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We Support Our Troops!  For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.It's another hodgepodge of new stuff tonight!  Tools and cars to medicine, flight decks to smart glasses, and a geeky gal to boot. (No, I don't mean me!) Have fun, join in, share ideas.  Whatever you do, support our troops while you do it.  God love 'em!!!! Smart glasses switch focus in an instant "Dynamic" spectacles use liquid crystals to snap from "distance" to "reading" mode at the flick of a switch, doing away with strain-inducing bifocal lenses Wake...

We Support Our Troops!  For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.It's a hodgepodge of new stuff tonight!  From nanotechnology to a new type of TV mouse to a treatment for cancer, there is something for everyone.   Flexible CRT DisplaysA new method of patterning nanotubes could lead to flexible, flat-screen displays with many of the advantages of bulky CRTs. Methanol: The New HydrogenBy Chandra ShekharAdvances in methanol synthesis, coupled with improved fuel cell technology, could make it a viable alternative to gasoline How It Works: Quantum computing: qubitsPhotons, electrons and...

We Support Our Troops!  For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.It's Ladies' Night! But the fellers might learn something, too!  Meet Jane Geek With women accounting for 50% of technology purchases, Dell, Samsung, and others are opening the door for them Managers from Dell Inc.'s (marketing and public relations staff flew from their Round Rock (Tex.) headquarters to New York earlier this year to meet with editors and sales reps at a dozen publications. Their mission wasn't too surprising: Get editors to print more about their computers, televisions, and...

We Support Our Troops!  For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT:  Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. Five Top Desktop Search ApplicationsMake it easier on yourself! Google Desktop 2 has a clean interface; quick access to online and local apps and files; more than 100 plug-ins, with more sure to come from third-party developers.   The Google Desktop does a mixed job anticipating the content you...

We Support Our Troops!  For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT:  Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. Waldo Dean Waterman (1894-1976) was the first to create a functional flying car.  He was an airplane engineer with a flair for creative design. Figuring that most people couldn’t afford both an airplane and a car, and believing that the car was a necessity of modern life, Waterman...

We Support Our Troops!  For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. No greater love hath a man than to give his life for his friends.  FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT:  Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. On Valentine's Day, we celebrate love.  Usually we celebrate the love between a man and a woman.  However, there are many faces of love, and I believe that our men and women who serve...

We Support Our Troops!  For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.The Future is  now!   FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT:  Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. Click Pictures for more information: Volkswagen AG's American unit is working with Nvidia on a prototype vehicle which features Google Inc.'s satellite mapping software to give drivers a bird's eye view of the road ahead.  The car manufacturer showed off the prototype car at...

We Support Our Troops!  For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.Part 2 Today we'll look at some gadgets that changed the way we lived  in the 1980's and 90's.  Last week, we looked at the 50's, 60's and 70's.  I'm sure you can think of MANY more gadgets in these eras.  Please share them with us!FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT:  Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. 1982, Commodore64 :  The...

We Support Our Troops!  For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.Part 1 Today we'll look at some gadgets that changed the way we lived  in the 1950's, 60's and 70's.  Next week, we'll look at the 80's  and 90's.  I'm sure you can think of MANY more gadgets in these eras.  Please share them with us!*All single starred items below indicate that I had one of these. (If prior to 1973, my parents had one and I got to use it. I started young, folks!)  **All double-starred items indicate...

We Support Our Troops!  For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces "And the test of good technology is that once you use it, you can't go back. "   quote by Intel CEO Paul Otellini We Support Our Troops!!! Apple added Intel processors to an existing Mac desktop and an entirely new laptop, updated Mac OS X and iLife, and introduced an FM tuner/remote control for the iPod.  The new Intel-based iMac will feature Intel's new Centrino Duo processor. On the mobile side, the PowerBook is being retired in favor of...

We Support Our Troops!  For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces "And the test of good technology is that once you use it, you can't go back. "   quote by Intel CEO Paul Otellini We Support Our Troops!!! The DocuPen RC800 from Planon makes 24-bit color scans, and weighs just 2 ounces. The $299 scanner has 8MB of on-board flash memory, plus a mini SD slot hidden beneath a small panel so you can really expand its capacity. Its rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery can be recharged via a USB port. The...

