Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Qubit Survives Record 39 Minutes at Room Temperature
November 16th, 2013Via: CBC: A Canadian-led team of researchers has created a key component of a quantum computer that can survive at room temperature for a whopping 39 minutes, blowing away previous records of just seconds. The discovery means it might be possible to store quantum bits of data, known as “qubits,” even at room temperature, for […]
inFORM Is a Dynamic Shape Display That Can Render 3D Content Physically
November 13th, 2013Via: MIT / YouTube: inFORM is a Dynamic Shape Display that can render 3D content physically, so users can interact with digital information in a tangible way. inFORM can also interact with the physical world around it, for example moving objects on the table’s surface. Remote participants in a video conference can be displayed physically, […]
The Second Operating System Hiding in Every Mobile Phone
November 12th, 2013The Find: Back in July 2013, The Washington Post reported that nearly a decade ago, the National Security Agency developed a new technique that allowed spooks to “find cellphones even when they were turned off. JSOC troops called this ‘The Find,’ and it gave them thousands of new targets, including members of a burgeoning al-Qaeda-sponsored […]
Stuxnet Infected Russian Nuclear Plant, International Space Station
November 11th, 2013Via: SC Magazine: Stuxnet had ‘badly infected’ the internal network of a Russian nuclear plant after the sophisticated malware caused chaos in Iran’s uranium facilities in Natanz. The malware, widely considered to have been developed by the US Government as a means to disrupt Iran’s uranium enrichment plans, had crossed a physically separated ‘air-gapped’ network […]
New DHS Funded WiFi Network and Probable Tracking System Installed Throughout Downtown Seattle
November 11th, 2013There are a variety of apps out there that use GPS as a proximity switch to turn your phone’s WiFi radio on and off. With the WiFi radio off, networks like the one described below can’t track your phone.* * Of course, the mobile operating system and cellular radio are giving you up about a […]
UK Spies Continue “Quantum Insert” Attack via LinkedIn, Slashdot Pages
November 11th, 2013Via: Ars Technica: Der Spiegel suggests that the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), the British sister agency to the NSA, used spoofed versions of LinkedIn and Slashdot pages to serve malware to targets. This type of attack was also used to target “nine salaried employees” of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the global oil […]
International Construction Firm Balfour Beatty Considering Drone Workers
November 10th, 2013Via: Technology Advice: Most people associate drones with military and counter-terrorism programs, but Balfour Beatty CIO Danny Reeves wants to use them for a rather different purpose. Speaking at the Fujitsu Forum, he told Techworld that unmanned aerial vehicles could be used to build walls, and improve project efficiency. Balfour Beatty is a international construction […]
Solid Concepts Unveils First 3D-Printed Metal Gun
November 9th, 2013I don’t like 1911s on the best of days, and I was thinking, “No way that thing will cycle properly. Even once.” Well, I’ll be damned. Via: Guns: Solid Concepts is taking 3D printing over a threshold with their just-announced 3D printed stainless steel handgun. A 1911, the Solid Concepts pistol is chambered for full-power […]
New Artificial Blood Made In Transylvania (Yes, Really)
November 9th, 2013Via: Smithsonian: Science, in all its grand ambition and contemporary sophistication, doesn’t quite have what it takes yet to replicate anything like blood. It not only delivers oxygen and essential nutrients, but also serves a host of other functions crucial for our survival, such as fighting infections, healing injuries and regulating hormones. So far, researchers […]
CIA Pays AT&T $10 Million Per Year for Access to Call Data
November 8th, 2013Via: New York Times: The C.I.A. is paying AT&T more than $10 million a year to assist with overseas counterterrorism investigations by exploiting the company’s vast database of phone records, which includes Americans’ international calls, according to government officials. The cooperation is conducted under a voluntary contract, not under subpoenas or court orders compelling the […]
