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Nov. 26, 1894: Cybernetics Pioneer Norbert Wiener Born 1894: Norbert Wiener is born in Columbia, Missouri. A child prodigy, he goes on to become one of the 20th century's most famous mathematicians and the founder of the discipline of cybernetics, the study of self-regulating systems. Norbert's father, Leo Wiener, was a lecturer (and late Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Nov. 26, 1894: Cybernetics Pioneer Norbert Wiener Born 1894: Norbert Wiener is born in Columbia, Missouri. A child prodigy, he goes on to become one of the 20th century's most famous mathematicians and the founder of the discipline of cybernetics, the study of self-regulating systems. Norbert's father, Leo Wiener, was a lecturer (and late Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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UPDATE 1-Norbert weakens but still hurricane off Mexico coast - Reuters NinemsnUPDATE 1-Norbert weakens but still hurricane off Mexico coastReuters - 1 hour agoMEXICO CITY, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Hurricane Norbert further weakened to a Category 1 storm in the Pacific but was still a major tempest as it headed on Thursday for Mexico's Baja Calif Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Mexico's Norbert weakens to storm Hurricane Norbert which struck Mexico's western peninsula has weakened as it makes a second landfall, meteorologists say. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC World |
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Nov. 5, 1893: A Design Star Is Born 1893: Raymond Loewy, one of the founders of modern industrial design, is born. His vision of streamlining will shape a century. Loewy's classic designs include the Coca-Cola bottle, the sleek-sided 1929 Gestetner duplicating machine, the Pennsylvania Railroad's streamlined S-1 Locom Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Nov. 5, 1893: A Design Star Is Born 1893: Raymond Loewy, one of the founders of modern industrial design, is born. His vision of streamlining will shape a century. Loewy's classic designs include the Coca-Cola bottle, the sleek-sided 1929 Gestetner duplicating machine, the Pennsylvania Railroad's streamlined S-1 Locom Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Nov. 17, 1749: Father of Modern Canning Born 1749: Nicolas Appert is born. He will invent the modern food-canning process while trying to help Napoleon conquer Europe. By 1795, France was in an expansionist mood and quarreling with its neighbors. As the army and navy found themselves increasingly embroiled in foreign entanglements Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Nov. 17, 1749: Father of Modern Canning Born 1749: Nicolas Appert is born. He will invent the modern food-canning process while trying to help Napoleon conquer Europe. By 1795, France was in an expansionist mood and quarreling with its neighbors. As the army and navy found themselves increasingly embroiled in foreign entanglements Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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June 13, 1983: Pioneer 10 Reaches an End ... and a Beginning 1983: Pioneer 10 becomes the first human-made object to pass outside Pluto's orbit and leave the central solar system. Pioneer 10 must be considered one of the most successful spacecraft of all time. Designed for deep-space exploration, which at the time of its launch in 1972 meant pre Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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June 13, 1983: Pioneer 10 Reaches an End ... and a Beginning 1983: Pioneer 10 becomes the first human-made object to pass outside Pluto's orbit and leave the central solar system. Pioneer 10 must be considered one of the most successful spacecraft of all time. Designed for deep-space exploration, which at the time of its launch in 1972 meant pre Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Nov. 21, 1968: Love Canal Calamity Surfaces 1968: Karen Schroeder, a second-generation resident of the Love Canal neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, gives birth to an infant girl with multiple birth defects. The enormity of the neighborhood's affliction will take a few more years to come to light. Love Canal was a never-used, l Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Nov. 21, 1968: Love Canal Calamity Surfaces 1968: Karen Schroeder, a second-generation resident of the Love Canal neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, gives birth to an infant girl with multiple birth defects. The enormity of the neighborhood's affliction will take a few more years to come to light. Love Canal was a never-used, l Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Heart surgery pioneer DeBakey dies at 99 - Bizjournals.com CBC.caHeart surgery pioneer DeBakey dies at 99Bizjournals.com - 7 hours agoHe died on Friday, July 11, of natural causes at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, according to hospital officials. In a career that began more than 70 years ago, DeBakey performed more than 600 Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Chinese-born engineer sentenced for helping export US military ... - CNN International BBC NewsChinese-born engineer sentenced for helping export US military ...CNN International - 1 hour ago(CNN) -- A Chinese-born engineer who conspired to export US military technology to China was sentenced Monday to 24 years and 4 months in federal prison.E Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Bipolar Risk for Kids Born to Older Dads - WebMD Sydney Morning HeraldBipolar Risk for Kids Born to Older DadsWebMD - 39 minutes agoBy Salynn Boyles Sept. 2, 2008 -- A new study suggests that children born from older fathers are at increased risk of developing bipolar disorder.Children of Older Fathers at Risk fo Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Pioneer Plasma TV Will Deliver "Absolute Black" At a press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show here in Las Vegas, Pioneer demonstrated a concept TV that, they say, delivers "absolute black," meaning no light at all escapes from the black portions of the screen. The innovation could produce amazingly beautiful imagery, and might breathe ne Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Pioneer Project Kuro 'Extreme Contrast' first look Pitch Black CES Pioneer proudly premiered its Project Kuro "Extreme Contrast" presentation at CES, and Register Hardware was exclusively invited to see this awesome, absolute black TV in action.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Pioneer Plasma TV Will Deliver "Absolute Black" At a press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show here in Las Vegas, Pioneer demonstrated a concept TV that, they say, delivers "absolute black," meaning no light at all escapes from the black portions of the screen. The innovation could produce amazingly beautiful imagery, and might breathe ne Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Pioneer to stop making 42-inch plasma panels: report TOKYO (Reuters) - Pioneer Corp plans to stop making 42-inch plasma display panels and instead procure panels that size and smaller from Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd or Hitachi Ltd , the Asahi newspaper reported. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Reuter |
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Struggling Web Pioneer Getty Images Going Private In Buyout - CNNMoney.com eFluxMediaStruggling Web Pioneer Getty Images Going Private In BuyoutCNNMoney.com - 1 hour agoGetty Images -- an online supplier of stock photos and film footage that has faced less-than-photogenic market conditions in recent months -- is going private in a $2.1 billio Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |