The Navy plans to start testing carrier launches of the X-47B in the 2011. The X-47B is part of the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) program to establish the effectiveness of carrier landing of unmanned stealth-type air vehicles.
40,000 ft ceiling with 1,500 nm range.
…as part of its mission involves surveillance, one wonders how well [...]

We at GadgetManiac don’t often endorse diet, exercise or other self-help products, but make an exception in this case…
Panasonic introduces the Joba a unique riding-style exercise machine intended to benefit leg, abdominal and other muscle groups.
Panasonic introduced undonggi riding [kimeseu 2008] ‘joba (JOBA)’ - Aving news, 2008-03-21

The Washington Post reports that creators of malware have become the most productive of all industrial sector workers, having quadrupled their output in a mere two years. Apparently 5.5 million new viruses and other new malware programs were detected last years, and more than 1 million were found in the 1st 2 months of 2008.
The [...]

One of the safest predictions around is that there will be another big earthquake in the fault-riddled Bay Area around San Francisco…
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that major earthquakes on the Hayward Fault occur on average every 140 years, which means that the next big tremblor there is due Oct. 21 2008. While the article [...]

In an elaboration of subliminal adverstising, some researchers at Duke University flashed some well-known corporate logos at some volunteers for 13 milli-seconds, and observed the following results.
Those subliminally exposed to the Apple logo became more creative, and those primed with the Disney logo became more honest. Their conclusion: subliminal branding does work, and if one [...]

In a shocker, researchers have found that drinking lots of suds seems to limit productivity.
One Dr. Tomas Grim a Zoology prof at Palacký University in the Czech Republic found that ecologists who get hammered tend to publish less. And in more scientific lingo, there is a “negative correlation between beer consumption and … scientific [...]

LG has a new Internet phone model LG-LH2300 with a 3-inch 800×480 WVGA touch screen. It weighs in at 54.4×104×12.8mm and 95g.
The LH2300 supports full Internet browsing, has a 3 megapixel camera, T-DMB TV, Bluetooth and is expected to cost about $644.15 … Korea only.
LG Electronics, the Internet phone market - [...]

Samsung’s new Hauzen VC-RE70V ’smart’ vacuum cleaner uses its internal camera to create a map of the room to be cleaned so as to avoid duplication and minimize cleaning time. No word on mmHg.
Samsung Electronics,’08 GTO Hauzen VC-RE70V - Yonhap News, 2008-03-20

Not your typical watch the Life Evolution Design Deepsea DS311 measures 42×41×22mm in stainless steel. Old school appeal with LED face.

Here’s another world’s best list courtesy of the Telegraph - this time it’s art, as in top 50. Apparently the best of the best is the 4800 year-old Sculpture of Khafre to be found at the Cairo Museum…guess its been all downhill ever since then.
Oddly there are no references to the works of C. [...]