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Is the Impossible "Emdrive" Possible?

A controversial concept called the electromagnetic drive, or Emdrive for short has been called impossible. But one company believes the concept is viable and has worked for several years on building demonstration models. The Emdrive is a reactionless propulsion system that supposedly generates thrust by converting electrical energy via microwaves. If it works it could provide an almost endless supply of thrust for satellites and possibly other spacecraft. But no detectable energy emanates from the device, and most scientists say the Emdrive violates the well-established principle of the conservation of momentum. Satellite Propulsion Research, Ltd. (SPR), the company working on the drive now says researchers from China have confirmed the theory behind the Emdrive, and they should have a trial engine ready to test by the end of this year.

Seemingly Impossible Travel: TSA Blog Reaches New Level of Absurdity

Tomorrow, the latest TSA shitshow starts, with passengers trying--undoubtedly with varying degrees of success--to run their laptops through x-ray machines while still inside carry-on bags. So how did the agency remind travelers about the new policy today?

Cyberclinic: Why is it impossible to contact Google by telephone?

The competition for worst customer support is a fiercely contested one, particularly in the field of technology. Of course, the complexity of gadgets, gizmos and software guarantees that there's going to be more demand for post-purchase hand-holding than if you'd bought a pair of ill-fitting trousers. But while we've all had tense phone conversations with support staff while staring incomprehensibly at a computer screen, we don't even get that dubious pleasure with the internet giants – the eBays, the Facebooks, the Yahoos and the Googles.

Further Evolution May Be Impossible for Man

Millions of years of evolution have brought the human race to the stage we are all living in today. Many distinct facial and bodily features differentiate us from our ancestors, whose fossils we uncovered over the years at various sites throughout the globe. Because of these differences, people thought for some time now that the future holds new evolutionary paths for humans to take. Some believe we will eventually evolve into pure energy, while others think humans will degenerate to lousy couch-potatoes.

Newsweek: Getting a loan harder, not impossible

Wall Street's problems have captured the attention of Congress, the White House and the media. But on the country's Main Streets, worried workers, struggling small business owners and cash-strapped families are wondering if anyone is paying attention to them. A look at how Americans are coping with the economic crisis.

LittleBigPlanet news site launches

Impossible as it may seem the day that LittleBigPlanet launches – and simultaneously bakes the noodles of PS3 owners across the globe – is just around the corner. To which encouraging end Sony has just launched an official LBP news site.

Legendary Composer, Conductor, and Performer Lalo Schifrin Celebrates His Life With Autobiography

Mission Impossible: My Life in Music Reflects on Life's Work in Classical, Jazz, and Film LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19

Is Obama's online success a good measure of his support?

It's almost impossible to not have a conversation with anyone I know these days about the election. For most of my upper-middle-class, highly educated, liberal Bay Area friends, the Palin pick was a shot across the bow that maybe the Democrats wouldn't pull this one out. (I'm still optimistic.) But I'm the first one to recognize that I live in one of the bluest of the blue areas of the country. My neighborhood is littered with Obama signs and bumper stickers (Full disclosure: I have one on my Corolla). In other words, I know that the Bay Area is hardly representative of the political views across the country. I read the news, I see the polls. It's basically a dead heat right now.

Google in curious alliance with click-fraud detection firm

In a development that would have seemed impossible two years ago, Google is cooperating publicly with Click Forensics, a click-fraud detection company with which it has had a rocky relationship.

Google in Curious Alliance with Click-Fraud Detection Firm

In a development that would have seemed impossible two years ago, Google is cooperating publicly with Click Forensics, a click-fraud detection company with which it has had a rocky relationship.

How To See In Four Dimensions

An anonymous reader writes "Think it's impossible to see four-dimensional objects? These videos will show you otherwise. Some mathematicians work with four-dimensional objects all the time, and they've developed some clever tricks to get a feeling for what they're like. The techniques begin by imagining how two-dimensional creatures, like those in Edwin Abbot's 'Flatland,' could get a feeling for three-dimensional objects. When those techniques are transferred up a dimension, the results are gorgeous."

PS3 Sales Beating Forecasts

The cheaper Xbox 360 might be doing the impossible right now in Japan by overtaking the PS3 in sales but, the PS3 is well ahead of its targets, according to Sony.

Google launches Picasa 3.0 and more

Picasa is a tool that has become almost impossible to replace for many photography hobbyists, and basically anyone who takes pictures with a digital camera. The application, which used to cost lots of money before Google acquired it, has a huge community of passionate users that will be extremely happy they are finally getting a new version.

Taskforce runs into Pakistan resistance

THE International Cricket Council taskforce given the seemingly impossible job of retaining the Champions Trophy in Pakistan was meeting with South Africa and England overnight.

DataCase turns your iPhone into a portable drive with web server/FTP

Oh, now this is useful. Although Apple has made it impossible to mount the iPhone as a USB drive, new App Store app DataCase has gone one better and will let you connect pretty much any computer to your phone or iPod Touch and copy files to and from a shared area.

Hammers Warned Over Bilic Move

Croatian FA president Vlatko Markovic says West Ham will face "mission impossible" if they try to appoint Slaven Bilic as their new manager.

HAMMERS WARNED OVER BILIC MOVE

Croatian FA president Vlatko Markovic says West Ham will face "mission impossible" if they try to appoint Slaven Bilic as their new manager.

Russia hits back at Nato warning

Russia has dismissed a warning by Nato that normal relations are impossible while its troops remain inside Georgia.

For Iranian Bloggers, Risks Have Not Deterred Activity

Washington — For bloggers in Iran, the unpredictability of responses from the authorities makes it impossible to foretell whether they will be targeted in the ongoing government crackdown on alternative media sources. But fear has not stopped Iranians from using the blogosphere to influence their fellow citizens.

Iran Sees Art Boom Even as Artists Struggle to Get Paid

TEHRAN — The art industry in Iran is booming despite heavy economic sanctions that make it almost impossible for internationally successful artists to get paid.

Total Computer Newbies Meet Debian: Part 1, The Install

IconWe have all heard the horror stories of how GNU/Linux is difficult, if not almost impossible, as far as general desktop usability is concerned. In particular, there seems to be a continuous stream of gripes printed across the Internet, from Microsoft Windows users who wish, or have tried, to migrate to GNU/Linux, yet gave up in frustration. But what happens when complete computer newbies are introduced to GNU/Linux? By computer newbies, I am referring to those who have no computer experience whatsoever, in either a Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix or other environment.

Man's unusual drug escape

An Indian man escaped a possible death sentence for drug trafficking after his lawyer told a court it was impossible to walk with a stash of heroin in his underpants, a newspaper reported on Friday.

Legendary Composer, Conductor, and Performer Lalo Schifrin Celebrates His Life With Autobiography

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Scarecrow Press will release the autobiography of six-time Academy Award® nominated composer Lalo Schifrin this summer. Mission Impossible: My Life in Music, edited by Richard Palmer, is a journey from Schifrin's formative years in Argentina to the classical and jazz atmospheres in Paris in the 1950s; from his jazz career with Dizzy Gillespie to his development as a film composer.

Atari Games Too Bad to be True [Atari 2600]

Watercooler Games saw this earlier in the week and gave a detailed deconstruction of how a Free the Falklands! concept would be graphically impossible on the Atari 2600.

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