The European Union may be trying to protect its telecom equipment industry with its recent threat to investigate China over networking equipment imports. But the move could end up hurting the chances of Western vendors intent on supplying technology to China's upcoming 4G services launch, according to analysts.
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EU investigation could affect business from China's 4G deployment
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on May 21, 2013
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Liquefied Air Could Power Cars and Store Energy from Sun and Wind
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on May 20, 2013
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A 19th-century idea might lead to cleaner cars, larger-scale renewable energy.
Some engineers are dusting off an old idea for storing energy—using electricity to liquefy air by cooling it down to nearly 200 °C below zero. When power is needed, the liquefied air is allowed to warm up and expand to drive a steam turbine and generator.
Could humans be cloned?
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on May 19, 2013
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Could Tumblr turn into Yahoo’s MySpace?
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on May 19, 2013
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer seems dedicated to remaking Yahoo’s image and infusing the company with a new spirit that Tumblr embodies. [Read more]
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The Future Of Mobile-Social Could Spell The End For Social Networks
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on May 19, 2013
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Editor’s note: Keith Teare is the founder of just.me and a partner at Archimedes Labs. He is also the co-founder of TechCrunch.
This was a momentous week for those of us who are watching the rapid transition that is taking place from desktop computing to mobile., and particularly for those focused on mobile-social as I am due to my job at just.me. Here is my take on what we just witnessed.
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Building Solar in Spain Instead of Germany Could Save Billions
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on May 17, 2013
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Synthetic Biology Could Speed Flu Vaccine Production
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on May 15, 2013
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Advanced genetic engineering is already changing vaccine development and could make inroads into other branches of medicine.
Synthetic biology is breathing new life into the old-fashioned world of vaccine production, raising hopes that manufacturers could release vaccines much more quickly when outbreaks occur.
Dell board warns Icahn bid could leave the company short of cash
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on May 13, 2013
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A plan proposed by Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management last week as an alternative to Michael Dell's proposal to take his namesake company private would leave it short of cash, Dell's board warned the bidders on Monday.
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New Kind of LED Could Mean Better Google-Glass-Like Displays
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on May 13, 2013
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Micro-display LED tech could light up the next generation of face-wearable gadgets.
A tiny head-mounted display, like the one in Google Glass, will only be useful if you can see on-screen alerts and information clearly. And that’s tricky to achieve, especially without draining battery life—as Google notes, it can be hard to use Glass’s projected display in bright sunlight.
Google Babel to rebrand as Google Hangouts, could launch at Google I/O
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on May 12, 2013
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We’ve heard rumblings of Google‘s new unified chat service in the past, called Babel, but it seems the company is expected to announce the new service at Google I/O next week. However, before they do that, it’s been reported that Babel is being rebranded as Google Hangouts, and will merge with the company’s current Google+
Motorola XT1058 for AT&T hits the FCC, could be XFON related
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on May 12, 2013
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We’ve been waiting to see what Motorola would produce now that it’s a part of Google, and one of its first phones to bring the stock Android 4.2 experience may have just been revealed in an FCC filing. The XT1058 sports AT&T compatible LTE bands and NFC, and its model number matches some of the rumors mentioned for phones codenamed Yeti, Ghost or Sasquatch. More concrete ties to the original X Phone rumors are pictures of an AT&T-bound “XFON” posted by @evleaks last week, and the XT912 Vietnamese site Tinhte.vn got its hands on in March. When will we find out what’s hiding behind door number 1? Google I/O is next week and it seems (to us) like the perfect time for a big reveal, while we wait you can hit the source link to dig through the documents for any more information.
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Appeals court ruling could be ‘death’ of software patents
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on May 11, 2013
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A U.S. appeals court has ruled that an abstract idea is not patentable simply because it is tied to a computer system, signaling what one judge described as the "death" of software and business method patents.
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Bacteria-killing Viruses Could Make Medical Implants Safer
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on May 11, 2013
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Researchers attach “viral hitmen” to surfaces to demonstrate a possible antibacterial defense for catheters and other medical devices.
Medical implants like catheters and pacemakers can be a hotspot for bacteria, which grow in hard-to-treat films on the surface of such devices. Scientists and engineers are taking different approaches to changing the surface of implants so bacteria can’t take hold. For example, some groups are developing polymer films with structures that prevent bacterial growth (see “Pillowy Antibacterial Polymers”), while others are developing coatings that slowly release antibiotic compounds over time (see “Safer Joint Replacements” and “Innovators Under 35, 2007: Christopher Loose”). And now, researchers from Clemson University in South Carolina and the University of Southern Mississippi have described how a layer of bacteria-killing viruses could help prevent bacterial infections.
Wall Street Beat: Rise in markets could fuel tech M&A
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on May 11, 2013
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Increasing confidence in the economy and a rising stock market could lay the groundwork for a revival in tech-sector mergers and acquisitions as companies embrace cloud technology and pursue game-changing software, particularly for the mobile market.
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iPad Smart Cover magnets could affect implanted defibrillators
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on May 10, 2013
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It’s been discovered that the magnets in an iPad Smart Cover are strong to deactivate implanted heart defibrillators, according to a 14-year-old student who discovered the findings during her science fair project. Since then, the student has received a lot of attention from medical professionals and will even speak in front of 8,000 doctors in
Xbox 720 could get Project Gotham Racing launch game devs hint
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on May 8, 2013
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Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox 720 could launch with a new Project Gotham Racing game, developers have teased, with Lucid Games promising that “mid-May will be interesting for the studio.” Lucid, which was formed from ex-Bizarre Creations staff, the studio responsible for the original Project Gotham Racing series, took to Facebook to tease a new 2013 title,
Hidden sensors in Google Glass could enable AR apps
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on May 7, 2013
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One of the bigger digs against Glass so far, has been its rather limited feature set. In particular, there seemed to be no way to build full augmented reality applications for the wearable. (And it’s not like Google has exactly been forthcoming about many of its specs.) But all hope is not lost. Programmer Lance Nanek was digging around in debug mode and managed to push an Android app to the head-mounted display that spit out a list of available sensors. Looks like Glass does in fact have all of the necessary components for full-fledged AR — the official API just hasn’t exposed those capabilities yet. Currently third-party Glass apps are limited to updating your location once every 10 minutes, but with a little bit of hacking, we’re sure that limitation could be overcome and the full suite of orientation sensors exposed to developers. Perhaps it wont be long before someone ports Yelp Monocle to Glass. Of course, it’s probably only a matter of time before Google opens those features up to devs. For the full list of sensors and location providers head on after the break.
Filed under: Wearables, Software, Google
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The Body’s “Fountain of Youth” Could Lie In the Brain
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on May 6, 2013
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Zothecula writes “Instead of traipsing through Florida in search of the Fountain of Youth, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León might have been better off turning his search inwards. More specifically, he should have turned his attention to a region of the brain called the hypothalamus. At least that’s what research carried out on mice by scientists at New York’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University suggests. They found that the hypothalamus controls many aspects of aging, opening up the potential to slow down the aging process by altering signal pathways within that part of the brain.”
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ORBX streaming tech could revolutionize computing
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on May 5, 2013
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The first notes in a dirge for traditional computing have been sounded, says Brendan Eich, the inventor of JavaScript — and he couldn’t be happier. [Read more]
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With New Service, Any Device Could Run Almost Any Program From Anywhere
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on May 4, 2013
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In the near future, the only difference between a smartphone, tablet, and a laptop will be the size of the screen. Hardcore gamers could play 3D intensive games in a smartphone, and Michael Bay could render “Transformers 4″ from his iPad. Otoy, an LA-based software company, has discovered a way to stream any application to any device, completely through a web browser. It’s difficult to overestimate the potential disruptiveness of Otoy, as a breakthrough streaming service could, in the near future, end the need for app stores and computer upgrades (see a demo below). Otoy has a habit of impressing the tech press with its surprising ability to stream 3D intensive graphics to devices that shouldn’t be able to run them. Since Otoy’s 2009 demo, there’s been a rush of companies in the ever more crowded “cloud” services industry, such as Onlive’s streaming video gaming. Up until now, video games were shackled to certain consoles, mobile apps to particular app stores, and software to particular operating systems. If we didn’t own an iPhone, Windows, and or an Xbox, we couldn’t use a lot of cool applications. But, every device runs Internet browsers, and specifically, the JavaScript which Otoy utilizes to render the software. Soon, the monopoly that iOS, Windows, and Xbox wields over users will end, and the freedom to use any piece of software on any device will become the norm. Even cooler, we may no longer need to shell out $ 3,000 on a high-end laptop to run games or graphics software. At Otoy’s media event with Mozilla and Autodesk at San Francisco headquarters, we saw the graphics-hungry first person shooter, Unreal, run seamlessly on an iPhone. In essence, Otoy brings a supercomputer to your phone or tablet. “That’s going to have huge implications in my business” said celebrity talent agent and Otoy investor, Ari Emanuel, who sees the ability of more filmmakers to make movies in less time and for less money. Currently, it takes an entire day to render movie-quality scenes. With Otoy, globally distributed teams could work in real time (some at the beach) without having to stagger their work for an entire day between revisions. So, how much will it cost if Otoy completely replaces my computer needs? About $ 300, estimates Urbach, based on 8 hours of use per day for consumer applications (Otoy charges by computing power and is currently targeting artists). There is
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How Today’s Sensors Could Make Tomorrow’s Cars Safer
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on May 4, 2013
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Sensors in cars today could do more to reduce traffic accidents, and costs are coming down.
