Swedish cyborg gets haptic hand
Not only can you move this hand, you can feel pressure in the fingertips too! Swedish cyborg gets haptic hand • The Register.
PowerGenix NiZn rechargeable AA batteries
Apparently these batteries last around twice as long as other rechargeable batteries and aren’t as insanely expensive. PowerGenix NiZn rechargeable AA batteries: finally, some cells worth buying.
Framed for child porn
Turns out that there is malware out there that downloads kiddie porn to your PC without you knowing – until the police pay you a friendly visit. Fortunately the download rate is something like 40 sites per minute, which is humanly impossible, but try explaining that away! AP IMPACT: Framed for child porn — by Read more about Framed for child porn[…]
Dassault Rafale
This is a very comprehensive flight test review of the Rafale. FLIGHT TEST: Dassault Rafale – Rampant Rafale.
Fighter pilots face a dismal future
The U.S. Air Force has a morale problem with its combat pilots. The issue is lack of action for the pilots. That, plus the increased use of unmanned aircraft, and the very real prospect that the age of the manned combat aircraft may be coming to an end. http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htmoral/articles/20091102.aspx
Unreal Development Kit
Epic Games has released the Unreal engine for free! You can develop your own game using the Unreal engine and do with it whatever you like. This should cut down massively on game development costs and because it’s such a huge platform, should give you loads of possibilities. UDK – Unreal Development Kit – Epic Read more about Unreal Development Kit[…]
US Navy Swarm UAVs
The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) recently demonstrated autonomous operations by multiple “swarms” of unmanned air and ground vehicles, unattended ground sensors, video cameras and other devices linked together in an intelligent network powered by EdgeFrontier platform technologies from Augusta Systems, Inc. via NAVAIR And Augusta Demo Operations Of Multiple Swarms Of UAVs And Read more about US Navy Swarm UAVs[…]
Booming business, steal and sell to governments
An interesting article – if you have bank customer information, which you’ve stolen from a bank, governments will pay you for that information. If you’re a spy you’d be shot for it. It’s not right that the Dutch government is using tax payers money on criminally attained information to find people who have foreign cash Read more about Booming business, steal and sell to governments[…]
OBDII and iMFD Data Logging
Any car built this century has an OBDII interface. This allows mechanics to plug in their laptop and get real time engine data. Lots of information about the running of the car. Nowadays there are quite a few USB / Bluetooth OBD-II connectors, which allow streaming of this data to your laptop, Garmin navigation system Read more about OBDII and iMFD Data Logging[…]
The Space Elevator Games
They are on now, and the first teams are already succesful, being able to climb 899m at 3.9 m/s! The game is to get a robot up a line being held by a helicopter in flight. The robot is powered by just a laser beam. The Space Elevator Games.
NASA Space Elevator
Japan is committed, now NASA has 3 teams qualified to try to get their laser powered robot to climb a cable hanging from a helicopter one km in the air. Elevator to space? They’re really trying :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation.
Open a Bottle of Wine with Your Shoe – Drinks – Lifehacker
Open a Bottle of Wine with Your Shoe – Drinks – Lifehacker.
GSM Palm Pre unlocked
This means you can use your Pre outside the O2 network by using a special SIM card produced by Rebel. GSM Palm Pre unlocked with a little Rebel assistance.
Why computers suck at maths
This article explores why computers can’t do floating point maths, which is what makes Excel and all those online calculators such lousy mathematicians – basically because computers are binary, they can’t calculate anything after a decimal point, so the workaround is to put the number including the decimal point in a register of a certain Read more about Why computers suck at maths[…]
DTIC
DTIC Online Access Controlled is the central facility for the acquisition, storage, retrieval and dissemination of scientific and technical information supporting the Research and Engineering needs of the Department of Defense. Maintained by the Defense Technical Information Center DTIC, a recognized leader in information and knowledge management. This site provides access to DTIC’s collections, online Read more about DTIC[…]
Dutch Hacker informs Jailbroken iPhones that they’re insecure
Fantastic – this guy port scans the T-Mobile range and finds the jailbroken iphones on the network, then SSH’s in using the default password and blips a message to the iphone telling the user the iphone has been hacked. Users can find out how to close the hole by visiting a website and paying EUR. Read more about Dutch Hacker informs Jailbroken iPhones that they’re insecure[…]
Airport 3D scanners may rip your DNA to shreds
Terraherz waves, used to make x-ray type machines that can look through clothes and walls and more are also being deployed in airport scanners that look through your clothes. It turns out that under certain circumstances, they can resonate with your DNA, thus destroying it. Lovely. Slashdot Science Story | How Terahertz Waves Tear Apart Read more about Airport 3D scanners may rip your DNA to shreds[…]
Immerz – Kor-fx
The Kor-fx plugs into your audio jack, drapes around your shoulders and makes gaming and movie watching more immersive by vibrating directly into your chest cavity. You can tell where sounds are coming from more accurately and you can play with lower volume levels. A Physics Rebel Shakes Up the Video Game World, Literally | Read more about Immerz – Kor-fx[…]
Parents not allowed to watch their children play – UK
2 council run adventure playgrounds in Watford are off limits to parents. Only “play workers” are allowed to supervise the children playing there. For some reason, the local council thinks it’s not appropriate for parents to be in the same area as playing 5 – 15 year olds. Let’s fuel the paedophile paranoia some more Read more about Parents not allowed to watch their children play – UK[…]
UK adopts French 3 strikes law
Looks like the British are blithely going where the French couldn’t go by adopting a 3 strikes rule for illegal filesharers. First you get warning letters and then you get disconnected from the internet. Not only does this mean that basically your internet connection will be monitored for this kind (and what other?) behaviour, but Read more about UK adopts French 3 strikes law[…]
Windows 7 Shortcut keys
This is a huge and useful list: The full list of keyboard shortcuts includes: Win+Home: Clear all but the active window. Win+Space: All windows become transparent so you can see through to the desktop. Win+Up arrow: Maximize the active window. Shift+Win+Up arrow: Maximize the active window vertically. Win+Down arrow: Minimize the window/Restore the window if Read more about Windows 7 Shortcut keys[…]
Fixing stuff goes faster with AR
Using Augmented Reality goggles, powered on an Android platform, marines are able to maintain their vehicles 46% faster than using a laptop with technical manuals. The AR system provides label names to each object, shows a 3D model of the tool you need and gives instructions for specifica tasks overlaid on the camera view of Read more about Fixing stuff goes faster with AR[…]
Clean Smells Promote Moral Behavior
These guys put some people through some basic trust experiments and it turns out that people who are in a recently windex-ed room behave far more morally and are much less likely to exploit other people. Clean Smells Promote Moral Behavior, Study Suggests.
Evolving swarm intelligence in robots
The Lausanne university in Switserland has moved from the software to the reality: they’ve managed to get robots to evolve and learn behaviours, as well as the behaviour to decieve and cooperate through communication (flashing lights) and movement. It’ s a very interesting experiment, showing that robots are getting smarter every day and are now Read more about Evolving swarm intelligence in robots[…]
Ninite
Ninite looks great: you select the apps you want from a whole great list of them, it then gives you a custom installer to save and that then goes and downloads and installs all the applications you selected. Ninite Easy PC Setup and Multiple App Installer – Great For Win7 Upgrades.