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Tech Support - Lordthor, this is for you :D

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:33:58 GMT

clipped by: Cielerella

Clip Source: saintgasoline.com

Tags: humor, technology

New Paint Protects Wireless Network Security

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:27:01 GMT

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Clip Source: tech.blorge.com

New "paint" provides wireless network protection without encryption
Posted on March 24th, 2007 by George Gardner

Clip Source: tech.blorge.com

“The use of EM-SEC Coating as an electromagnetic barrier for the containment of wireless networks has opened a new realm of possibilities for our company and for the future of wireless communications” said Robert Boyd, Vice President and Director of Technology for EM-SEC Technologies, LLC. “As hackers, identity thieves and even terrorists become more sophisticated in the methods they use to obtain information or inflict damage, this experiment confirmed EM-SEC Coating reduces the threat from electronic eavesdropping and blocks out electromagnetic interference for the protection of electronic data.”

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The World's Only Blue Rose

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:34:28 GMT

clipped by: Cielerella

Clip Source: www.developmentcrossing.com

The World's Only Blue Rose - A DNA Wonder

Breeders had attempted to make true blue roses for several years, but none had successfully bred roses with blue pigment until fairly recently. In its first commercial application in plants, technology was used to remove the gene encoding the enzyme dihydroflavonol reductase (DFR) in roses.

Tags: plants

TECHNOLOGY PRIVACY ATTIRE!

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:22:26 GMT

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Clip Source: www.we-make-money-not-art.com

Tags: clothing, technology

Scientists Create Computer Controlled Pigeon

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:38:38 GMT

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Clip Source: www.tfot.info

Scientist Create Computer Controlled Pigeon

Chinese scientists succeeded to attach a chip to the brain of a pigeon which allowed them to remotely control the pigeon movements. The scientists from the Robot Engineering Technology Research Centre at Shandong University of Science and Technology in China used hair-thin electrodes which were implanted in the brain of the pigeon in key locations responsible for movement.

Tags: technology

Sharpest Manmade Object

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:36:28 GMT

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Clip Source: www.tfot.info

The Sharpest Manmade Object

Researchers from the University of Alberta in and the National Institute for Nanotechnology in Canada created the sharpest object ever made. The new nano object is tungsten needle tapering down to about the thickness of single atom. The breakthrough might help improve future scanning tunneling microscopes.

Tags: science, technology

Freaky Creepy BIGDOG robot

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 04:54:37 GMT

clipped by: Cielerella
clipper's remarks: Copy and paste this link to it's home page (seperate than the link above)

Clip Source: jalopnik.com

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Tags: video, technology

Kit for game developers reads thoughts, emotions, and expressions

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:55:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: click link for MUCH more interesting info on this new technology.

Clip Source: caribjournal.com

The company said that it will primarily target the electronic games industry, following its announcement on Wednesday with the launch of its Emotiv Development Kit for game developers. The kit will enable games to respond to the players’ emotions and allow players to manipulate objects in the game using the power of their thoughts. This will dramatically change the gaming experience by making it more immersive, intuitive and personal. According to the company, In the future, Emotiv’s technology has the potential to be applied to numerous industries, including interactive television, accessibility design, market research, medicine, and security.

Tags: technology

They SAY they'll use it to fight crime...

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:46:41 GMT

clipped by: Cielerella
clipper's remarks: Maybe I'm just paranoid, but this technology they're working on could be used by the government to invade our privacy even further.

Clip Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Crime Fighting Potential For Computerized Lip-reading

Science Daily — Researchers at the University of East Anglia are about to embark on an innovative new project to develop computer lip-reading systems that could be used for fighting crime.

The three-year project, which starts next month, will collect data for lip-reading and use it to create machines that automatically convert videos of lip-motions into text. It builds on work already carried out at UEA to develop state-of-the-art speech reading systems.

Dr Harvey added: "The Home Office Scientific Development Branch is interested in anything that helps the police gather information about criminals or gather evidence."

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Worlds Smallest RFID Tag

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:29:07 GMT

clipped by: Cielerella
clipper's remarks: These tiny RFID tags could be worked into any product; combined with RFID readers built into doorways, theft of consumer goods would be practically impossible. It's not clear from the references provided, but even if this chip needs an external antenna, the attached antenna would be a tiny ribbon of wire more narrow than a human hair and only a fraction of an inch long.

These devices could also be used to identify and track people. For example, suppose you participated in some sort of protest or other organized activity. If police agencies sprinkled these tags around, every individual could be tracked and later identified at leisure, with powerful enough tag scanners.

Remember in the Mission Impossible movie when the female operative put a tracking tag on the shoulder of a computer programmer? The prop they used in the movie was MUCH bigger than this baby.

Clip Source: www.technovelgy.com

RFID 'Powder' - World's Smallest RFID Tag

The previous record-holder, the Hitachi mu-chip, is just 0.4 x 0.4 millimeters. Take a look at the size of the mu-chip RFID tag on a human fingertip.

Now, compare that with the new RFID tags. The "powder type" tags are some sixty times smaller.

The new RFID chips have a 128-bit ROM for storing a unique 38 digit number, like their predecessor. Hitachi used semiconductor miniaturization technology and electron beams to write data on the chip substrates to achieve the new, smaller size.

Hitachi's mu-chips are already in production; they were used to prevent ticket forgery at last year's Aichi international technology exposition. RFID 'powder,' on the other hand, is so much smaller that it can easily be incorporated into thin paper, like that used in paper currency and gift certificates.

Tags: technology