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Six Cloned Labradors Enter the Korean Customs Service

Six cloned male golden Labradors named Toppy look set to be sniffing suitcases for the Korean Customs Service. The cloning method was developed by a team at Seoul National University led by Lee Byeong-chun, former lieutenant of disgraced scientist Woo-Suk Hwang, who was found to have fabricated research. Their father was chosen due to his exceptional drug sniffing abilities and good temperament. While still a ways off from sniffing out contraband, the six Toppies have already passed the first of round of genetic and behavioral testing and look set to continue the family tradition. As long as they can keep their noses out of passengers' crotches, they should be fine. [Chosun via Far East Gizmos and The Niche]

8:55 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Chris Magor
6,238 views, 49 comments

Latest by JesusBuddhist: @MarkB: Hey, I've visited the country numerous times, and I can tell you for a fact that dogs are not commercially slaughtered and sold in the market. There are many poor people there, and in some areas many stray dogs more »

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Move Over Meizu: China's Clone "Gods" do Nokia N95 Too

It's not just the iPhone that's being cloned: now this black 8GB Nokia N95 clone has joined the party. With dual slider keypads, a two megapixel camera with flash, another small camera, media player, Bluetooth and microSD card slot, it's actually not all that bad. It doesn't have the 8GB, of course. But you've got to admire the brazen advertising: "STRAIGHT FROM THE CLONING GODS OF CHINA! WE BRING YOU THE ALL NEW N95 DUAL SLIDE VERSION!" It gets worse. More »

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6:34 AM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By Kit Eaton
7,972 views, 16 comments

Latest by bungee: I've less issues with the Chinese copying the design (which is still wrong) than trying to pass this off as the real thing. At least Meizu doesn't label their copies the same way as the originals. I can just see more »