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http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/09/mystery-surrounds-plague-death.html
Proposed next-generation rapid transportation system uses computer-controlled vehicles that "levitate" from their rails. The sky pods carry up to 3 people and travel up to 150 mph:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/09/22/levitating-transporter-pods-the-cars-of-the-future/
New earthquake-resistant structural system for buildings have just been successfully tested in Japan--multi-story buildings can hold together during a violent earthquake and return to standing up straight on its foundation afterwards:
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/august31/quake-shaking-design-090109.html
Fujitsu asks its customers if they are developing weapons of mass destruction when customers want to download patches...and they let the customers download their patches no matter what they answer:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/24/fujitsu_patches_of_mass_destruction/