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Automatic Face Recognition and Surveillance
Post Date: 2015-10-05 19:32:52 by X-15
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Automatic Face Recognition and Surveillance ID checks were a common response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, but they'll soon be obsolete. You won't have to show your ID, because you'll be identified automatically. A security camera will capture your face, and it'll be matched with your name and a whole lot of other information besides. Welcome to the world of automatic facial recognition. Those who have access to databases of identified photos will have the power to identify us. Yes, it'll enable some amazing personalized services; but it'll also enable whole new levels of surveillance. The underlying technologies are being developed today, and there are ...
9 free online science courses that’ll change the way you see the world
Post Date: 2015-10-03 04:31:08 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... If you’re anything like us, you’re constantly looking for ways to expand your mind (right now I’m 23 tabs deep in some awesome new physics, while simultaneously scrolling Facebook and watching a new documentary). Whether you’re looking to take the next step in your career, get back into study, or simply learn something mind-blowing, one of the best ways to level up in a whole new subject fast is with a course. And thanks to the Internet, there are now a whole bunch of classes you can take from the comfort of your couch. But there are a lot of time-wasters out there, which is why we’ve done the legwork for you and collected 9 online science courses ...
Researchers just made batteries from mushrooms... and they're surprisingly good
Post Date: 2015-10-01 22:18:28 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Researchers in the US have created a new type of lithium-ion battery that uses portabella mushrooms - yes, you read that right - instead of the graphite that currently forms the batteries inside our mobile phones. And while it sounds like the type of idea you might hear at a high school science fair, evidence suggests that these new batteries might actually last longer than traditional batteries, and could give our phones better battery life as they age. And that's not all - the mushroom batteries are also incredibly cheap, easy to make, and, best of all, they're pretty much biodegradable. Which will make a big difference to the environment as our demand for ...
Fingerprints can reveal a person's ancestral background
Post Date: 2015-10-01 03:03:01 by Tatarewicz
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RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 30 (UPI) -- New research suggests fingerprints can reveal a person's ancestral background. Researchers at North Carolina State University say their proof-of-concept study, published this week in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, holds promise for both forensic scientists and anthropologists looking to fingerprints for info about the near and distant past. Typically, when anthropologists study fingerprints, they look for Level 1 details like pattern types and ridge counts. Forensic scientists are interested in more specific Level 2 details, like where a ridge splits in two. Study author Ann Ross looked at both. "This is the first study to look ...
World's first optical ‘rectenna' converts light directly into a DC current
Post Date: 2015-10-01 02:52:54 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Scientists in the US have assembled the first ever optical rectenna - a device that’s part antenna, part rectifier diode, and uses the functions of both to convert light into a direct electrical current. The device uses an array of carbon nanotubes that function like tiny antennas to capture light, and from this it generates an oscillating charge that travels through the rectifier, which then switches on and converts the alternating current (AC) into a direct current (DC). It’s taken scientists more than 40 years to get light working in this way, and the invention could lead to new technologies for converting heat waste into electricity and more efficiently ...
Intelligent people's brains wired differently...
Post Date: 2015-09-28 18:01:18 by Horse
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Nasa scientists find evidence of flowing water on Mars
Post Date: 2015-09-28 16:22:51 by Ada
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Researchers say discovery of stains from summertime flows down cliffs and crater walls increases chance of finding life on red planet Click for Full Text!
Harvard researchers announce cleaner flow battery safe for homes
Post Date: 2015-09-28 06:25:01 by Tatarewicz
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 26 (UPI) -- A team of researchers from Harvard University have uncovered an even cleaner solution to storing green energy from the sun and wind. The group of scientists and engineers illustrated an updated flow battery that can safely store electrical energy by dissolving plentiful, inexpensive elements like carbon and oxygen in water. Being nontoxic and nonflammable, the battery system is safe for use in commercial areas as well as in the home. "This is chemistry I'd be happy to put in my basement," said researcher and professor at Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Michael J. Aziz. "The nontoxicity and cheap, abundant ...
Satellite image shows China's new experimental aircraft
Post Date: 2015-09-27 22:50:19 by Tatarewicz
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Want China Times... The images show an extremely short aircraft with two wings in contrast to other unmanned aerial vehicles that China has developed. The aircraft looks more similar to the X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft developed by North American Aviation for the United States Air Force and NASA back in 1959 than Lockheed Martin's SR-72, designed to replace the SR-71 Blackbird, currently the world's fastest jet. Zhang Wenchang, senior engineer at the Armament Research Institute of the People's Liberation Army Air Force, told Beijing's China Aviation News that China has successfully test-flown an aircraft with similar capability to the SR-71, though he said it is ...
