Thursday / April 26, 2007

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A 2 meter long folded paper turtle ship floats on the water during the 426th birthday ceremony of admiral Yi-Sun-sin, today in central Seoul. The 16th century Korean admiral revolutionised naval warfare with the new turtle ship, an ironclad warship shaped like a turtle, and turned back Japanese invaders.

An employee of Japanese robot venture ZMP operates the new music robot "miuro", which can play Apple´s iPod digital music, with four built in speakers. The egg shaped robot can move automatically or by remote control with recognition of the map of the room. ZMP started to sell it with a price of US$900 and will sell the new software to make maps of the room for US$165.

Image shows a 1913 dated U.S. Liberty Head nickel. A Southern California coin collector paid $5 million for this rare "Liberty Head" nickel, the most ever paid for a 5-cent and the second highest price ever paid for any coin, according to the coin dealer who arranged the sale.

British cosmologist Stephen Hawkins, 65, who has spent his career pondering the nature of gravity from a wheelchair, is set to experience weightlessness during a "vomit comet" flight today in Florida. The idea is to give "the world´s expert on gravity the opportunity to experience zero gravity", said Peter Diamandis the chief executive of the Zero Gravity Corporation.

Image shows a 1913 dated U.S. Liberty Head nickel. A Southern California coin collector paid $5 million for this rare "Liberty Head" nickel, the most ever paid for a 5-cent and the second highest price ever paid for any coin, according to the coin dealer who arranged the sale. Ver más.