In the May 2003 issue of Discover, an article titled “Anything Into Oil” drew a phenomenal reader response. The process described—transforming turkey guts, old tires, used plastic bottles, and municipal sewage into fuel oil—struck some readers as more like alchemy than chemistry and struck others as the answer to energy shortages, not to mention the solution to some of America’s worst waste problems. Read more…
StumbleUpon is a spyware-free browser tool that allows your to “stumble” the internet for different sites within your realm of interest with the click of a button. You have to oppurtunity to set up profiles to reflect the site categories you would like to view. You can choose from many different categories, such as movies, photography, pets and religion. As you stumble, you can rate the sites you view “I like it” or “Not for me”, improving the accuracy of future stumbles. You can send the sites you like via email to friends and family, or write a site review for others to see.
I highly recommend StumbleUpon for finding web content without spending a lot of time searching.
And he drives a station wagon with over $250,000.00 worth of network equipment. You need to check out this aricle. It has several photos of the car and it’s equipment. The guy that drives it logs over 3,000 miles a month driveing around testing their network. An audio file is linked at the bottom of the article that has a few minute sample of the audio Verizon tests with. It’s bizarre! Read more about it here
Congratulations to all that participated in our first NCAA Tournament Pool. Mark Woodard of Naylor is our first place winner and will be receiving four St. Louis Cardinals baseball tickets. He is going to have a great view.
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“For the first time ever, those who have been blind since birth will have a chance to see the world. It’s still in the early stages, but this is a giant leap forward in medical science.” From the linked BBC article: “U.S scientists have designed a bionic eye to allow blind people to see again. It comprises a computer chip that sits in the back of the individual’s eye, linked up to a mini video camera built into glasses that they wear. Images captured by the camera are beamed to the chip, which translates them into impulses that the brain can interpret.” The BBC has more…
Cousteau’s grandson has built a robotic replica of a great white shark to better observe these animals in their natural environment. The robot-slash-submarine is able to mingle with the great white, and not draw their attention, thanks to a closed-circuit pneumatic propulsion system and cleverly disguised cameras. Do not miss the nice pictures next to the Wired article.
At a recent ISSA (Information Systems Security Association) meeting in Los Angeles, a team of FBI agents demonstrated current WEP-cracking techniques and broke a 128 bit WEP key in about three minutes. Special Agent Geoff Bickers ran the Powerpoint presentation and explained the attack, while the other agents (who did not want to be named or photographed) did the dirty work of sniffing wireless traffic and breaking the WEP keys. This article will be a general overview of the procedures used by the FBI team..” - (Post found on Slashdot.Org)
Microsoft has recalled the power cords for 14.1 million of the nearly 20 million Xbox game systems ever made. But despite the number of products involved and the damage reported, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) says the problem does not rise to the level of a “substantial product hazard.” The CPSC is not involved.
Read the full article here.