California lake disappears overnight... Stonehenge found on Mars... massive Hexagon on Saturn... NASA to make breakthrough Mars announcement on Monday
Post Date: 2015-09-27 14:01:24 by BTP Holdings
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California lake disappears overnight... Stonehenge found on Mars... massive Hexagon on Saturn... NASA to make breakthrough Mars announcement on Monday Saturday, September 26, 2015 by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger (NaturalNews) We live in strange times, and many things are afoot that challenge our assumptions about our world (and worlds beyond). Recently in California, an entire lake vanished overnight, leaving thousands of fish flopping on dry land. From CBS Sacramento: Thousands of fish lay dead in what used to be Mountain Meadows reservoir also known as Walker Lake, a popular fishing hole just west of Susanville... “Everywhere that you see that’s wet, there was ...
CZ-6 rocket can launch 20 missiles at once, including DF-5B ICBM
Post Date: 2015-09-25 22:59:28 by Tatarewicz
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Want... Sunday's successful launch of 20 microsatellites into orbit simultaneously using the Long March 6 carrier rocket indicates that China will now also be able to fire 20 missiles at once using the same technology, reports the Beijing-based Sina Military Network. The Long March 6 — or CZ-6 — carrier rocket was launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China's Shanxi province at 7:01am on Sept. 20, setting a new Asian record for the number of satellites launched by a single rocket. Sina Military states that as microsatellites can be switched to warheads, the successful test means that the CZ-6, at 29.3 meters long and with a take-off weight of 103 ...
Sweden sets its sights on becoming the world's first fossil fuel-free nation
Post Date: 2015-09-25 02:32:57 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... The Swedish government announced this week that they will be spending an extra US$546 million on renewable energy and climate change action in their 2016 budget, with the aim of becoming one of the world's first nations to end its dependence on fossil fuels. They haven't set a deadline for this ambitious goal just yet, but last year the country announced plans to make its capital Stockholm fossil fuel-free by 2050, so we're imagining a similar time frame. It may seem like a pretty big task, but the Scandinavian country already gets two-thirds of its electricity from non-fossil fuel energy sources - predominately hydroelectric and nuclear - and it will now be ...
Airbus Perlan Mission II Glider Soars Into History
Post Date: 2015-09-24 23:33:03 by X-15
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September 24, 2015 – The Perlan 2 glider, the world’s first engineless aircraft designed to reach the edge of space, achieved its successful first flight Wednesday about 5,000 feet above Robert’s Field, the Redmond Municipal Airport in Oregon. This was the first test flight of the aircraft, which next year will attempt to set a world altitude record. The Perlan 2 glider was developed by The Perlan Project, a volunteer-run, nonprofit endeavor headed by leaders in aerospace and engineering. It is supported by Airbus Group and a group of other sponsors that includes Weather Extreme Ltd., United Technologies and BRS Aerospace. “We’re extremely excited about the ...
Global warming: are trees going on strike
Post Date: 2015-09-24 05:17:23 by Tatarewicz
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Yahoo... Paris (AFP) - Trees, crucial absorbers of climate-harming carbon dioxide gas, may finally be balking at an ever-earlier spring season brought on by global warming, researchers said Wednesday. Over the past several decades, trees across central Europe have been steadily sprouting their spring leaves earlier in response to warmer temperatures, they said. As a result, forests absorbed more carbon dioxide in a longer growing season -- a boon that has been worked into global warming projections. But a study published in the science journal Nature said trees have slowed their pace of seasonal advance -- raising fears it may stop altogether. The slowdown "suggests a current and ...
Two people just played 20 questions by reading each other’s thoughts
Post Date: 2015-09-24 02:05:20 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Scientists in the US have linked up the brains of participants almost 1.5 km apart, allowing them to play a 20 questions-style game using nothing but their thoughts. This is the first experiment to demonstrate that two brains can be linked up directly to allow one person to accurately guess what's on the other's mind, and it's a pretty huge deal. The experiment involved a question-and-answer game, but instead of asking each other questions in person, the participants were put in separate buildings and were not allowed to talk to each other or communicate using anything but thoughts transmitted over the Internet. Using this system, participants were able to ...
Humans can be identified by the unique ‘microbial cloud’ that surrounds them
Post Date: 2015-09-24 01:54:44 by Tatarewicz
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It’s made of farts and skin bacteria. It’s no secret that we’re covered in microscopic organisms, both inside and out. In fact, there are 10 times more bacterial cells in our bodies than human cells, and they make up 98 percent of our genetic material, setting up shop everywhere, from inside our mouths and the tips of our eyelashes, to under our skin and in our digestive systems. And I’m sorry to tell you this, but whatever you do - whether it’s waving to someone, scratching your head, or just sitting quietly in a chair - you’ll be surrounded by a ‘cloud’ of microbes that are being shed from your body at a constant rate, 24 hours a day. And ...
