Project aiming to develop a robot controlled remotely by injured officers Officers would control the virtual cop through a virtual reality headset Could be used to patrol nuclear facilities, ports and even urban areas By Daniel Bates PUBLISHED:09:46 EST, 1 … Read More ›
Technology
Could your phone be secretly taking pictures right now? How hackers could hijack your camera to spy on you (and even read your chequebook)
Proof of concept ‘PlaiceRaider’ Android app can turn on your phone’s camera to allow hackers to snoop around your home Personal data and private moments can be gleaned from images By Eddie Wrenn PUBLISHED:03:54 EST, 1 October 2012| UPDATED:04:29 EST,… Read More ›
‘Green Brain’ Project to Create an Autonomous Flying Robot With a Honey Bee Brain
ScienceDaily (Oct. 1, 2012) — Scientists at the Universities of Sheffield and Sussex are embarking on an ambitious project to produce the first accurate computer models of a honey bee brain in a bid to advance our understanding of Artificial… Read More ›
Chinese hackers break in to White House military office network in charge of the president’s nuclear football
White House Hack Attack AP BY: Bill Gertz September 30, 2012 8:33 pm Hackers linked to China’s government broke into one of the U.S. government’s most sensitive computer networks, breaching a system used by the White House Military Office for… Read More ›
LOYOLA TESTING MELANOMA TREATMENT THAT BOOSTS PATIENT’S IMMUNE SYSTEM TO FIGHT DEADLY CANCER
Contact: Jim Ritter Media Relations jritter@lumc.edu (708) 216-2445 Anne Dillon Director, Media Relations adillon@lumc.edu (708) 216-8232 More Sharing ServicesShare MAYWOOD, Ill. – Loyola University Medical Center has launched the first clinical trial in the Midwest of an experimental melanoma… Read More ›
Nanosciences: All Systems Go at the Biofactory: Should furnish a way to develop, construct and utilize designer nanomachines
In order to assemble novel biomolecular machines, individual protein molecules must be installed at their site of operation with nanometer precision. LMU researchers have now found a way to do just that. Green light on protein assembly! (Credit: Image courtesy… Read More ›
Iran sees cyber attacks as greater threat than actual war
Customers use computers at an internet cafe in Tehran May 9, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Raheb Homavandi DUBAI | Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:48am EDT DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran is prepared to defend itself in case of a “cyber war” which could… Read More ›
Bioengineers Introduce ‘Bi-Fi’ — The Biological ‘Internet’
ScienceDaily (Sep. 27, 2012) — If you were a bacterium, the virus M13 might seem innocuous enough. It insinuates more than it invades, setting up shop like a freeloading houseguest, not a killer. Once inside it makes itself at home,… Read More ›
The Next Wave in U.S. Robotic War: Drones on Their Own : Autonomous Robotic Weapons
Sep. 28, 2012 – 12:04PM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON — The U.S. military’s current fleet of drones will soon be overtaken by a new wave of robots that will be faster, stealthier and smarter — operating virtually without… Read More ›
Kitkat makers Nestle hide tracking devices in chocolate bars
KitKat maker Nestle has hidden tracking devices in their chocolate bars as part of a new competition in which lucky winners will be hunted down and handed a briefcase containing thousands of pounds. The ‘We Will Find You’ competition will… Read More ›
Air Force Chief Admits to Cyber Slowness: ” Hostile intrusions into government, private and academic networks are causing the loss of “the equivalent of the Library of Congress” every year”
Sep. 25, 2012 – 03:17PM | By BRIAN EVERSTINE The new head of the Air Force said he “isn’t exactly sure” what the Air Force is doing in cyberwarfare, and he will wait to invest in cybersecurity until the… Read More ›
Never lose your data again! Hitachi develops glass-based storage system that will last for 100 MILLION years
By John Hutchinson PUBLISHED:15:13 EST, 27 September 2012| UPDATED:15:18 EST, 27 September 2012 Breakthrough: A woman holds up Hitachi’s newly unveiled quartz glass plate technology, which can be used for the indefinite storage of data The developments in recent years… Read More ›
Cleansing the Internet of Terrorism: Leaked EU Proposal Would Erode Civil Liberties: Including Banning some Languages
