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http://www.theengineer.co.uk/news/news-analysis/robots-to-emulate-human-vision/1002721.article
Japanese construction firm has proposed building tens of thousands of square km of solar cells on the moon as part of a proposed $2.2 billion project to build a robot-operated moonbase within 10 years:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/06/japans-shimizu-corporation-proposes.html
Dengue fever was gone from the US for 65 years, but now at least 28 people have been infected with it in Key West. Infected mosquitoes have been moving northward due to global warming, so this could be a huge problem soon for the US:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627632.500-dengue-fever-strikes-us.html
Couple driving to Tahoe had their car stolen at a rest stop...they remembered that their Android phone had Google Latitude and the CHP was able to recover their car with all of the stolen items inside:
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-and-google-latitude-protect-and-serve-lucky-android-central-member
AT&T has eliminated unlimited data plans! $25 per month gets 2 GB, and $35 per month gets 3 GB. Note that AT&T has made the new prices effective the day that the new iPhones are unveiled:
http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/att-announces-tethering-details-and-new-plans-iphone-ipad-799
High-risk spyware is spreading among Macs--it gathers user names, passwords, credit card numbers, bookmarks and history information and sends it to servers where the data can be exploited:
http://www.infoworld.com/t/malware/macs-under-attack-high-risk-spyware-698
Private-equity firms are bidding in the RadioShack auction, with RadioShack possibly going for $3 billion or more. RadioShack's stock has risen 48% in the past year, aided by RadioShack's plans to sell the company:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/radioshack-gets-bids-as-auction-heats-up-report-2010-06-01
2-year-old Sumatran boy was first given a cigarette when he was 18-months-old and he now smokes 40 cigarettes a day! The boy's parents are not concerned about his health even though he is addicted (he cries until they give him a cigarette) and obese (52 pounds). 25% of Indonesian children aged 3-15 years old have tried cigarettes, with 3.2% of them active smokers:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1280249/Meet-year-old-boy-throws-tantrum-parents-refuse-cigarette.html