Lead Developer of HPV Vaccines Comes Clean, Warns Parents & Young Girls It’s All A Giant Deadly Scam
Post Date: 2015-09-22 18:16:07 by Horse
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Dr. Diane Harper was a leading expert responsible for the Phase II and Phase III safety and effectiveness studies which secured the approval of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccines, Gardasil™ and Cervarix™. Dr. Harper also authored many of the published, scholarly papers about the vaccines. She is now the latest in a long string of experts who are pressing the red alert button on the devastating consequences and irrelevancy of these vaccines. Dr. Harper made her surprising confession at the 4th International Converence on Vaccination which took place in Reston, Virginia. Her speech, which was originally intended to promote the benefits of the vaccines, took a 180-degree turn ...
Science is funny -- comic relief!
Post Date: 2015-09-22 02:54:23 by NeoconsNailed
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They're using the word creation this time..... !?
Go Ahead and Have Fun: Sex Doesn't Cause Heart Attacks, Study Finds
Post Date: 2015-09-22 01:28:44 by Horse
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Patients with heart disease can worry about one less thing: German researchers find sex doesn't seem to trigger heart attacks, strokes or other unpleasant events. The American Heart Association advises that sex after a heart attack is OK. But patients don't always get that message, says Dr. Dietrich Rothenbacher, who led a small study at Ulm University in Germany. American Heart Association "Based on our data, it seems very unlikely that sexual activity is a relevant trigger of heart attack," Rothenbacher said in a statement. "It is important to reassure patients that they need not be worried and should resume their usual sexual activity." They questioned ...
China may have conducted test flight of world's fastest aircraft
Post Date: 2015-09-22 01:04:51 by Tatarewicz
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Want... China may have recently conducted a successful test of the fastest hypersonic aircraft in the world, reports Hong Kong newspaper Ta Kung Pao. According to a report released Friday on the official website of state-owned aerospace and defense giant Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), one of its test flight centers has completed an initial test flight on an unspecified high-altitude, super-fast aircraft with a "unique flying style." Though the report was deleted shortly after, military analysts believe it is likely that China is developing a new hypersonic aircraft that can travel at five times the speed of sound. Related News Stuffed panda used as lucky charm ...
Philips' Magnifier Engine Can Slash Your Electric Bill By More Than 70% Almost Overnight - Guaranteed!
Post Date: 2015-09-21 17:26:04 by BTP Holdings
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FINALLY REVEALED: Philips' Magnifier Engine Can Slash Your Electric Bill By More Than 70% Almost Overnight - Guaranteed! My name is Darren Holman. In a couple minutes you'll see how I took a magnifying glass, which my kids used to fry ants on the sidewalk… Used it to power my entire home, and slashed my energy bill by more than 70%, under 3 weeks. Now I know it may be hard to believe, but this may change your mind: You're going to see how an invention developed by Philips Electronics in the 1950’s (yes, that same Philips Electronics selling DVD players at Walmart)… before they eventually decided to hide their breakthrough and keep it a secret… ...
Electron transport between species discovered in deep-sea research
Post Date: 2015-09-21 03:26:24 by Tatarewicz
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PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have discovered two microbial species capable of sharing the energy needed to consume methane through electron transfer without direct contact. Researchers say it is the first time interspecies electron transport, or the external passing of electrons from one type of cell to another, has been discovered among microorganisms in a natural setting. The research, detailed in the latest issue of Nature, was led by Professor of Geobiology Victoria Orphan, whose lab has studied the relationship between these two species in deep-sea methane seeps for the last two decades. A species of bacteria and a ...
Pakistan, China in pact to keep JF-17 tech away from US, India: report
Post Date: 2015-09-20 23:49:28 by Tatarewicz
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Want... China and Pakistan have a pact to keep the technology of their jointly developed JF-17 Thunder multirole combat aircraft away from the United States and India because of its superiority to America's F-16 fighter jet, claims the Beijing-based Sina Military Network. The Block II variation of the JF-17, known as the FC-1 Xiaolong by China, recently entered into service for the "Minhas" No. 2 squadron of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). The new and improved configuration of the lightweight fighter jet is said to include improved avionics and better software, as well as a fixed air-to-air refueling probe. Minhas is the third PAF squadron to be upgraded to the JF-17, which is ...
Alien silence explained? Snowden says encryption could be squashing space signals
Post Date: 2015-09-19 23:45:03 by Tatarewicz
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RT... Encryption has become a top priority for those wanting to protect their privacy online, but US whistleblower Edward Snowden says the security measure could be making it impossible to detect signals sent from...aliens. Snowden's comments were made during an interview on the 'StarTalk' podcast of astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson. The whistleblower was speaking from Moscow via a robot video link called a “beam remote presence system.” Controlling the robot from Russia, he was able to roll straight into Tyson's office at the Hayden Planetarium in New York. JUST POSTED: Hero or Traitor? @StarTalkRadio’s exclusive ...
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