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...through pipes to check for chemical leaks or sneak under doors to spy on intruders. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have created the Mini Autonomous Robot Vehicle Jr. to do just that. Smaller than a cherry and powered by three watch batteries, MARV Jr. can cover 20 in. per min. on custom-made tracks fashioned from strips of latex balloons. Future versions may include miniature cameras, microphones and chemical microsensors...
Mashed potatoes are the ultimate comfort food. But boiling the potatoes and whipping them up just right is a drag. Now homemaker Carmina O'Connor of Warrenville, Ill., has patented a mashed-potato machine that cooks, mashes and flavors potatoes in just 20 min. Chefs insert washed potatoes into a food processor-size device and add water and seasonings. A finalist in Hammacher Schlemmer's Search for Invention 2001 competition, O'Connor hopes that someday "mashed-potato machines will be for Americans what rice cookers are for Asians." Now all she needs is someone to make and market her invention...
Most experts advise against it. Besides, there's no practical way to do it. Tossing your mail into a pressure cooker set at 15 lbs. for 15 min. would do the trick. Anthrax dies in wet heat above 250[degrees]F. But you would end up with pretty soggy letters. Speaking of soggy, boiling your letters won't work because the water reaches only 212[degrees]F. Ironing with steam heat may kill off the spores if you can get the iron hot enough, but then you risk setting your mail on fire. As for microwaving, you would need...
Machine gun fires 4,000 rounds a min...
...history in second place to his team's struggle to get into the play-offs. And on Friday night, the San Francisco Giant slugger did his part, hitting not one but two home runs during the longest nine-inning game in major league baseball history (4 hr. 27 min.). The first of those blasts (photograph above) broke the record of 70 set to much fanfare just three years ago by the Cardinals' Mark McGwire. Bonds had already set a new record for walks (overtaking the one set by Babe Ruth in 1923) earlier in the week. Bonds didn't much...