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The Seattle Times : What I did last summer
Creating a video game for the Xbox 360 is just a "wouldn't it be cool if" dream for some college students. But three interns spent last summer doing just that, and their game debuts Wednesday on the Xbox Live service. Full Story
Bryan-College Station Eagle: Atlantis rockets to space with Aggie aboard
Atlantis' external fuel tank looked like a beat-up old car that had bodywork done in someone's garage, but it still helped launch the first space shuttle mission of 2007. Full Story
KBTX News : Astronauts Receive Out of this World Training at Texas A&M
Several out-of-this-world experiences begin at Texas A&M. It's an honor several aggies have had. Full Story
CNN Video: Training at Disaster City readied London Fire Brigade
Urban search and rescue personnel from the London Fire Brigade relied on training received at the Texas Engineering Extension Service’s (TEEX) Disaster City in their response to the July 7 terrorist attacks. London Fire Brigade Commissioner Ken Knight attributed his agency’s preparedness to the urban search and rescue training received in Texas at Texas A&M and Disaster City. Video (Windows Media) | News Release
ABC News Video: Texas A&M researchers develop nanotechnology to detect bacteria
"Dr. Laszlo Kish and his team of researchers at Texas A&M have come up with a way to measure whether or not specific bacteria are present in certain situations. Their invention, called SEPTIC, only takes about five minutes to identify bacteria. Current methods used in hospitals can take hours, even days." Video | News Release
USA Today: University works to create electronic monitoring for border use
"Border officials and a Tucson congressman are excited about the prospect of a new system being developed that could create an invisible electric monitoring line stretching along Arizona's 1,950-mile border with Mexico. Such a system is well under way at Texas A&M University and will be working within a year, says project leader Henry Taylor." Full Story | News Release
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Tsunami experts examine waves' debris
"[Cornell university expert Phil] Liu, Texas A&M's Patrick Lynett and Sri Lankan translator Sri Indrakanthan went south, to the poorer areas of Trincomalee. Liu's team negotiated bumpy, washed-out roads, stopping to take measurements of damage, eventually taking a ferry to get to one of the hardest hit areas in the east — Kinniya." Full Story | News Release
Bryan-College Station Eagle: Aggie astronaut ready for launch
"Michael Fossum had all but abandoned his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut when he entered Texas A&M University in the late 1970s. But an unlikely decision during his first days as an Aggie sent his life on a path that eventually led him to NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Now, the astronaut is poised to make his first journey into space." Full Story
San-Antonio Business Journal: Texas A&M lab at Brooks lands $1.7M Army contract
"The Texas A&M University System's Aircraft Sustainability Laboratory at Brooks City-Base won a $1.7 million U.S. Army contract to support lean manufacturing initiatives at the Corpus Christi Army Depot." Full Story | News Release
KHOU-TV Houston Video: Texas A&M University's Integrated Center for Homeland Security
Texas A&M Engineering's counter terrorism research includes Disaster City, based in the university's National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center; radiation of mail tainted by anthrax; effectiveness of popup gates and walls protecting government buildings from car bombs; and a high-tech ambulance. Video
FOX News Video: Smart Tattoo monitors blood sugar levels of Type 1 diabetics without breaking the skin
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"Researchers are working on ways to monitor blood sugar levels of Type 1 diabetics without even breaking the skin. One early technology is getting glowing reviews: ... the Smart Tattoo. Scientists from Texas A&M and Penn State University are in the early stages at developing a noninvasive, pain-free sugar monitor that could tell diabetics when their glucose levels are dangerously low." Video
