Archive for October, 2019
Boeing ‘Whistleblower’ Says Company Focused On Profit Over Safety Of Doomed 737 Max
October 2nd, 2019Via: ZeroHedge: The New York Times has published a bombshell report about a new complaint filed against Boeing by a senior engineer, alleging the aircraft maker concentrated on prioritizing profits over the safety of the 737 Max airliner. The Times learned about the new development from a source who requested anonymity, said the Boeing engineer […]
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt On Biology: “Something That Can Be Digitally Manipulated”
October 2nd, 2019It’s easy to laugh at the barking insanity of these monsters, but at the same time, you probably know someone who spent their hard earned money to buy a “smart speaker” surveillance platform for their home. Via: CNBC: Brain inserts and carbon-absorbing bacteria aren’t just the fantasies of Silicon Valley’s richest executives, they’re also a […]
Gait Analysis (and Correlation to Video) of Individuals Possible Through Wi-Fi
October 2nd, 2019This is very bad. Via: TechXplore: Researchers in the lab of UC Santa Barbara professor Yasamin Mostofi have enabled, for the first time, determining whether the person behind a wall is the same individual who appears in given video footage, using only a pair of WiFi transceivers outside. This novel video-WiFi cross-modal gait-based person identification […]
FAA Allows UPS to Expand Drone Deliveries in U.S.
October 2nd, 2019Via: CBS: UPS won government approval to operate a nationwide fleet of drones, which will allow the company to expand deliveries on hospital campuses and move it one step closer to making deliveries to consumers. Many regulatory obstacles remain, however, before UPS — or other operators who are testing drones — can fill the sky […]
China Displays New Hypersonic Nuclear Missile on 70th Anniversary
October 2nd, 2019Via: Al Jazeera: China’s military has shown off a new hypersonic ballistic nuclear missile believed capable of breaching all existing anti-missile shields deployed by the United States and its allies. The vehicle-mounted DF-17 was among weapons displayed on Tuesday in a large military parade led by President Xi Jinping to mark the 70th anniversary of […]
Pentagon Official Fired After He Mentioned Billions of Dollars in Waste and Fraud
October 2nd, 2019Via: Yahoo News: Assad’s aggressive approach to contract negotiations, however, paid off. The Pentagon credited the career civil servant with bringing down the costs of the Apache helicopter, the C-17 transport plane and the F/A-18 fighter, saving taxpayers more than half a billion dollars. And that wasn’t all: A former senior Pentagon official said Assad […]
Corrupt Chinese Mayor Had Thirteen Tons of Gold and Billions in Cash in Home
October 2nd, 2019Via: Daily Mail: A powerful Communist official in China is suspected to have received 13.5 tonnes of gold and £30 billion cash in bribes. Thousands of golden bars and bricks were discovered at the leader’s home during a raid by corruption inspectors earlier this month. Their value could be worth up to £520 million, according […]
This Robot Can Make 300 Pizzas In An Hour
October 2nd, 2019Via: TribLive: Watch out pizza world: this pizza robot could shake things up. Seattle startup Picnic announced Tuesday that it has a developed a unit that can make 300 12-inch pizzas per hour and 180 18-inch pizzas per hour. While the pizzabot does its share of the work, dough preparation, sauce making and baking are […]
Man Spends 30 Years Regenerating Farmland Into Amazing Forest
October 2nd, 2019Via: Happen Films:
