Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Police Across the Nation Will Roll Out Face-Recognizing iPhone Tech This Year
July 17th, 2011Via: Popular Science: A controversial piece of facial recognition technology … is rolling out in police stations across the country this fall, and naturally not everyone is happy about it. The Mobile Offender Recognition and Identification System (MORIS) uses an augmented iPhone to snap pictures of faces, scan fingerprints, and even to image irises, and […]
Pentagon Wants a Social Media Propaganda Machine
July 16th, 2011Via: Wired: You don’t need to have 5,000 friends of Facebook to know that social media can have a notorious mix of rumor, gossip and just plain disinformation. The Pentagon is looking to build a tool to sniff out social media propaganda campaigns and spit some counter-spin right back at it. On Thursday, Defense Department […]
Greg’s Cable Map
July 15th, 2011Via: cablemap.info: Greg’s Cable Map is an attempt to consolidate all the available information about the undersea communications infrastructure. The initial data was harvested from Wikipedia, and further information was gathere by simply googling and transcribing as much data as possible into a useful format, namely a rich geocoded format.
SpaceX Heavy-Lift Rocket Will Launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base
July 15th, 2011Via: space.com: The company Space Exploration Technologies, better known as SpaceX, broke ground Wednesday (July 13) on a new launch site for its massive heavy-lift rocket. SpaceX is upgrading a site called Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base near Santa Barbara, Calif. The refurbished launch complex will host SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, […]
Samsung Netbook NP-NC215-A01US with Built In Solar Panel
July 13th, 2011This might be of interest to the many Cryptogon readers who, shall we say, have no fixed address. Since grabbing an unauthorized charge can result in a jail sentence, this is just one more way to avoid a potential encounter with the filth. This netbook will ship in August. Via: Amazon: More: Engadget
JP Morgan Uses Field-Programmable Gate Array Supercomputer to Cut Credit Risk Analysis from 8 Hours to 12 Seconds
July 12th, 2011Via: ComputerworldUK: JP Morgan is now able to run risk analysis and price its global credit portfolio in near real-time after implementing application-led, High Performance Computing (HPC) capabilities developed by Maxeler Technologies. The investment bank worked with HPC solutions provider Maxeler Technologies to develop an application-led, HPC system based on Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology […]
Recovery: Cisco to Cut as Many as 10,000 Jobs
July 12th, 2011Via: Bloomberg: Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO), the largest networking-equipment company, may cut as many as 10,000 jobs, or about 14 percent of its workforce, to revive profit growth, according to two people familiar with the plans. The cuts include as many as 7,000 jobs that would be eliminated by the end of August, said the […]
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 […]
