February 2012
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January 2012
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The new Mega corps - State Owned companies (and... →
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Could microbes grow the starship? →
We imagine making products “not found in nature”—but even natural microbes make molecules that organic chemists would never dream of. Look at thisantitumor agent discovered from a filamentous soil bacterium, the kind of bacteria that give soil that new smell in the springtime (Science 297:1170). Those sets of three parallel lines are each triple bonds, within a nine-carbon...
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The Complicated Ethics of the Unborn | Quiet... →
Brilliance from Quiet Babylon:
If unborn have rights, what about the indefinite number of future generations?
By going vegan, you’ll help reducing number of born animals..
Can you preserve animals in order to be able to hunt them?
Are vat grown people born or not?
What about failed fertilisations - how many unborn are killed?
Read on!
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New round of future predicitions signed Charlie... →
Key highlights:
Lots of old people
Lots of environmental danger
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Hacking is sometimes about old-school breaking in... →
MI:4 has reminded me how effective the physical security attack really is. While today’s military grade firewall may be Fort Knox at keeping people out of the tubes, there’s really nothing that’s going to stop a hacker if they’re sitting right in front of the machine. Or if their increasingly disgruntled team leader is sitting in front of the machine with a pocket router...
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Quiz: Cop or Soldier? - Boing Boing →
I’ve put together a little quiz that may be of interest to Boing Boingers. The idea is to illustrate just how hard it can be distinguish police from military. Which is a problem, given that they have two very different jobs.
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Crew of 170 people needed to keep Predator drone... →
The robot’s are going to have a hard time taking over the world anytime soon…
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December 2011
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"Cohort mode" riot shields emit sound of doom →
The new shield described by Raytheon produces a low-frequency sound which resonates with the respiratory tract, making it hard to breathe. According to the patent, the intensity could be increased from causing discomfort to the point where targets become “temporarily incapacitated”.
Getting scary…
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3D printers as teleporters →
Imagine a simple television ad with a clean, well-designed (not a kit!) device saying “when you lose the wheel for your kid’s toy car, her friend can teleport her a replacement”
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Anonymous asked: nothing is wrong with cyberpunk as there is no definable guideline for it. seriously if you think anything is wrong with a postmodern subculture or literary movement you don't get the idea of a postmodern subculture or literary movement. taste the flavor, bitchass.
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Anonymous asked: What is the sum of seven and eight?
Anonymous asked: What should I ask you?
Rust Mekanika by *Chuckdee →
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WatchCreepy but effective “scramble suit” in this video (simulated). Imagine seeing people on the street with this - using a constant stream of random faces to avoid recognition. Scramble Suit (by Kyle McDonald)