi movies: tiny spying robots the size of bumble bees. Will Pixar or the ACLU jump on this first?

--Andrea Chalupa


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