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Epix HD has locked down a launch date and lineup, confirmed for Verion FiOS subscribers so far, the festivities will kick off October 30th with television and online premieres of Iron Man, Madonna "Sticky & Sweet: Live from Buenos Aires," and Eddie Izzard: Live From Wembley. Other titles set for launch weekend are The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Madea Goes to Jail, Pink Panther 2, the Indiana Jones movie that sucked, Cloverfield, The Duchess and more. Epix has previously stated a goal to build the largest stable of movies online with a planned 3,000 titles available in the Epix Megaplex, you'll see if this whole new way of delivering a premium movie experience is all it's appeared to be very soon.

Update: Epix just passed along the launch weekend schedule so check after the break for all the times (EST)

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>eddie izzardEddieIzzardepixepix hdEpixHdepixhd.comfiberfiosfios tvFiosTvhdinternetinternet videoInternetVideoiron manIronManmadonnanew contentnewcontentstreamingvcastverizonMon, 12 Oct 2009 16:23:00 EST<![CDATA["Audio telescope" could help mitigate bird strikes]]>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/audio-telescope-could-help-mitigate-bird-strikes/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/audio-telescope-could-help-mitigate-bird-strikes/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/audio-telescope-could-help-mitigate-bird-strikes/#commentsBird strike has always struck us (har) as a bit of a misnomer. As British comedian Eddie Izzard once pointed out, birds don't exactly fly around looking for planes to go after -- the act of a bird hitting a plane's body or engine should be more adequately described as "engine suck." Either way, it's caused $2 billion worth of damage to US-based aircraft since 1990, according to the FAA. So, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology is currently working on a solution that involves a terrestrial setup of 192 microphones (an "audio telescope," if you will) that aims to pick up on bird sounds and detect what type of bird is approaching oncoming aircraft. The idea is that while a smaller sparrow isn't usually much concern, a larger hawk or Canada goose would be a problem when colliding with planes. One big problem though: currently the audio telescope can only detect birds at distances of a few hundred meters; Vincent Stanford of the NIST says that to really be effective, the telescope would "need to be up to around 2.5 kilometers." So get crackin' fellas, looks like your work is cut out for you.

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