As Technology Advances, Cybersecurity Jobs Take Center Stage
• usnews.comWearable tech, EHRs and smart appliances all point to a need for increased security – and that may mean job growth.
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The 21st century periscope: 'Superhero' camera uses lasers to peek around corners
• dailymail.co.ukGadget invented by Jonathan Leach, of Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University Invention consists of laser, a super-fast camera and a computer Technology could be used by military, by rescue teams, or simply by motorists who struggle to reverse park
Researcher Charged in Major HIV Vaccine Fraud Case
• arcleinHe said Han's case was "particularly brazen" and noted that charges are rarely brought because the U.S. Office of Research Integrity, which investigates misconduct, doesn't have prosecution authority, and most cases involve smaller amounts of mon
Electromagnetic system to replace steam launches on US Navy carriers
• gizmag.comA fighter plane taking off from a strike carrier is a dramatic sight – not the least because of the woosh and plume of steam as the catapult blasts the aircraft into the air.
New water-based organic battery is cheap, rechargeable and eco-friendly
• gizmag.comLithium-ion batteries have made portable, rechargeable electronics commonplace.
Laser Therapy Can Recover damaged Teeth
• arcleinResearchers at Harvard University's Wyss Institute have been working on methods to stimulate this type of natural tooth repair, and they think they have found a winner using an infrared laser technique called low-level light therapy. They drilled ho
Secrets of the Creative Brain
• theatlantic.comA leading neuroscientist who has spent decades studying creativity shares her research on where genius comes from, whether it is dependent on high IQ—and why it is so often accompanied by mental illness.
A form of liver disease has quickly emerged as a public health threat
• mcclatchydc.comRenee Terney, who traveled to Erie, Pa., earlier this month to ride the slides at Splash Lagoon, has come a long way in the 2 1/2 years since she was struck by a form of liver disease that has quickly emerged as a public health threat and a challenge
The Supreme Court's baffling tech illiteracy is becoming a big problem
• salon.comIf one thing was clear from decisions handed down this week, it's that SCOTUS is clueless on technology
Sleep is key weapon in the battle against dementia, say experts
• http://www.express.co.uk, By, Jo WilleyGETTING a good night's sleep could be the key to beating dementia, experts revealed yesterday.
Creepy battery-operated TEDDY BEAR SEX TOY. Sadly, this is for real
• theregister.co.ukHold his ears while his TONGUE takes you to heaven and back!
It's Hard to Study Marijuana's Medical Benefits When It's Illegal
• thewire.comThe problem with recent medicinal marijuana legislation is that it's not based on actual research.
Damn, They're Trying to Make an Ugly Superchicken
• gawker.comChickens: pretty good. Do we need to improve them? Maybe.
Paraplegics One Step Closer to Walking Again
• newser.comFDA OKs ReWalk, which allows users to walk on their own
Researchers Create Flexible Wires that could Double as Batteries
• arcleinThe team first started by growing a layer of nanowhiskers from insulating copper oxide on an outer layer of a single copper wire. They then treated those whiskers with a gold-palladium alloy, before finally depositing an electrochemically active coa
Airbus X3 Poised to Change the Helicopter Industry [Video]
• https://autos.yahoo.com, By George KennedyIn the world of aeronautical developments that have taken a while to pan out, the most notable is always the flying car.
Neuroscience: The man who saw time freeze
• http://therawfeedlive.comIt started as a headache, but soon became much stranger. Simon Baker entered the bathroom to see if a warm shower could ease his pain. "I looked up at the shower head, and it was as if the water droplets had stopped in mid-air", he says. "They came i
'Bee-Friendly' Plants Sold at Big Box Stores Are Actually Killing Bees
• http://www.thewire.com, Polly MosendzThe bee population situation has gotten so dire that the White House has created a bee task force.
Man's head is expanded with a balloon the size of a grapefruit ..
• dailymail.co.ukChris Stoyanov endured 17 years of operations to try and remove a tumour Surgeons were forced to cut away 23cm of scalp to remove the lump
Never get caught by a speed camera again!
• dailymail.co.ukSmart car scans for traffic traps and automatically slows down to obey limits
The "Never Say No" Economy
• zerohedge.com"No" is not a word one hears very often in the new normal centrally-planned, no consequence world in which the world increasingly finds itself.
Predicting crime, LAPD-style
• http://www.theguardian.com, Nate BergCutting edge data-driven analysis directs Los Angeles patrol officers to likely future crime scenes – but critics worry that decision-making by machine will bring 'tyranny of the algorithm'
The Military Is About to Get New Spy Glasses
• defenseone.comGetting secret information to specific people, like the location of the nearest nuclear power plant, in a way that doesn't draw attention from outside is a classic spy problem.
Breakthrough in solar panel manufacture promises cheap energy within a decade
• independent.co.ukA breakthrough in the production of solar cells will make the next generation of solar panels cheaper and safer, and promises to accelerate the development of solar energy over the next decade, scientists said.
Researcher Charged in Major HIV Vaccine Fraud Case
• http://abcnews.go.com, By RYAN J. FOLEYResponding to a major case of research misconduct, federal prosecutors have taken the rare step of filing charges against a scientist after he admitted falsifying data that led to millions in grants and hopes of a breakthrough in AIDS vaccine researc
Study finds genetic links between schizophrenia and cannabis use
• http://www.reuters.com, By Kate KellandGenes that increase the risk of a person developing schizophrenia may also increase the chance they will use cannabis, researchers said on Tuesday after studying more than 1,000 users of the drug.
Ninth Grade Girls Show Plants Will Not Grow Near Wi-Fi Routers
• arcleinIt started with an observation and a question. The girls noticed that if they slept with their mobile phones near their heads at night, they often had difficulty concentrating at school the next day. They wanted to test the effect of a cellphone's ra
NASA melds vacuum tube tech with silicon to fill the terahertz gap
• arstechnica.comTransistor built on vacuum tube principles may reach frequencies that silicon cannot.
HP Labs' "Machine" dissolves the difference between disk and memory
• arstechnica.comMemristor technology promises a world where RAM never forgets—and is everywhere.
Privacy Groups Sound the Alarm Over FBI's Facial-Recognition Technology
• nationaljournal.comAdvocates are pushing Attorney General Eric Holder to assess the privacy impact of the FBI's controversial database that is expected to become fully operational later this year.
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