Archive for May, 2013
Trouble Viewing Cryptogon?
May 29th, 2013Bluehost moved my account to a new server about a week ago and, long story short, Cloudflare got messed up. As of now, almost all of you should be able to reach Cryptogon without any problems. A couple of you might still be having trouble. For example, if you’re able to view Cryptogon at work […]
Google Acquires Wind Power Firm Makani Power
May 28th, 2013Via: PCMag: Google is known for putting its resources into some novel technologies like self-driving cars and wearable computing devices. Now, the Web giant is moving into yet another field—wind power. After previously investing in the company, Google has agreed to acquire Alameda, Calif.-based green energy startup Makani Power. Financial terms of the deal were […]
40 Statistics About The Fall Of The U.S. Economy That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe
May 28th, 2013I didn’t know about #38: One Million U.S. Students Homeless, New Data Show: For the first time in history, public schools reported more than one million homeless children and youth, according to data released today by the U.S. Department of Education. The 1,065,794 homeless students enrolled by U.S. preschools and K-12 schools in the 2010-2011 […]
High School Teacher Disciplined for Reminding Students About The 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Before Taking Behavioral Survey
May 28th, 2013Via: Daily Herald: A Batavia High School teacher’s fans are rallying to support him as he faces possible discipline for advising students of their Constitutional rights before taking a school survey on their behavior. They’ve been collecting signatures on an online petition, passing the word on Facebook, sending letters to the school board, and planning […]
U.S. Weapons System Designs Compromised by Chinese Cyberspies
May 28th, 2013Related, From Australia: ASIO Blueprints Stolen in Major Cyber Attack on Canberra HQ: Classified blueprints of the new ASIO headquarters in Canberra have been stolen in a cyber hit believed to have been mounted by hackers in China. The ABC’s Four Corners program has discovered the plans were taken in an operation targeting a contractor […]
Henry van der Heyden: “Don’t ever trust them…never.” “China is where New Zealand’s future is.”
May 28th, 2013
Via: New Zealand Herald: Former Fonterra chairman Sir Henry van der Heyden has apologised to “China and its people and Government ” for warning New Zealand businesses not to trust the Chinese. Van der Heyden broke at lunchtime from his final board meeting as a Fonterra director to issue his public apology over comments made […]
Power Out – Winter Conditions in New Zealand
May 28th, 2013Update: Lights On And I sit here, watching the meters on the UPS units slowly coming back up in anticipation of the next dump. It is suddenly still and quiet outside. — We’ve been having insane weather. We’re not getting snow in the Far North, but there’s lots of hail, lightning, heavy rain and wind. […]
South Korea Halts Operations at Reactors Over Faked Certificates
May 28th, 2013Via: New York Times: South Korea was forced to turn off two nuclear power reactors on Tuesday and delay the scheduled start of operation at another two, after its inspectors discovered that the reactors used components whose safety certificates had been fabricated. South Korea’s nuclear power industry has been plagued by a series of forced […]
Cradle Turns Smartphone Into Handheld Biosensor; ‘Performs as Accurately as a Large $50,000 Spectrophotometer in the Laboratory’
May 27th, 2013😯 Woh. Via: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Researchers and physicians in the field could soon run on-the-spot tests for environmental toxins, medical diagnostics, food safety and more with their smartphones. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed a cradle and app for the iPhone that uses the phone’s built-in camera and processing power […]
Japan: SKWID Harnesses the Power of Both the Wind and the Tide
May 27th, 2013If you’re like me, you’re going to wonder how the vertical power generation axis is going to handle the shear stress caused by the rest of the unit bobbing around on the surface. See the short .pdf on MODEC’s site: Stable performance in an unstable sea. The float structure supports the power generation assembly via […]
