Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Automatic Butcherbot Debones 1,500 Whole Chickens Per Hour
July 11th, 2011Via: Popular Science: The fastest human butchers can fully debone about 150 chickens per hour. That’s a lot of chickens! But the new Mayekawa Automatic Chicken Deboner easily bests it, masterfully breaking down a whopping 1,500 chickens in the same amount of time–which, if our math is correct, is ten times faster than a flesh-and-blood […]
Former CIA Director: Build a New Internet to Improve Cybersecurity
July 10th, 2011So, here are some guesses as to what voluntary will mean: Do you want to login to your bank? You’ll need your trusted credentials for that. Online trading account? You’ll need your trusted credentials for that. Book an airline ticket? You’ll need your trusted credentials for that. Sign up for Internet service? You’ll need your […]
HULC Robotic Exoskeleton Undergoing Biomechanical Testing with U.S. Army
July 9th, 2011Future headline? ‘Resistance Fighters Use Smartphone to Cause U.S. Troops Wearing Exoskeletons to ‘Walk’ Off Tall Cliff’ They did it for the lulz. Via: Gizmag: Following lab evaluation tests, Lockheed Martin’s ruggedized HULC (Human Universal Load Carrier) robotic exoskeleton is now undergoing biomechanical testing at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center […]
U.S. Official Says Pre-Infected Computer Hardware and Software Entering Country
July 9th, 2011Yeah, but that shit from China is cheap, CHEAP! Bargains! Via: MSNBC: Confirming years of warnings from government and private security experts, a top Homeland Security official has acknowledged that computer hardware and software is already being imported to the United States preloaded with spyware and security-sabotaging components. Research Credit: m
Hackers Are Everywhere. Panic!
July 7th, 2011Via: PC Magazine: I think the number of recent hacks and the amount of news coverage on these attacks is suspicious. Could they be false flag events to help the government regulate the Internet? … Out of the blue, Citigroup was hacked, then the CIA, and then the FBI and other groups were hacked. Now […]
Huge Rare Earth Deposits Found in Pacific
July 4th, 2011Update: Map on Io9 See: A map of future undersea mining facilities. —End Update— Via: Reuters: Vast deposits of rare earth minerals, crucial in making high-tech electronics products, have been found on the floor of the Pacific Ocean and can be readily extracted, Japanese scientists said on Monday. “The deposits have a heavy concentration of […]
Grocery Shopping in South Korea
July 4th, 2011Tesco: Homeplus Subway Virtual Store. Via: Youtube: Research Credit: JH
South Korea: Entire Primary Education Curriculum Will Be Delivered Digitally By 2015
July 4th, 2011South Korea, a division of Samsung. Via: MIT Technology Review: By 2014, all of South Korea’s elementary-level educational materials will be digitized, and by 2015, the entire school-age curriculum will be delivered on an array of computers, smart phones and tablets. While the country’s education ministry is yet to announce the make or model of […]
Microsoft Admits Patriot Act Can Access EU-Based Cloud Data
July 3rd, 2011I can’t imagine that Cryptogon readers would store any personal or sensitive information on cloud based services, but just in case… Via: ZDnet: At the Office 365 launch, Gordon Frazer, managing director of Microsoft UK, gave the first admission that cloud data — regardless of where it is in the world — is not protected […]
IBM: Phase Change Memory
June 30th, 2011Via: PC World: Solid-state flash memory is widely used as a storage medium in tons of consumer devices, from cell phones to laptops like the MacBook Air. While it has big advantages over hard drives in terms of speed and a lack of moving parts, it has a limited lifespan. Now IBM researchers say they’ve […]
