Archive for March, 2014
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 […]
Chinese Economic Slowdown Sends Raw Materials Prices Lower
March 12th, 2014Via: Guardian: Mining stocks have taken a hammering on world markets after the price of iron ore – Australia’s biggest export – posted the biggest one-day fall in over four years. Figures showing an 18% fall in Chinese exports in February amplified fears of a slowdown in the world’s No. 2 economy, sending raw material […]
Department of Homeland Security Conducting Drug Raids?
March 12th, 2014Via: Gothamist: A number of East Williamsburg and Bushwick residents were surprised by a combined federal and NYPD raid on Devoe Street early Sunday morning. Some were disturbed by a loud, low-flying helicopter, while others were simply stopped from going home because the street was blocked off. Witnesses spotted a big Department of Homeland Security […]
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 […]
Man Spends 26 Years on Death Row for Murder He Didn’t Commit
March 12th, 2014Via: CNN: There are many ways to measure 30 years, but for Glenn Ford, the yardstick is simple. “My sons — when I left — was babies. Now they grown men with babies,” he said, speaking as a free man for the first time in nearly three decades. Ford, Louisiana’s longest-serving death row prisoner, walked […]
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 […]
NATO Jets to Monitor Ukraine Border
March 10th, 2014Via: BBC: Nato is to deploy reconnaissance planes in Poland and Romania to monitor the Ukrainian crisis. It gave the go-ahead for the flights on Monday, a Nato spokesman said. “All Awacs [Airborne Warning and Control System] reconnaissance flights will take place solely over alliance territory,” the official said. It comes as Russia cements its […]
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. […]
Global Debt Exceeds $100 Trillion as Governments Binge
March 10th, 2014Via: Bloomberg: The amount of debt globally has soared more than 40 percent to $100 trillion since the first signs of the financial crisis as governments borrowed to pull their economies out of recession and companies took advantage of record low interest rates, according to the Bank for International Settlements. The $30 trillion increase from […]