Driverless cars haven’t hit the roads yet, but computers are already helping to slow down or stop a car in situations when a crash is imminent. Still, just like people, these systems require time to react. Using sensor technology already in its vehicles today, Toyota is aiming to reduce the impact of accidents happening at faster speeds.
Could be business as usual with Intel’s new CEO
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on May 3, 2013
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With Intel’s new CEO ready to step up next month to lead the world’s largest chip maker, industry analysts don’t expect to see any big change in strategy.
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D-Link firmware flaws could allow IP video stream spying
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on April 30, 2013
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If you run a bank and use an IP video camera from D-Link, you may want to pay attention to this.
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Square Register update could help quick-serve restaurants
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on April 29, 2013
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Payments startup Square says that the new tools are aimed at helping restaurants more efficiently process orders. [Read more]
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Battery Could Provide a Cheap Way to Store Solar Power
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on April 28, 2013
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Combining aspects of high-energy lithium-sulfur batteries with flow battery technology can lower costs.
There’s a promising new entry in the race to build cheap batteries for storing energy from solar panels and wind turbines. Stanford researchers led by Yi Cui, a professor of materials science and engineering, have demonstrated a partially liquid battery made of inexpensive lithium and sulfur. Cui says the battery will be easy to make and will last for thousands of charging cycles.
Samsung May Launch A Rugged Galaxy S4 This Summer, Could Counter New Moto Phones
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on April 26, 2013
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Samsung is working on a dust-proof and water-proof Galaxy S4, which will essentially resemble the S4 but with environmental superpowers, says the Wall Street Journal. The paper also reported that Samsung is launching its next-generation Galaxy tablet in June, as well as a compact S4 at “just” 4.3-inches in size (this still seems large to me, but maybe I’m just old). Samsung has always been keen on capitalizing on flagship branding by diversifying its line with a variety of offshoot devices, so the news should come as no surprise.
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Keyboard App Swype Could Soon Offer Slang That Varies by City
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on April 26, 2013
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Keyboard app Swype could soon get hyper-local dialects that automatically change depending on which city you are in.
How would you like it if you could turn on your smartphone in San Francisco and get a different set of local slang loaded into the dictionary behind its keyboard than when you are in Seattle?
Could you design the next Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicle?
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on April 25, 2013
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Two Changes To Quirky Could Change The World
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on April 25, 2013
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“Quirky.com has generated a lot of buzz,” writes frequent contributor Bennett Haselton, “but it’s hard to see how it could ever be more than a novelty unless they change two key features of their process. Fortunately, they already have all the infrastructure in place for bringing inventions to fruition, so that with these two changes, Quirky really could deliver on their early promise to change the way products get invented.” Read on for Bennett’s thoughts — which seem more sensible than quirky.
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Google Trends Could Predict Stock Market Moves, Study Shows
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on April 25, 2013
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A paper found that trading based on search query volumes for the term “debt” could yield large profit.
This week’s fleeting stock market crash prompted by a false report from the Associated Press’s hacked Twitter account has focused attention again on the growing Wall Street practice of mining news and social data to make trades.
Vulnerable terminal servers could let bad guys hack stoplights, gas pumps
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on April 24, 2013
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Thousands of older systems, including those used to manage traffic lights, fuel pumps, point-of-sale terminals and building automation can be tampered with because they’re insecurely connected to the Internet.
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Suspected LulzSec hacker arrested in Australia could face 12 years in jail
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on April 24, 2013
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Nano-scale Optical Antennas Could Have a Big Impact
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on April 24, 2013
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Novel Heating System Could Improve Electric Car’s Range
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on April 22, 2013
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A prototype system can heat and cool without draining battery power.
