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LOTD for July 23

Saturn's moon shows evidence of ammonia, which provides strong evidence that it has liquid water:
http://www.asd-network.com/press_detail_B.asp?ID=22019&NID=284998


New Zealand researchers are implanting pig cells in diabetics, with the hope that pig insulin could delay the effects of Type 1 diabetes. There is some controversy because they are going straight to human trials without first having animal trials:
http://health.yahoo.com/news/ap/as_med_new_zealand_diabetes_pig_cells.html


Virus may be used for copper mining via a genetic engineering procedure called "bio-panning":
Article link


Startup company showed a demo of their Excalibur UAV, which will carry four Hellfire missiles (the Predator has just 2) and get up to a speed of 400 knots (the Predator only goes to 70 knots), and it doesn't need a runway like the Predator does because their Excalibur just floats into the sky. They added former DARPA head Tony Tether to their board and they are looking for funding to go from their proof-of-concept to a full-size model...I'm guessing they are trying to get DARPA to fund it:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/07/video-hovering-killer-drone-takes-flight/


UK military officials are looking for ways to deal with IED attacks in Afghanistan. 187 British troops have been killed in Afghanistan, including 18 so far in July. IED attacks are up 114% this year and 74% of UK military deaths are due to bombings:
http://www.upi.com/Security_Industry/2009/07/22/British-look-for-ways-to-deal-with-IEDs/UPI-89251248286182/


iPod translator program was originally developed to teach sign language to students, but now is a valuable tool for US soldiers in Iraq and UN peacekeepers on the Horn of Africa:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-bizvcom3d-ipod-translator-07150071509jul15,0,7205456.story


Journalists who want to be accredited to cover Afghanistan's election have to sign a document that they will not say anything negative about the election!
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/07/afghanistan-tells-journos-no-criticism-please/


Ericsson joined the bidding war for Nortel's CDMA/LTE assets--their $730 million bid tops Nokia's $650 million bid and MatlinPatterson's $725 million bid, but RIM is still complaining that their $1.1 billion bid was rejected. The auction will take place on Friday unless RIM is allowed into the process:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/ericsson-joins-global-bidding-war-for-nortel/article1228025/


Study found that wireless internet usage in the US significantly rose during 2008, with 56% of Americans saying at the start of this year that they have used wireless means to get online. In December 2007 only 24% of Americans had used wireless means to get online. African-Americans use the mobile internet more than any other racial category studied, 50% higher than the national average:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32086238/ns/tech_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/


AT&T activated 2.4 million iPhones in the second quarter of this year:
Press release


19-year-old man in Iowa used cash stolen in a bank robbery to pay a bond for an outstanding warrant. He's now charged with first-degree bank robbery:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/22/ap/strange/main5180807.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesHeadlines


A dead shark was abandoned on a Miami street:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32084827/ns/us_news-weird_news/


Cute story about how Kelly Hildebrandt, and Kelly Hildebrandt fell in love:
NY Daily News article

http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/07/kelly-hildebrandt-do-you-take-kelly-hild.html
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