Morephone: the most deformed phone you'll see today
• dvice.comThe phones of the future have been rumored to be watches or a bracelets for quite a while. But what's been missing is the crumpled piece of paper form factor.
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Hijacking E. Coli to Brew Synthetic Fuel
• popularmechanics.comThe University of Exeter produces molecules identical to the ones that give gas its power.
How to Stock Your Disaster Pantry
• popularmechanics.comAs part of our April cover story on surviving anything, PopMech set up our own disaster pantry. Here's our guide to a sensible backup food supply that will sustain a family for a month.
Lethality of Roundup 'Weedkiller' Extends Beyond Plants To Humans, Study Suggests
• greenmedinfo.comA shocking new study finds that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide, "...may be the most biologically disruptive chemical in our environment," capable of contributing to a wide range of fatal human diseases.
Sharp Achieves 37.9% Solar Cell Conversion Efficiency
• solarnovus.comCorporation has achieved solar cell conversion efficiency*1 of 37.9%*2 using a triple-junction compound solar cell in which three photo-absorption layers are stacked together.
Semiconductor Spray Paint Promises Flexible Electronics
• technewsdaily.comFlexible electronics — like a handheld computer that rolls up like a magazine or a video display embedded in a shirtsleeve — are no longer limited to the realm of sci-fi, but they are still generally too expensive for the consumer market.
Bitcoin Prices Remain Volatile, Will it Become a Mainstream Currency?
• thedroidguy.comTwo weeks after Bitcoin prices hit the all time high of $230 on April 9th, the price of the virtual currency remain wildly volatile.
How Do You Puke Without Gravity? (Video)
• space.comHow do you throw up in a place where "up" and "down" don't exist?
Saturn Is Closest to Earth on Sunday: See It Live Online
• space.comThe best view of Saturn available to Earth dwellers in six years should be on Sunday (April 28), with the planet reaching its opposition point, when Earth lies directly between it and the sun.
Scientists Build Baseball-Playing Robot With 100,000-Neuron Fake Brain
• Wired.comIf you’ve been to the RoboGames, you’ve seen everything from flame-throwing battlebots to androids that play soccer. But robo-athletes are more than just performers. They’re a path to the future.
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, April 28, 2013 Edition
John SemmensAdministration Brochure Touts Food Stamp Benefits for Foreigners It was recently discovered that the Obama Administration has been working jointly with the Mexican government to inform that country's illegal migrants to the United States of their
It’s Not a Lack of Technology That’s Keeping Trains From Going Driverless
• Wired.comAirplanes have long been capable of flying on their own, Google’s self-driving car has racked up more than 300,000 miles on public roads and trains… well, trains still rely upon a guy in the cab to keep them going.
Happiness tracking software could gauge mood in photos
• newscientist.comSMILE – you're on camera! If you want a quick way to pick out the happiest snaps from a wedding or judge the changing mood of a crowd, now there's software that can do it for you.
Palestinian Prisoner Diaries
Stephen LendmanIsrael
Amazon's Quest for Domain Name Rubs Brazil, Peru the Wrong Way
• Samantha Murphy, MashableSouth American governments — specifically Brazil and Peru — are upset about the merchant Amazon's request to own the domain name .amazon and want it saved for the massive river and rain forest that runs throughout its countries.
The Ugliness of Statism
• arcleinThey loathed Margaret Thatcher because she stood up to them, questioned their false compassion, and dared to expose statism as the senseless, dehumanizing cult that it is. She rhetorically ripped the velvet glove from the iron fist and spoke of welfa
Sacred Geometry
• arcleinGeometry as a contemplative practice is personified by an elegant and refined woman, for geometry functions as an intuitive, synthesizing, creative yet exact activity of mind associated with the feminine principle. But when these geometric laws come
US military-industrial complex devours peace dividend
• northsunm32, AllVoicesIt's what in Washington we call an iron triangle, you have an alliance between the private sector (the defense contractors), the executive branch (the Pentagon) and the legislative branch. The result is a budget "that is packed to the gills with weap
Coelacanth Genome Mapped
• arcleinAnd in line with that, analysis shows its genes have been remarkably slow to change, an international team of researchers reported Wednesday in the journal Nature. Maybe that's because the sea caves where the coelacanth lives provide such a stabl
Did an Earthquake Destroy Ancient Greece?
• arcleinThe grand Mycenaens, the first Greeks, inspired the legends of the Trojan Wars, "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey." Their culture abruptly declined around 1200 B.C., marking the start of a Dark Ages in Greece. The disappearance of theMycenaens is a
Creating a Pretext for War on Syria
Stephen LendmanSyria
Fukushima's Catastrophic Aftermath Continues
Stephen Lendmannuclear disaster
Louisiana Man Arrested Twice in One Month for Video Recording Cops (Updated)
• Photography Is Not a CrimeLess than two weeks after he was arrested for video recording cops from a public street, Alex Lege was arrested again for the same thing. This time it was the Eunice Police Department that arrested Lege,
California lawmakers to consider new sugar tax
• ABC News (video)With a democratic super-majority, momentum is building in Sacramento for a sugar tax. The idea is to make sugary snacks and drinks just as expensive as their healthier counterparts. The controversial bill is before the State Senate's Government and F
Israel fears end to 40-year peace on Syrian front
• APAgainst a vista of green fields and snowcapped mountains, all is silent but for a gusting wind. Then comes a burst of gunfire from the Syrian civil war raging next door, where jihadist rebels are battling Bashar Assad's troops in a village.
California city council finds it can't afford to quit Calpers
• ReutersThe City Council of San Jose, in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, wants to quit the state's public pension fund - which covers its current and former members - because it fears it can't afford the rising contributions.
Officials: Boston bombing suspects’ mother also in US terror database
• APThe CIA asked for the Boston terror suspect and his mother to be added to a terrorist database in the fall of 2011, after the Russian government contacted the agency with concerns that both had become religious militants, according to officials brief
"Evidence" of Syria chemical weapons use not up to U.N. standard
• ReutersAssertions of chemical weapon use in Syria by Western and Israeli officials citing photos, sporadic shelling and traces of toxins do not meet the standard of proof needed for a U.N. team of experts waiting to gather their own field evidence.
Lawmakers fix flight delays caused by sequestration—before going to the airport
• The TicketWe learned this week, yet again, that if you make enough noise (and have the ear of members of Congress and a well-funded lobby shop in the nation's capital) you can be spared the pain caused by government belt-tightening.
South Florida Cops Forced to Return Phone After Court Order, Revealing Unlawful Arrest Video
• Photography Is Not a CrimeHialeah police officer Fritz Janvier vowed the footage of him and fellow officers arresting a man for recording them would never see the light of day. He held on to Eric Faden’s phone for 2 months as “evidence,” even after charges were dropped
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