Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Drones Will Cause an Upheaval of Society Like we Haven’t Seen in 700 Years
March 13th, 2014Via: Quartz: The human race is on the brink of momentous and dire change. It is a change that potentially smashes our institutions and warps our society beyond recognition. It is also a change to which almost no one is paying attention. I’m talking about the coming obsolescence of the gun-wielding human infantryman as a […]
Fleet of Drones to Patrol Australia’s Borders
March 12th, 2014Via: New Zealand Herald: Australia has announced plans for a fleet of giant high-tech unmanned drones to help patrol the nation’s borders, monitoring energy infrastructure and attempts to enter the country illegally. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the Triton Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, which can remain airborne for 33 hours, would be based in the southern […]
How the NSA Plans to Infect ‘Millions’ of Computers with Malware
March 12th, 2014Via: First Look: Top-secret documents reveal that the National Security Agency is dramatically expanding its ability to covertly hack into computers on a mass scale by using automated systems that reduce the level of human oversight in the process. The classified files – provided previously by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden – contain new details about […]
Watch a Stun Gun Drone Tase an Intern
March 12th, 2014Via: Popular Science: ) Research Credit: alvinroast
“It’s Me Against the Universe”: Developing Nuclear Fusion in a Basement with a Reclusive Gunsmith
March 12th, 2014A friend of mine does highly technical research work from his outlaw dwelling somewhere in the western part of the U.S. I sent him the link below about Doug Coulter and he wrote back: Speaking of open source physics… I don’t know if you’re interested in this. If not, maybe some of you’re readers might […]
Google Glass-Like Headgear for Soldiers; And “Then You’ve Got the Issue of Distraction”
March 12th, 2014Via: Mashable: The American military may soon be filled with soldiers sporting Google Glass-like headgear that can measure distances, display 3D building layouts, transmit video from a drone and more, all on a glass display right in front of their eyes. … What they can’t do is ensure that the data stream doesn’t cut out […]
Stanford Bioengineer Develops a 50-Cent Paper Microscope
March 11th, 2014Via: Stanford: When Manu Prakash, PhD, wants to impress lab visitors with the durability of his Origami-based paper microscope, he throws it off a three-story balcony, stomps on it with his foot and dunks it into a water-filled beaker. Miraculously, it still works. Even more amazing is that this microscope — a bookmark-sized piece of […]
Disney Bets $1 Billion on Technology to Track Theme-Park Visitors
March 10th, 2014Via: Bloomberg: Jason McInerney and his wife, Melissa, recently tapped their lunch orders onto a touchscreen at the entrance to the Be Our Guest restaurant at Florida’s Walt Disney World Resort and were told to take any open seat. Moments later a food server appeared at their table with their croque-monsieur and carved turkey sandwiches. […]
Commercial Drone Operations in U.S. Airspace Are Legal, Rules Federal Judge
March 7th, 2014Via: Drone Hire: The long stand-off between commercial drone operators and the FAA has just taken an extraordinary twist: A federal judge has rejected the FAA’s ban as unenforceable, ruling that commercial use of drones in the United States is unequivocally legal.
College Grads Taking Low-Wage Jobs Displace Less Educated
March 7th, 2014Via: Bloomberg: Jeanina Jenkins, a 20-year-old high-school graduate from St. Louis, is stuck in a $7.82-an-hour part-time job at McDonald’s Corp. that she calls a “last resort” because nobody would offer her anything better. Stephen O’Malley, 26, a West Virginia University graduate, wants to put his history degree to use teaching high school. What he’s […]
