Self-teaching robots are being tested in Oslo as scientists step up their bid to create semi-autonomous robots for use in search and rescue missions and potential planetary assignments to extract minerals. Click here to see the video.
Nobody knows how serious personal computing security is better than the folks at the Intercept, who broke the story about Edward Snowden and continue with revelations based on the information he provided. The Intercept has recently published an article on the top tips for encyrpting your laptop.… Read the rest
Have you seen this video for solar freaking roadways? It is all about replacing the roads with solar roads. They could generate triple the power needed to run the world as we know it, and with built in sensors and LED lights solar roads could be transformative, fun and safer than that ugly black tarmac we all love to hate. … Read the rest
I never ever EVER use a cell phone by my head. I ALWAYS use the speakerphone. Why? Coach shares something worth reading. “Last year, French researchers found an almost three-fold increase in the incidence of brain cancer in people with more than 900 hours of lifetime cell phone use.… Read the rest
“We had this huge party, and now a hangover, what do we do?” That’s where we are with privacy says Do Not Track Me director Brett Gaylor. The new docuseries reveals How Big Data Tracks Your Evey Move on the Internet.… Read the rest
Who really invented the internet? DARPA, the top secret weapons and technology agency of the US government. The internet was originally called DARPA net and connected military bases. So what amazing new technology could DARPA be working on now? Watch this video and find out!… Read the rest
The gatekeepers of the internet are censoring what you see – especially independent media. Google/YouTube/FaceBook the neo-Book Burners are attacking Truther Channels like Free Radio Revolution, Red Pill, etc by cutting off their advertisement funding, erasing or removing content and other techniques of shutting down this freedom of the press. … Read the rest
In modern times, the touchscreen is as standard as an interface can be. It’s so ubiquitous that there are a plethora of videos floating around the internet depicting young children trying touch and gesture controls on books, magazines, televisions, and even windows.… Read the rest
Michael Schulson tells The Truth About Communication Became Synonymous With Surveillance. In Salon the savvy tech critic talks outrage stemming from “Terms of Service,” the first book from the young cultural critic Jacob Silverman, is less an argument than a tour.… Read the rest
Todd Janca’s father ran the Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory in Mona, Jamaica, and Todd learned that at great depths submarine have to fight strong ocean currents.
“Along the way, it just dawned on me that no one is using all the energy that is down there,” he says.… Read the rest
This page right here is fun, with the daily dish at Fermilab, literally. Find out what those pesky Department of Energy eggheads are learning about dark matter, new subatomic particles and even dwarfs and centaurs – but more importantly: find out what they are having for lunch! … Read the rest
The lava lamp was invented by Edward Craven Walker whose other claim to fame was making underwater nudist films says Abigail Tucker in Smithsonian Magazine:
At a certain moment in the late 1960s, the lava lamp came to symbolize all things countercultural and psychedelic—although, as you might expect, those who basked in its lurid glow sometimes had trouble recalling exactly why.… Read the rest
+You may remember neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis — he built the brain-controlled exoskeleton that allowed a paralyzed man to kick the first ball of the 2014 World Cup. What’s he working on now? Building ways for two minds (rats and monkeys, to send messages brain to brain.… Read the rest
Move over, potato-clock! Plant-e’s technology produces electricity from plants without damaging them. This month more than 300 LED lights were illuminated by the Dutch company Plant-e in a new energy project called “Starry Sky.” Although the bulbs were ordinary, the electricity running through them derived from a new process that harnesses the power of living plants. … Read the rest
Your pin code for your ATM card might be read by the guy in line after you with this handy iPhone infrared camera. Your door code and other codes are also at risk. Watch this video to learn how to remove this potential threat to your 1,2,3,4 – whatever you type in to get at your cash.… Read the rest