Buyers considering an electric car must bear in mind that using battery-powered heating and air conditioning can decrease the car’s range by a third or more (see “BMW’s Solution to Limited Electric-Vehicle Range: A Gas-Powered Loaner”). A New York Times reviewer recently ran into this problem on a test drive, ending up stranded with a dead battery (see “Musk-New York Times Debate Highlights Electric Cars’ Shortcomings”).
How Facial Recognition Tech Could Help Trace Terrorism Suspects
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on April 20, 2013
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The FBI could use software to help identify suspects, and more advanced techniques are around the corner.
The FBI appealed to the public Thursday for help identifying two men shown in pixilated photos and video footage who are suspected of involvement in Monday’s bomb attacks in Boston.
The two men, now identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, brothers originally from Chechnya, were involved in a dramatic shootout with police in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Thursday night. The pair robbed a 7/11 and killed an MIT police officer before hijacking a car and engaging police in pitched battles in the suburb of Watertown. The older of the two men, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was killed during a shootout with police while his younger brother, Dzhokhar, remains on the run as of Friday morning.
Social nets could hold wealth of info on Boston bombing suspects
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on April 19, 2013
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As the manhunt goes on for the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, the bombers’ social networks could give investigators needed clues about them.
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Girl Scouts could get very own video game badge, STEM-approved
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on April 17, 2013
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Girls are gamers, too — and not just the Nintendogs type. Though video games have commonly been ascribed a boys’ club distinction, the Girls Scouts of Greater Los Angeles and Women in Games International are looking to undo that common misperception. Working in conjunction with E-line, the publisher behind the government’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) initiative, the two groups are seeking to create a nationally recognized video game badge; a first for the Girl Scouts. Guidelines for the proposed badge are still in process, with WIGI molding requirements to fall neatly in line with the STEM program, even going so far as to use the same development tool, Gamestar Mechanic. If and when the program gets final approval from the Girls Scouts of America, it’d be the third such video game badge available to our nation’s young troopsters, as both the Cub and Boy Scouts currently offer one. So, no Rosa, it would seem the Girl Scouts do need those stinkin’ patches.
Korean conflict could nuke your next phone, experts say
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on April 17, 2013
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A Smarter Algorithm Could Cut Energy Use in Data Centers by 35 Percent
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on April 16, 2013
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Solar Electric Spacecraft Propulsion Could Get NASA To an Asteroid
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on April 14, 2013
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coondoggie writes “In the process of detailing its $ 17.7 billion 2014 budget this week, NASA highlighted a mission to snag a 500-ton asteroid, bring it back, stash it near the moon and study it. It also took the time to put in a plug for an ongoing research project called Solar Electric Propulsion, which NASA says could be the key technology it needs to pull off the asteroid plan.”
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Hackers Could Abuse Electric Car Chargers To Cripple the Grid, Researchers Say
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on April 12, 2013
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alphadogg writes “Hackers could use vulnerable charging stations to prevent the charging of electric vehicles in a certain area, or possibly even use the vulnerabilities to cripple parts of the electricity grid, a security researcher said during the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Thursday. While electric cars and EV charging systems are still in their infancy, they could become a more common way to travel within the next 10 years. If that happens, it is important that the charging systems popping up in cities around the world are secure in order to prevent attackers from accessing and tempering with them, said Ofer Shezaf, of HP ArcSight. At the moment, they are not secure at all, he said.”
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Twitter’s Music App Launch Reportedly Set For Friday, But Coachella Could Prove Too Chaotic For Marketing
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on April 12, 2013
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Twitter Music will reportedly launch on Friday, reports AllThingsD citing sources familiar with the matter. Earlier today, music discovery service We Are Hunted confirmed that it had been acquired by Twitter, while Ryan Seacrest tweeted that he’d been playing around with Twitter’s new music app. AllThingsD says that Twitter’s standalone music app will suggest tracks based on data gleaned from users’ accounts, including the accounts that they follow. The app will allow users to listen to music using third-party services like iTunes and Soundcloud, or watch music videos provided by Vevo. Its acquisition of We Are Hunted and upcoming music app are the latest signs, along with Vine and its own photo filters, that Twitter is building itself out as an all-inclusive media platform. We’ve contacted Twitter for more information. A launch this weekend would coincide with the massive Coachella Music Festival outside of Los Angeles, CA. The festival carries heavy sponsorships and in the past Facebook has shown off check-in kiosks and other technology companies have attempted product launches there. Our writer Josh Constine has attended the last nine Coachellas and will be there this weekend. He’s not sure the launch of a music discovery app would work so well at the intense festival. Constine explains “Twitter launching a music app at Coachella is risky. The festival is chaotic, there’s poor mobile signal, people try to conserve battery life, and there’s a ton of distraction. Amongst the seven stages and wild crowds of 75,000 attendees, it may be difficult to find time to download and use a music discovery app. There would be no way to hear new music or watch music videos with all the noise there. The festival could be useful for raising awareness of the app, and if it was more of a music moment capturing and sharing app similar to Soundtracking it could see use at Coachellla. But the festival is so overwhelming, inebriating, and exhausting that people might forget about Twitter music app posters seen between sets and might fail to download the app.” We’ll be on the ground at Coachella tomorrow to let you know if Twitter tries anything.
