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Daily Archives: September 26, 2014
Tiny Humanoid Robot Learning to Fly Real Airplanes
The little robot in the picture above is a PIBOT, a small, very low-cost humanoid (actually a Bioloid Premium from Robotis). It’s been slightly modified to be able to work the controls of a scaled-down, simulated aircraft cockpit, as in the pic above. PIBOT is able to identify and use all of the buttons and switches and stuff that you’d find in the cockpit of a normal light aircraft designed for humans
via Tiny Humanoid Robot Learning to Fly Real Airplanes – IEEE Spectrum.
Gauntlet 2014 released!
Four Heroes Search the Deadly Gauntlet For Untold Riches
WILL THEY MAKE IT OUT ALIVE?
For ages, fool-hardy adventurers have been lured by promises of countless treasures in the depths of the Gauntlet, yet none have ever made it out alive. The corrupt wizard Morak conjures minions and devious traps against would-be champions and taunts them all along the way. But a new group of heroes looks to succeed where all others have failed.
via Gauntlet | Invade the Darkness this September on PC!.
Hope it’s as much fun as the original!
Indian Mars Orbiter Mission makes it in one shot!
A very cheap mission has managed to park into Mars Orbit first time, something never before done. Congratulations India!
ISRO: Mars Orbiter Mission.
PrintAlive: 3D Bioprinter Creates ‘Living Bandage’ Skin Grafts to Treat Burn Victims
Engineering students from the University of Toronto have developed a 3D bioprinter that can rapidly create artificial skin grafts from a patient’s cells to help treat burn victims.
via PrintAlive: 3D Bioprinter Creates 'Living Bandage' Skin Grafts to Treat Burn Victims – Yahoo News UK.
Terror laws clear Senate, enabling entire Australian web to be monitored and whistleblowers to be jailed
Australian spies will soon have the power to monitor the entire Australian internet with just one warrant, and journalists and whistleblowers will face up to 10 years’ jail for disclosing classified information.
Bash broken – ShellShock
GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted environment, as demonstrated by vectors involving the ForceCommand feature in OpenSSH sshd, the mod_cgi and mod_cgid modules in the Apache HTTP Server, scripts executed by unspecified DHCP clients, and other situations in which setting the environment occurs across a privilege boundary from Bash execution, aka "ShellShock." NOTE: the original fix for this issue was incorrect; CVE-2014-7169 has been assigned to cover the vulnerability that is still present after the incorrect fix
via NVD – Detail.
Bitcoin-mining company Butterfly Labs shut down by FTC
Company marketed specialized computers designed to produce the cryptocurrency but delivered useless machines, according to an FTC complaint.
via Bitcoin-mining company Butterfly Labs shut down by FTC – CNET.