Archive for December, 2016
Wall-Jumping Robot Is Most Vertically Agile Ever Built
December 6th, 2016Ah yes, “Search and rescue missions.” *wink* “The research was supported by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory under the Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology Collaborative Technology Alliance…” The objective of the Army’s Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology Collaborative Technology Alliance: Perform enabling research and transition technology that will enhance warfighter’s tactical situational awareness in urban […]
Confirmation of Wendelstein 7-X Magnetic Field
December 6th, 2016Via: DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory: Physicist Sam Lazerson of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has teamed with German scientists to confirm that the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) fusion energy device called a stellarator in Greifswald, Germany, produces high-quality magnetic fields that are consistent with their complex design. The findings, published […]
Pentagon Suppressed Study That Revealed $125 Billion in ‘Waste’
December 6th, 2016Via: The Hill: The Department of Defense suppressed one of its own studies that revealed $125 billion in wasteful spending, according to an investigation published by the The Washington Post. The newspaper found that the study, commissioned by Deputy Defense Secretary Robert O. Work, was hidden because of fears Congress would cut defense spending. The […]
‘The Bizarre Hillary Clinton Conspiracy Theory That Led a Man to Open Fire in an Italian Restaurant’
December 5th, 2016The shooter appears to be a failed actor. IMDB: Edgar Maddison Welch Via: Independent: A Washington pizzeria is the home of a child sex abuse ring that includes people including Hillary Clinton and her campaign chief John Podesta, reports claim. Those reports are entirely baseless and there is no actual evidence that the Comet Ping […]
John Key Steps Down as Prime Minister of New Zealand, Claims Family Reasons
December 5th, 2016Via: New Zealand Herald: John Key is resigning as Prime Minister of New Zealand. Key made the announcement at his weekly press conference this afternoon. The Herald understands Key’s wife Bronagh asked him to resign but he later said Bronagh would have backed him going into a fourth term. Key, his voice shaking with emotion, […]
Army Corps of Engineers Denies Dakota Access Pipeline Route
December 4th, 2016Via: NBC: The secretary of the Army Corps of Engineers told Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault II Sunday that the current route for the controversial Dakota Access pipeline will be denied. Archambaut told NBC News after he heard the decision that he was “thankful that there were some leaders in the federal government that […]
UK: Politicians Exempt Themselves from New Wide-Ranging Spying Laws
December 4th, 2016Via: Independent: Politicians have exempted themselves from Britain’s new wide-ranging spying laws. The Investigatory Powers Act, which has just passed into law, brings some of the most extreme and invasive surveillance powers ever given to spies in a democratic state. But protections against those spying powers have been given to MPs. Research Credit: Jb
Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda to Run Electric-Car Division
December 4th, 2016Via: Green Car Reports: It’s now abundantly clear that Toyota is changing course when it comes to zero-emission vehicles. After years of promoting hydrogen fuel cells while shunning and disparaging battery-electric cars, the company now plans to introduce a mass-market electric car by 2020. The fact that Toyota is reportedly only now assembling the team […]
Apple Confirms Work on Autonomous Systems for Transportation
December 3rd, 2016Via: Electrek: Apple’s car plans have long been kept under wrap by the company itself, but a new regulatory filing shows it publicly address the industry for the time. In a letter to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) uncovered by VentureBeat, Apple urges the government not to restrict testing of self-driving vehicles… […]
Hawaii’s Forecast: Icy and Dangerous Conditions. No, Really.
December 2nd, 2016Via: USA Today: Forget the swimsuits for Hawaii and pack raincoats and winter parkas. The National Weather Service issued a winter-storm warning until 6 p.m. Saturday local time, with heavy, flooding rainfall across the chain of Pacific islands and up to 30 inches of snow on the peaks of the Big Island. Drifting snow, freezing […]