September 26, 2012 | By Jillian C. York and Katitza Rodriguez A new project aimed at “countering illegal use of the Internet” is making headlines this week. The project, dubbed CleanIT, is funded by the European Commission (EC) to the… Read More ›
Rent-to-own computers secretly recorded users having sex: FTC
By Eric W. Dolan Wednesday, September 26, 2012 19:53 EDT Topics: Aspen Way Enterprises Inc. ♦ Designerware ♦ Rental Purchase Several rent-to-own computer companies illegal used software on their computers to secretly record their customers having sex, according to the… Read More ›
Artificially intelligent game bots pass the Turing test on Turing’s centenary
Contact: Daniel Oppenheimer daniel.oppenheimer@utexas.edu 512-745-3353 University of Texas at Austin BotPrize winners score as more human than half their human competitors VIDEO:Under heavy fire from a human judge, UT^2 manages to fight his way to a nearby weapon and obliterate… Read More ›
Newly spotted comet may outshine the full moon: In +/- 12 months
21:57 25 September 2012 Space Jeff Hecht, contributor (Image: E. Guido, G. Sostero, N. Howes) Today, the newfound comet seen above is just a tiny dot in the sky beyond Jupiter. But in about a year, it might be one… Read More ›
Cell scientist pushes to clone extinct mammoth
2012-09-24 19:56 A South Korean private bioengineering laboratory led by disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk said Monday it is stepping up efforts to make progress in cloning an extinct woolly mammoth. To that end, the Sooam Biotech Research Foundation… Read More ›
Tesla promises free solar-powered travel with new ‘Supercharger’ tech
By Stephen C. Webster Tuesday, September 25, 2012 15:38 EDT Topics: elon musk ♦ tesla motors ♦ tesla roadster Electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors announced Monday that it will roll out a network of solar-powered charging stations across the United… Read More ›
Facebook has been flooded with complaints from users who say some of their old private messages have been re-published publicly on the social network.
Even though not validated yet Facebook denies the claim https://engineeringevil.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=3008&action=edit&message=6 Facebook flooded with complaints after messages ‘bug’ Some Facebook users said that messages they had sent privately on the social network between 2007 and 2009 were being republished into their public… Read More ›
Understanding the brain by controlling behavior
Contact: Peter Reuell preuell@fas.harvard.edu 617-496-8070 Harvard University Using precisely-targeted lasers, researchers manipulate neurons in worms’ brains and take control of their behavior In the quest to understand how the brain turns sensory input into behavior, Harvard scientists have crossed a… Read More ›
NZ spy agency under investigation over Kim Dotcom case
Published: 24 September, 2012, 08:20 Edited: 24 September, 2012, 08:22 New Zealand’s prime minister has ordered an inquiry into “unlawful interception of communications” by the country’s intelligence agency in the case of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom. The country’s Prime Minister… Read More ›
Iran claims Siemens sold it sabotaged nuclear equipment: Wired with Explosives
By Agence France-Presse Sunday, September 23, 2012 17:00 EDT Topics: Aladin Borujerdi ♦ nuclear activities ♦ Siemens A prominent MP, Aladin Borujerdi, has accused German firm Siemens of having sold Iran equipment for its nuclear activities laced with mini-explosives, which… Read More ›
White House, DHS, FBI Drafting Executive Order on Cybersecurity
Sep. 21, 2012 – 09:28AM | By NICOLE BLAKE JOHNSON Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a Senate committee that that an executive order dealing with cybersecurity threats will be less effective than legislation. (Jim Watson / AFP via… Read More ›
So that’s why children love burger and chips: Fast-food logos are ‘branded’ on their brains, claims study
Appetite and pleasure centres light up when shown advertising images ‘Majority of foods marketed to children are unhealthy’ says scientist By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:10:00 EST, 23 September 2012| UPDATED:11:05 EST, 23 September 2012 Parents have long suspected their… Read More ›
From shopping to warfare, why maps shape our minds as well as our planet
Apple’s new mapping software is under intense scrutiny – but a series of new books and an exhibition demonstrate that cartography is a huge and growing influence A world map based on the writings of Claudius Ptolemy, the first… Read More ›