Breaking on the Canteen!!! Santa Supports Our Troops!!!!!(So does the Canteen!!)Also:  What does Santa do after Christmas? Inquiring minds want to know!GummyIII went undercover to find out just what Santa does after his big day...uh...night.  You might be surprised to see just what he's into!  Of course, you probably have spied him sometime somewhere doing something.  If so, please share with us here!  (If he's undercover, please remember "Loose lips sink ships"!  What Gummy is going to share has been cleared for public knowledge.) Gummy has a good source who says Santa was working undercover for our troops while...

 To all who serve and have served  in our armed forces, at home and abroad:  There are never enough words to express how valuable and appreciated the services of our armed forces  are.  We, as a group of folks dedicated to the support and love of  our troops, cannot begin to thank you enough for what you do and have done to protect the rights and freedoms of our country.  Many people forget that "our country"  is not just the land on which we live, but that it includes the very lives of the folks who live upon this land.  ...

A White House Christmas 2005All information taken from http://www.whitehouse.gov .WE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE! This year’s theme has been chosen to highlight the beauty to be found in nature. Our emphasis for this holiday season is on some of the many ways that plants, trees, fruit and flowers can be the stars of holiday decorating. The members of the White House Executive Residence staff and floral designers from across the country have worked tirelessly and creatively to make the White House reflect the wonders of nature’s bounty. Our thanks go to all whose deft hands...

    What memories do you have from Christmases past?  What recipes have been handed down through the years in your family?  Do you have a tradition to share?  A Christmas craft to show?  Is there something that you think of while you are away from home that gives you those warm fuzzy feelings?  Share with us!  We'd love to hear it! Grandma's Old-Fashioned Stack Cake(A Christmas Favorite in Gummy's Family)3/4 cups shortening 1 cup sugar 1 cup molasses 3 eggs 6 cups all-purpose flour 2 t baking powder 1/2 t soda 1 t salt 2 t ginger (ground)...

  We Support Our Troops!!!!  Thank you for your service!!! Let's hear what YOU want for Christmas this year. If you don't celebrate Christmas, we'd still love to hear what new toy, gadget, gizmo, or whatchamacallit you'd like to have.  If you don't know, Gummy  has some ideas for you!! Just look below.  Some of our Canteeners have offered suggestions, too.       HiJinx Okay, at the top of my political wish list is Zarqawi's head on a spike. At the top of my tech wish list is a top of the line 19" LCD monitor. At the top of...

Gummy Style!            Newsflash:  Gummy Hates to Shop November 22, 2005 I hate to shop.  I know. You are thinking, "She's not normal."  Perhaps I should clarify.  I hate to drive to a busy mall or store, get out, fight the crowds, look in umpteen stores for the best bargain, and come home with nothing but achy feet and head.  When Al Gore invented the internet, he did it for me.  Honest. (Psssst....He would have told you that, but he's afraid you wouldn't believe him.) OK,  you've guessed it...I do all my shopping online.  Below are my best tips for online...

That Famous Equation and You By BRIAN GREENE Correction AppendedDURING the summer of 1905, while fulfilling his duties in the patent office in Bern, Switzerland, Albert Einstein was fiddling with a tantalizing outcome of the special theory of relativity he'd published in June. His new insight, at once simple and startling, led him to wonder whether "the Lord might be laughing ... and leading me around by the nose." But by September, confident in the result, Einstein wrote a three-page supplement to the June paper, publishing perhaps the most profound afterthought in the history of science. A hundred years...

Click Picture for Video image: Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems, Inc. Brain PowerFor the first time, a paralyzed man with an experimental brain implant bypassed his damaged spine to manipulate an artificial limb and a computer program using only his imagination. This ScienCentral News video has more.Movin' on His MindAmericans celebrate their freedom every year on the same day that Matthew Nagle lost almost all of his. As Fourth of July fireworks flashed over Wessagussett Beach in Weymouth, Massachusetts nearly four years ago, Nagle found himself in a sea of flying fists and within minutes, Nicholas Cirignano, a man with a...

Full press release text: The dancing light of the auroras on Saturn behaves in ways different from how scientists have thought possible for the last 25 years. New research by a team of astronomers led by John Clarke of Boston University has overturned theories about how Saturn's magnetic field behaves and how its auroras are generated. Their results will be published in the February 17 issue of the journal Nature.By choreographing the instruments aboard the Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope and the Cassini spacecraft, while it was enroute to Saturn, to look at Saturn's southern polar region, Clarke and his team...