How to make a teddy bear remote control
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.. instructions here

You can use this site to create Semacode QR tags that, when read by software installed on your mobile phone, will link to a wikipedia article of your choice.

Choice!

link to site
semacode is a Data Matrix.. learn more

..and so are QR codes like the ones that semapedia uses.
also see a more recent link to this technology

2008 is the International Year of the Potato

"Over the next two decades, the world’s population is expected to grow on average by more than 100 million people a year. More than 95 percent of that increase will occur in the developing countries, where pressure on land and water is already intense.

A key challenge facing the international community is, therefore, to ensure food security for present and future generations, while protecting the natural resource base on which we all depend.

The potato will be an important part of efforts to meet those challenges…"

official site

Robot fish

I'd love to have a tank full of these. Iit would have to be a pretty large tank though wouldn't it. Perhaps when I have acquired my undersea lair.

I once bought 5 or 6 small koi for my 3 ft tank back in Sydney, but when one of them inevitably died, it was like losing a puppy.

After that I opted towards the 'many, many small fish' concept.

Korean hybrid carp with human faces

Creepy stuff!