Sifting Social Media for Early Signs of Adverse Drug Reactions
ScienceDaily (Sep. 21, 2012) — The National Science Foundation has awarded a $130,000 grant to a team co-led by University of Virginia professor Ahmed Abbasi to fund research that will analyze social media, including tweets and online discussion forums, to… Read More ›
Speak Up: US law enforcement to use Russian software to store millions of voices
Published: 23 September, 2012, 01:39 Edited: 23 September, 2012, 01:39 The US government has already proven its intent to see all evil, with the use of Orwellian programs like TrapWire. But it can now hear all evil too, as law… Read More ›
Fifteen Billion Online Devices by 2015
The internet of things is coming, and it’s not just the CIA who are excited. Last week Intel, the chip manufacturer, predicted that by 2015 there will be more than 15 billion internet-connected devices and one third of these… Read More ›
Iranian hackers target Bank of America, JPMorgan, Citi
Iranian hackers target Bank of America, JPMorgan, Citi By Jim Finkle and Rick RothackerPosted 2012/09/21 at 5:40 pm EDT Sep. 21, 2012 (Reuters) — Iranian hackers have repeatedly attacked Bank of America Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Citigroup Inc… Read More ›
Project Gives Computers a More Powerful Way to Detect Threats: “Space Travel”
Project Gives Computers a More Powerful Way to Detect Threats Technique Nicknamed ‘Space Travel’ Allows a Machine to Travel Virtually to Another System Sep. 19, 2012 UT Dallas computer scientists have developed a technique to automatically allow one computer in… Read More ›
Japanese scientists win spoof Ig Nobel award for ‘SpeechJammer’
Engineering Evil: If anyone gets a video of the speech Jammer at work…Please link in comments…Seems like a little ADD get the best of the AP. Two Japanese researchers won the spoof Ig Nobel acoustic prize for developing the… Read More ›
Google falls flat in China, Baidu remains Dominant: Google to end music search and download service in China
Google to end music search and download service in China By Agence France-Presse Friday, September 21, 2012 12:12 EDT Topics: china ♦ google ♦ Google China US Internet giant Google said Friday that it would stop providing music search and… Read More ›
This year’s Ig Nobel awards: Researchers monitor a dead salmon’s ‘brain activity’
Topics: eiffel tower ♦ Nobel prizes When a team of scientists decided to work out the complex mathematics that control the shape and movement of a human ponytail, they had not set their sights on fame or glory. On Thursday,… Read More ›
Europe Scraps Airports Scanners… cause cancer
Monday, 17 September 2012 Controversial airport ‘strip-search’ scanners are to be scrapped after they failed to get approval from European bosses. Experts feared the ‘naked’ body scanners, which use X-ray technology to show up hidden explosives or weapons, could emit… Read More ›
Neural implants could spark better decisions
18:00 19 September 2012 by Douglas Heaven Magazine issue 2883. Ever wish you could make better choices? That could one day be possible thanks to an electronic brain implant that can enhance short-term memory and decision-making in primates. The implant can… Read More ›
Sen. Jay Rockefeller pitches cybersecurity bill to top CEOs: Offers them immunity from liability in the event of a cyberattack
By The Christian Science Monitor Thursday, September 20, 2012 7:02 EDT Seeking to overcome opposition from the US Chamber of Commerce and other business groups to a cybersecurity bill, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D) of West Virginia took the unusual… Read More ›
Nanomaterials Appearing in Water Run-Off from Surface Treatments
Researchers reveal the emission of nanomaterials caused by water runoff on surfaces containing nanomaterials. These surface treatments are employed in numerous consumption and construction products, so evidences of the presence of engineered nanomaterials are beginning to appear in the environment…. Read More ›
New Philippines law bans ‘cybersex’
By Stephen C. Webster Wednesday, September 19, 2012 13:01 EDT Topics: EFF ♦ electronic frontier foundation ♦ New Philippines law bans The president of the Philippines signed a cyber crime bill into law on Tuesday that, much to the chagrin… Read More ›
Out-Of-This-World Nanoscience: A Computer Chip That Can Assemble Itself?
