Bitcoin will be subject to regulation in the US as it gains in popularity. The article below goes into fearmongering about the potential of Bitcoins to be used by criminals, but forgets to mention that ALL currencies are used by criminals. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324373204578374611351125202.html
Considering there is a huge shortage of COBOL programmers, this is an excellent idea!
The French have much stricter anti-hate speech laws than the US, so some Jewish students thought they would go after Twitter when users of their service posted anti-semitic content. Twitter removed the content, but didn’t identify the culprits. The students feel they have the right to personal retaliatiin or something and went crying to a French court. Twitter argues that only US courts have anything to say about it legally. http://www.ibtimes.com/print/twitter-sued-50-million-after-refusing-identify-authors-racist-anti-semitic-tweets-1145609
Just like Red October this has been going on for a long time and the antivirus / malware community has been caught with their pants down. They did this by sunberting TeamViewer. They were detected because after 10 years of impunity, the team has been getting sloppy. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/21/teamspy_cyber_espionage/
The NY Times ran a story about a new technology past 1000 + people. Some got to see itmwith civil comments, others with rude comments. The peoplemwho read the rude comments became more polarised against the new tech and also reinterpreted the article to be more negative. nyt
A high rolling gambler and his accomplice tapped into the Crown casino video surveillance cctv system and were able to read other players cards. In just 8 hands (!) this led to them winning some $32 million herals sun
Because sometimes that’s cheaper than a return, if you book with different airlines consumerist
This system is like the leap motion, but has a 3d spacial interface, giving you an extra axis and more control. It also follows your whole finger instead of the fingertips. pmd technologies
The makerbot scans items using cameras and laters and saves the 3d model so that you can replicate it later on a 3d printer. http://store.makerbot.com/digitizer.html
By projecting four images onto a prism you get a real 3d holographic feel. Using the leap motion to move around the object looks really good! http://robbietilton.com/blog/?p=1589
What’s interesting about this, is that all the users on the PC get their own mouse to control independently ScreenHero
It consists of a sensor that sends an audio signal to a dongle in your audio jack. They have an open source sdk so you can take the temp and do what you like with it. Thermodo
It uses various plastics, meaning you can print in various colours and should cost between $1500 – $2000. Fabbster is a German comapnymand the product looks very good.
The only way to get your tweetdeck will be through the webbased version. Boo! Engadget
Privacy is a vague, undefined term which can be used very broadly. Obscurity is much more narrow, which means it can be more practically used to define preferable outcomes when it comes to protecting privacy.
So how is DNA data stored? It turns out that it’s easily reverse solvable using just the web. Governments don’t have a particularly good track record when it comes down to protecting databases. Do you really want your government holding on to your DNA?
Search of DNA Sequences Reveals Full Identities – NYTimes.com.
Adam Harvey creates fashion items that keep Big Brother off your back. He has experimented with hairstyles and makeup that confuse facial recognition. He has a pocket that blocks all transmissions to and from your cellphone. A hijab that thwarts thermal imaging technology.
The ultimate in good looking tinfoil hats.
Anti-Drone Camouflage: What to Wear in Total Surveillance | Wired Design | Wired.com.
Each Black Hornet system consists of two aircraft, with a single controller for the UAS and its payload and a base station. A tablet-sized monitor is also part of the package, which totals approximately 2kg (4.4lb).
The UAS carries three cameras – one looking straight ahead, one straight down and one at 45˚ forward and down. While the aircraft is flown manually to its target, it cannot be launched until it has established the GPS co-ordinates of itself and its base station. When the end of the 20min maximum flight time nears the system alerts the operator, who then has the option to command the aircraft to automatically return.
British Army operators detail Black Hornet UAV attributes.
The wiring of his new bionic hand will be connected to the patient’s nervous system with the hope that the man will be able to control the movements of the hand as well as receiving touch signals from the hand’s skin sensors.
Dr Micera said that the hand will be attached directly to the patient’s nervous system via electrodes clipped onto two of the arm’s main nerves, the median and the ulnar nerves.
This should allow the man to control the hand by his thoughts, as well as receiving sensory signals to his brain from the hand’s sensors. It will effectively provide a fast, bidirectional flow of information between the man’s nervous system and the prosthetic hand.
