Archive for the 'Technology' Category
‘Bitcoin A Terrorist Threat?’
May 6th, 2014Via: International Business Times: After attracting attention from law enforcement, financial regulators and old-school Wall Street investors, bitcoin is now on the U.S. military’s radar as a possible terrorist threat. Friday was the deadline for submissions to a counterterrorism program seeking vendors to help the military understand state-of-the-art technologies that may pose threats to national […]
Norway: Oculus Rift Helps Norwegian Soldiers Drive Tanks
May 6th, 2014Via: Vice: As it usually happens, video games are designed to mimic real-world fighting. Now it seems the model’s being flipped on its head—the battlefield, for better or worse, is bearing an increasing resemblance to a game. Look at Norway, where the Army has started using Oculus Rift to drive tanks with increased visibility, according […]
Volvo Testing Self Driving Cars on Public Roads in Sweden
May 5th, 2014Via: Volvo: Volvo Car Group’s groundbreaking project ‘Drive Me’ – featuring 100 self-driving Volvos on public roads in everyday driving conditions – is moving forward rapidly. The first test cars are already rolling around the Swedish city of Gothenburg and the sophisticated Autopilot technology is performing well. An autonomous drive car was also shown in […]
U-2 Spy Plane Caused Widespread Shutdown of U.S. Flights
May 5th, 2014Update: FAA Confirms Spy Plane Scrambled Air Traffic Control in California Via: NBC: The Federal Aviation Administration has confirmed an exclusive NBC News report that a Cold War-era spy plane scrambled the computer systems of a major air traffic control system in Southern California, resulting in region-wide air travel delays affecting hundreds of flights and […]
Black Hawk Helicopter: Pilot Optional
May 3rd, 2014Via: Wired: The Army’s most iconic helicopter is about to go pilotless. The U.S. Army and defense contractor Sikorsky Aircraft demonstrated hover and flight capability in an “optionally piloted” version of the Black Hawk helicopter last month. It’s part of the Army’s effort to reduce troops and costs, in this case by letting the five-ton […]
Stephen Hawking: Artificial Intelligence Doom
May 3rd, 2014Via: Independent: Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks.
‘Solar’ Jet Fuel Made Out of Thin Air (Average Efficiency of 1.73%)
May 2nd, 2014This is nowhere near viable (at least in terms of what is publicly acknowledged), but I thought it was interesting anyway. Via: Chemistry World: The dream of producing hydrocarbon fuels from carbon dioxide and sunlight is one step closer thanks to chemists in Europe who have made jet fuel from scratch in a solar reactor […]
Microsoft Includes XP Users in IE Patch
May 1st, 2014*chortle* Via: BBC: Microsoft has said users of its Windows XP operating system will also get the security update it has issued to fix a flaw in the Internet Explorer browser. It issued the update on Thursday to fix a bug that let hackers gain access and user rights to computers. Microsoft ended support for […]
Hackers Can Mess With Traffic Lights to Jam Roads and Reroute Cars
April 30th, 2014Via: Wired: The hacker in the Italian Job did it spectacularly. So did the fire sale team in Live Free or Die Hard. But can hackers really hijack traffic lights to cause gridlock and redirect cars? According to one researcher, parts of the vehicle traffic control system installed at major arteries in U.S. cities and […]
Firefox Classic Theme Restorer
April 29th, 2014I wish Mozilla would stop pointlessly trying to change Firefox’s user interface. Change for the sake of change is retarded. If I wanted to use Chrome, I would. *groan* Anyway, Classic Theme Restorer goes a long way toward “fixing” the new Firefox.
