Prosthetic hands can now feel

A 28-year-old who has been paralyzed for more than a decade as a result of a spinal cord injury has become the first person to be able to “feel” physical sensations through a prosthetic hand directly connected to his brain, and even identify which mechanical finger is being gently touched.The advance, made possible by sophisticated Read more about Prosthetic hands can now feel[…]

Let’s Encrypt – free, browser trusted, automatically renewable SSL certificate authority signs first certificate.

Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority brought to you by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). ISRG is a California public benefit corporation, and is recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Source: Blog It will hopefully be live in about a month.

New stealth technology uses  ceramics instead of metal with teflon – actually works against modern radars… mostly

Angle limitations lead the list. The experiment tested the cloak with light hitting at a 45 degree angle, and works effectively only within a 6-degree range of angles. Kante said his team is working on ways to expand that. His study states that the math behind the effectiveness of this experiment indicates a “large range” Read more about New stealth technology uses  ceramics instead of metal with teflon – actually works against modern radars… mostly[…]

AVG to flog your web browsing, search history from mid-October

We collect non-personal data to make money from our free offerings so we can keep them free, including: Advertising ID associated with your device. Browsing and search history, including meta data. Internet service provider or mobile network you use to connect to our products. Information regarding other applications you may have on your device and Read more about AVG to flog your web browsing, search history from mid-October[…]