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millipede


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    Technologies Of The Year -- IBM's Millipede March  Nov 12, 2003
    In a couple of years, IBM Corp.'s Millipede data storage system might also enter the debate. Millipede harkens back to the days ... (Industry Week)

    IBM's Nick Donofrio Named "Technology Leader of the Year" by ...   Nov 14, 2003
    Nick Donofrio, senior vice president, Technology and Manufacturing for IBM, was named the 2003 "Technology Leader of the Year." IBM's Millipede data storage ... (Market Wire (press release))

    Monkeys agree: mosquitoes suck  Nov 18, 2003
    The capuchins have learned to actively seek out a kind of millipede (Orthoporus dorsovittatus) by riffling in and around tree bark or termite mounds. ... (Merge Media, CA)

    Friendly fall foragers or unwanted house guests  Oct 31, 2003
    ...have only two. Also, the millipedes legs are quite short and may not be seen if viewing the millipede from above. Though usually ... (El Dorado Times, KS)

    A hissing cockroach proves more useful than charming  Oct 23, 2003
    The zoo's community programs coordinator Tori McNally brought a Madagascar hissing cockroach, an African millipede, a king snake and a bearded dragon lizard. ... (Providence Journal Bulletin (subscription), RI)

    20 million Thinkpads later...  Nov 11, 2003
    ...for wireless access. But local storage technologies have had a fire put under them with IBM's Millipede Project. Horne described ... (PC Pro, UK)

    SUPREME SURVIVORS  Nov 10, 2003
    For the medicine cabinet, I was shown leadwood roots for coughs, the shell of a millipede for eye tincture, silver terminalia tree roots to heal wounds, and ... (The Times (subscription), UK)

    Halloween at the Peabody  Oct 24, 2003
    I know how you can tell a centipede from a millipede," one child told us. "Centipedes stick out further. Millipedes' legs stick in further.". ... (WTNH, CT)

    Tiny frogs are poison powerhouses  Oct 20, 2003
    ...ordinary, nontoxic food. "As man has disturbed the habitat, this millipede has become a source of food for the frogs," he says. In fact ... (Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX)

    Vast bat habitat gets some help  Oct 26, 2003
    ...findings already include a species of cave beetle previously unknown to science, several new groundwater crustaceans, and at least one new species of millipede ... (Knoxville News Sentinel, TN)

    Project for Bat Mitzvah benefits police  Nov 6, 2003
    ...animal-loving O'Donnells, Kim said, noting how in recent years they've provided a home to a cockatiel, lizards, the two dogs and a footlong millipede named Legs ... (Times Picayune, LA)

    SUPREME SURVIVORS  10 Nov 2003
    For the medicine cabinet, I was shown leadwood roots for coughs, the shell of a millipede for eye tincture, silver terminalia tree roots to heal wounds, and ... (The Times (subscription), UK)

    Friendly fall foragers or unwanted house guests  Oct 31, 2003
    ...have only two. Also, the millipedes legs are quite short and may not be seen if viewing the millipede from above. Though usually ... (El Dorado Times, KS)

    Project for Bat Mitzvah benefits police  Nov 6, 2003
    ...for the animal-loving O'Donnells, Kim said, noting how in recent years they've provided a home to a cockatiel, lizards, the two dogs and a footlong millipede ... (Times Picayune, LA)

    A hissing cockroach proves more useful than charming  Oct 23, 2003
    The zoo's community programs coordinator Tori McNally brought a Madagascar hissing cockroach, an African millipede, a king snake and a bearded dragon lizard. ... (Providence Journal Bulletin (subscription), RI)

    Vast bat habitat gets some help  Oct 26, 2003
    ...findings already include a species of cave beetle previously unknown to science, several new groundwater crustaceans, and at least one new species of millipede ... (Knoxville News Sentinel, TN)

    Show time is new car ad time  Oct 15, 2003
    The TV commercial uses a caterpillar and a millipede, both flown in from north Queensland, to illustrate the power of Audi's unique multitronic technology ... (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia)

    Tiny frogs are poison powerhouses  Oct 20, 2003
    ...ordinary, nontoxic food. "As man has disturbed the habitat, this millipede has become a source of food for the frogs," he says. In fact ... (Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX)

    From kindergarten to high school, they make the grade  Oct 16, 2003
    Brings the outdoors into her classroom, with a stream table, turtle pond, fish aquariums, Madagascar hissing cockroaches, a millipede and a chinchilla. ... (USA Today)

    Miracle materials  Oct 15, 2003
    Earlier last year, IBM announced its Millipede storage project, which will use 1,024 small pivoting arms to make memory indentations just 10 nanometers wide in ... (Red Herring)

    Halloween at the Peabody  Oct 24, 2003
    I know how you can tell a centipede from a millipede," one child told us. "Centipedes stick out further. Millipedes' legs stick in further.". ... (WTNH, CT)

    Robot to replace biopsy surgery  09 Oct 2003
    Naples - A minuscule "millipede robot", to be swallowed with a glass of water, will soon replace biopsy surgery, researchers in Italy were quoted as saying on ... (News24, South Africa)

    Ask for this old fossil by name... Paddy  Oct 5, 2003
    ...ankle deep in a burn, he is exploring the roots of time, tapping with a hammer towards scientific immortality courtesy of a 330 million-year-old millipede ... (The Scotsman, UK)

    What's talent to a muse?  Oct 5, 2003
    Even Bellamy, who can usually fit more words into a minute than a millipede has legs, is silenced by the suggestion that American success could be imminent. ... (The Times, UK)

    Rain forest experience slithers into fair  Oct 3, 2003
    ...the fairgrounds Thursday. "The outside is soft, but the feet stick to you," she said after stroking a black millipede. A few feet ... (Fresno Bee, CA)

    Magnet classrooms offer students themed lessons with hands-on ...   Sep 24, 2003
    ...holding all manners of creatures. There are fish, frogs, lizards, a crab and even a large millipede. Students have their own pet ... (Peninsulaclarion.com, AK)



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