This image shows the work by UD’s Eric M. Furst, who reports new findings of how tiny particle building blocks can be directed to self-assemble into specific structures. (Credit: Image courtesy of University of Delaware) ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) —… Read More ›
U.S. finance industry warned of cyber attacks
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, September 19, 2012 20:22 EDT Topics: bank of america ♦ cyber attacks ♦ Site Intelligence Group NEW YORK — A US financial industry group warned banks and other institutions to beware of cyber attacks Wednesday, after… Read More ›
Psychological Science in the Public Interest claims those that question popular belief lack cognitive effort: Recommends “debiasing” Campaigns
Engineering Evil: A very entertaining article in the venue of double speak. To question scientific conformity is to be in question yourself. 😉 PRESS RELEASE September 19, 2012 For Immediate Release Contact: Anna Mikulak Association for Psychological Science 202.293.9300 amikulak@psychologicalscience.org Misinformation: Psychological… Read More ›
French team claim bestselling brand of GM ( Monsanto) corn caused tumours and multiple organ damage: GMO Proponents go into Damage Control
Fresh row over GM foods as French study claims rats fed the controversial crops suffered tumours French team claim bestselling brand of GM corn caused tumours and multiple organ damage Leading scientists have questioned the study and its results, claiming… Read More ›
Cyberattacks originating from China hit Japan in island controversy: police
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, September 19, 2012 8:15 EDT Topics: china ♦ national police agency ♦ NPA At least 19 Japanese websites, including those of a government ministry, courts and a hospital, have come under cyberattack, apparently from China, police… Read More ›
UPDATE 1-Germany urges public to stop using Internet Explorer
Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:24pm EDT * Move comes after Microsoft warns of bug in browser * German gov’t says hackers using bug to launch attacks * Microsoft plans to release fix within next few days * Researcher says attacks… Read More ›
Can we finally break the speed of light? Nasa breakthrough suggests Star Trek’s ‘warp drives’ may not only be possible – but practical
NASA suggests new model which could reduce energy requirements for warp-speed travel from planet-sized to car-sized ‘Humble experiments’ in laboratory could lead to faster-than-light travel By Eddie Wrenn PUBLISHED:04:13 EST, 18 September 2012| UPDATED:07:27 EST, 18 September 2012 As we… Read More ›
Microsoft warns of new zero-day flaw targeting Internet Explorer
By Charles Arthur, The Guardian Tuesday, September 18, 2012 8:10 EDT Topics: internet explorer ♦ Microsoft Hackers have already targeted flaw that affects IE versions 7, 8 and 9, and could be exploited on XP, Vista and Windows 7 Microsoft… Read More ›
Flame cyber virus linked to more malware: report
By Agence France-Presse Monday, September 17, 2012 16:29 EDT Topics: iran ♦ Kaspersky Lab WASHINGTON — The Flame virus believed to be part of a cyberwarfare effort against Iran was developed as early as 2006 and is linked to at… Read More ›
Obama considers executive order in wake of Cybersecurity Act failure
By Eric W. Dolan Monday, September 17, 2012 20:16 EDT Topics: executive order ♦ Homeland Security and Counterterrorism ♦ President Barack Obama The Obama administration is considering issuing an executive order to achieve some of the aims of the Cybersecurity… Read More ›
Can we engineer love and morality?
By RICHARD WEIKART The Modesto Bee Published: Sunday, Sep. 16, 2012 – 1:00 am Recently Oxford philosophy professor Julian Savulescu moved his campaign for “moral enhancement” out of the ivory tower and into the mainstream. This month Reader’s Digest… Read More ›
From vitro to vivo: Fully automated design of synthetic RNA circuits in living cells
From vitro to vivo: Fully automated design of synthetic RNA circuits in living cells September 14, 2012 by Stuart Mason Dambrot Schemes of methodology and designs. (A) Thermodynamic scheme of RNA interaction, showing the different free energies at play and… Read More ›
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