DPTV-190-2007-04-06

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This Week in history

• Victoria Claflin Woodhull announced her candidacy for president on April 2 in 1870
• Sally Ride becomes the first U.S. woman in space on April 4 in 1983
• Valentina Tereshkova – First Woman in Space
• Pocahontas marries John Rolfe on April 5 in 1614
• Canadian Fran Phipps became the first woman to reach the North Pole on April 5 in 1971
• Robert Peary and Matthew Henson became the first men to reach the North Pole on April 6 (today) in 1909
• Robert Edwin Peary
• Matthew Alexander Henson
• The United States took possession of the Virgin Islands on March 31 1917
• Daylight Saving Time goes into effect for the first time in the United States on March 31 1918
• The first U.S. weather satellite, TIROS-1, was launched from Cape Canaveral on April 1 1960
• TIROS-1 information
• President Nixon signed a bill into law banning cigarette ads from radio and television on April 1 1970
• Steve Wozniak and his pal Steve Jobs found Apple Computer on April 1 in 1976
• The First modern Olympic Games opened in Athens, Greece on April 6 in 1896

Current Stories

• Leaping Shampoo, the Kaye Effect
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• Lake in China disappears 8 years after formation
• Coffee Art Break – UMMMM Coffee!
• Why the Rich get richer – explained by geeks
• 20 Things You Didn’t Know About Robots
• The Real da Vinci Code – da Vinci and his humanoid robot
• Model Behavior – Wind Tunnels vs Computers
• Science Hack – The Bernoulli�s Principle
• Brain Parasite Can Alter Fear Response and May Have Altered Human Behavior
• The Memory Hacker – Computer Chip That Holds Memories
• New multi-touch display screen demonstration
• Human Computer Interaction in Science Fiction Movies
• The Daylight Saving change – no savings, no point
• Autonomous Jumping Microrobots – Robotic Fleas!
• DARPA Issues Request for Proposals for New Morphing Oozing ChemBot to squeeze through small openings
• New Space Grease Monkey Robot to repair satellites – Orbital Express Space Operations Architecture program

Featured Artist

• Marijuanalogues from Youtube

Credits

• Opening Comment by Adam Curry of Daily Source Code
• First ending clip – Addicting Bleach video
• Second ending Clip – Star Wars in 30 Seconds by the Bunnies
• Music – Derek K Miller – Washing Off Like An Aardvark and Clouds or Smoke?

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