Law enforcement to use iPhone face scanner app
• http://www.rawstory.com/Law enforcement agencies around the country will soon be able to use their smartphones to identify subjects.
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Navy’s Next Laser Mashes Up Machine Guns and Death Rays
• http://www.wired.com/A machine gun is a powerful weapon, particularly on board a Navy ship. But it suffers from what some would consider a design flaw: It’s not a laser cannon. Until now.
Fingerprint analysis tech aims to revolutionize drug testing
• http://www.rawstory.com/A new technology that analyzes the sweat from a person's fingertips looks to revolutionize the drug testing market, providing on-site results in minutes with a test so advanced it can even detect marijuana intoxication.
The iPad Could Revolutionize the Comic Book Biz — or Destroy It
• http://www.wired.com/American comic book fans live for Wednesdays. That’s the day the new issues arrive. Every major American comic book publisher uses a single distributor, Diamond, to ship boxes of their latest releases to roughly 2,200 comics retail stores across the
Forget Slates: Sony’s Android Tablets Come in Funky Shapes
• Mike Isaac via WIRED.comSony is betting you’ll buy one of its upcoming tablets for one big reason: They look like nothing you’ve seen before.
New Printable Antenna Can Harvest Ambient Energy To Power Small Electronics
• http://www.popsci.com/Power from the Air Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Manos Tentzeris displays an inkjet-printed rectifying antenna used to convert microwave energy to DC power.
New iPhone Software Beams FaceTime Video Calls to TV
• Christina Bonnington via WIRED.comFaceTiming into your iPhone (or iPad 2) is great, but sometimes it’d be nice to see your friend or loved one on a bit of a larger screen.
American Soccer Robots Dominate at the World RoboCup 2011
• http://www.popsci.com/Soccer fans, rejoice: America has won the World Cup. Well, the robot World Cup.
Solar Panels Can Be 3-D Printed Onto Regular Paper, Folded 1,000 Times
• http://www.popsci.com/Engineers at MIT are tinkering with all sorts of advanced solar power technology, like self-assembling solar cells, virus-structured cells and an artificial leaf system that mimics photosynthesis.
3D printing with colored movable parts
• youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)3D printing is a form of additive manufacturing technology where a three dimensional object is created by laying down successive layers of material. 3D printers are generally faster, more affordable and easier to use than other additive manufacturing
Poor 3-D TV Sales? Panasonic Blames Hollywood
• http://www.wired.com/Despite Hollywood’s continued onslaught of 3-D films hitting the big screen, not many people are buying 3-D TVs.
Spray-Can Cooling Foams Keep Japan Comfortably Chilled in This Summer Heat
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comIt seems like the Japanese always have the coolest technology--in this case quite literally. The hip new way to stay cool in an increasingly energy-conscious Japan: cooling foam or gel spray-cans that go right on the skin and provide an instant cool
Bitcoin Digital-Wallet App Hits Android Market
• Mike Isaac via WIRED.comFirst introduced to the Android Market on Wednesday, the Bitcoin app for Android turns your smartphone into a wallet for Bitcoins, a form of alternative, decentralized currency that has been circulating the web for a few years.
Apple’s App Store Hits 15 Billion Downloads
• Charlie Sorrel via WIRED.comAccording to the official numbers, the store has gone from zero to 425,000 apps in just three years. About 100,000 of those are iPad-native.
iPad Earns One Percent of Global Web Traffic
• http://www.livescience.com/iPad traffic is starting to get on the global Internet traffic map. In fact, according to a report from NetMarketShare, Apple's iPad makes up one percent of Web traffic worldwide and 2.1 percent of online traffic in the United States.
Verizon prepares fees for mobile users who download too much information
• Stephen C. Webster via RawStory.comVerizon Wireless became the latest U.S. mobile data carrier to announce that it would implement usage-based pricing for Internet access, claiming the new fees would mean light users no longer "subsidize" those on current unlimited data plans.
World's most expensive razor
• .The $100,000 Zafirro Iridium features solid white sapphire blades which the company claims will "last forever". They are sharpened using high-energy, ionized particles to create an edge less than 100 atoms in width, 5,000 times smaller than the wi
Japanese scientists develop robotic exoskeleton
• http://www.rawstory.com/A disabled Japanese man on Friday embarked on an ambitious trip that will take him to a mediaeval French World Heritage site with the help of a cutting-edge robotic suit.
Clash of the Tablets: From iPad to TouchPad, 6 Slates Compared
• http://www.wired.com/In today’s crowded market, looking for a tablet is like buying a new car. Everything looks great when it’s slick, polished and sitting on the lot. The hard part is keeping track of what’s under the hood.
Skype introduces video calls on Android phones
• http://www.rawstory.com/Skype, which is being bought by Microsoft for $8.5 billion, introduced a new service on Thursday allowing users of Android phones to make free video calls to Skype contacts, including those on Apple iPhones.
World's first flying motorbike: Helicopter pilot invents the 'hoverbike' in his garage
• Dailymail.co.uk via Rense.com"...10,000ft and speeds of over 100mph."
Two iPhones in September? Don’t Hold Your Breath
• http://www.wired.com/Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore claims that Apple will be releasing two iPhone models in September: a completely new model — referred to as the iPhone 5 — and an essentially souped-up iPhone 4 called the iPhone 4S.
When Active-Safety Systems Fail, Who Pays?
• http://www.wired.com/Instead of stopping, however, my big-ticket sedan moved forward as if that jerk wasn’t even there. I slammed on the brakes — stopping just in time — and immediately shut off the active cruise control.
How to ZAP a Camera:
• http://www.naimark.net/Using Lasers to Temporarily Neutralize Camera Sensors
The camera that lets you focus AFTER you've taken the picture - Lytro
• Dailymail.co.uk via Rense.comThe Lytro will let photographers snap the scene and then choose what to focus on, via their computer, after taking the picture. Pretty cool.
Spy-Like Sunglasses Shoot and Share Videos
• Corinne Iozzio via PopSci.comRather than let life pass you by, save it. With the camera-equipped Eyez glasses, users can share point-of-view video without the clunky cameras and nettlesome file transfers that rabid uploaders typically endure.
VW Adds Autopilot, Says Keep Your Eyes on the Road
• http://www.wired.com/Researchers at Volkswagen have joined the growing list of teams working on autonomous vehicles. Now, as part of a demonstration project, they’ve converted a Passat to drive with minimal driver supervision.
Recommendation Engine: How Do I Avoid Being an iSheep?
• http://www.wired.com/Apple’s sexy hardware and safe ecosystem lured me in, but I hate being an iSheep. Should I flee—or double down with an iPhone 5?
Japanese PossessedHand Electric Wristband Moves Your Fingers For You
• http://www.popsci.com/Researchers at Tokyo University, along with some help from Sony, created a device that straps onto your arm, sort of like a blood pressure cuff, and sends electrical signals to your fingers that can move them in precise ways.
One Camera With 40,000 Lenses Helps Prevent Blurry Images
• Robin Rowe via PopSci.comFor all its virtues, digital photography has yet to correct one age-old weakness: If you blow the focus, you’ve most likely lost the shot. An emerging lens system, known as plenoptics, will change that.
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