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Hackers could start abusing electric car chargers to cripple the grid, researcher says
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on April 11, 2013
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Hackers could use vulnerable charging stations to prevent the charging of electric vehicles in a certain area, or possibly even use the vulnerabilities to cripple parts of the electricity grid, a security researcher said during the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Thursday.
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“Dark Lightning” Could Expose Airline Passengers To Radiation
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on April 9, 2013
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mbstone writes “Lightning researcher Joseph Dwyer of the Florida Institute of Technology claims that thunderstorms unleash sprays of X-rays and even intense bursts of gamma rays which could cause airline passengers to receive in an instant the maximum safe lifetime dose of ionizing radiation — the kind that wreaks the most havoc on the human body. Dwyer hopes his sensor aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, will provide more data.”
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Taser’s On-Body Cameras Could Make Cops Self-Policing
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on April 9, 2013
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While raising privacy concerns, Taser’s cop-cam should help enforce ethical police work.
The Verge has a great report about an emerging trend in policing–cameras that cops wear on the their bodies while interacting with suspects. (The piece is worth reading in full, particularly for the little documentary in the middle, which gives a better sense of how this technology works, as well as an eerie and innovative design element that causes images to elude the viewer scrolling through the article.)
Google Fiber’s Next Stop Could Be Austin, Texas
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on April 6, 2013
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Back in early 2011, Austin, Texas lost to Kansas City, Kansas for the distinction of being the first city in the United States to get wired up with Google’s high-speed Fiber internet service despite mounting a campaign to catch the search giant’s eye.
While the average tech-savvy Austinite has probably forgotten that campaign, it looks like Google didn’t — local ABC affiliate KVUE reported earlier this evening that Google will indeed announce its Austin Fiber rollout early next week citing multiple sources from within the city’s government.
Three Technologies Could Solve the Methane Leak Issue
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on April 6, 2013
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A World Resources Institute report recommends regulations to stop leaks, as we wait for data.
No one really knows how much better natural gas is compared to coal, greenhouse-gas wise. That’s because no one knows how much natural gas leaks into the atmosphere during production and distribution. Although burning natural gas releases something like half the amount of carbon dioxide as burning coal, leaks of natural gas can offset that advantage since natural gas contains methane, itself a powerful greenhouse gas.
PETMAN Is A Humanoid Robot That Could Probably Walk Big Dog
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on April 5, 2013
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PETMAN is a humanoid robot made by Boston Robotics. BR also created Big Dog, the quadrupedal, brick-throwing robot that haunts our dreams.
Diversifying Facebook Home could broaden its appeal, analysts say
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on April 5, 2013
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Facebook’s Home mobile software for Android-equipped smartphones might only appeal to the most active Facebook users at first, but the company’s plan to integrate third-party social services into it could broaden its appeal.
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Firing a Laser Into Your Brain Could Help Beat a Drug Addiction
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on April 5, 2013
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An anonymous reader writes “The prelimbic region of the prefrontal cortex in the human brain is thought to play a key role in drug addiction, and researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse wanted to see if manipulating cells there had a positive or negative impact on that addiction. They got some rats addicted to cocaine but not before loading them up with light sensitive proteins called rhodopsins that were placed in their prefrontal cortex, attaching to the neurons there. By shining a tuned laser light on to the prefrontal cortex, it was possible to activate and deactivate the cells. By turning them on with the laser, the addictive behavior of the rats was removed. Turning them off, even in non-addicted rats, saw the addictive behavior return or introduced.”
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