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Submission + - The Double Life of Memory Exposed with Automata Processor (hpcwire.com)

An anonymous reader writes: As Nicole Hemsoth over at HPCwire reports "In a nutshell, the Automata processor is a programmable silicon device that lends itself to handing high speed search and analysis across massive, complex, unstructured data. As an alternate processing engine for targeted areas, it taps into the inner parallelism inherent to memory to provide a robust and absolutely remarkable, if early benchmarks are to be believed, option for certain types of processing."

Submission + - Gone in 360 Seconds: Hijacking with Hitag2 (bham.ac.uk)

An anonymous reader writes: In this paper, we show a number of vulnerabilities in the Hitag2 transponders that enable an adversary to retrieve the secret key. We propose three attacks that extract the secret key under different scenarios. We have implemen- ted and successfully executed these attacks in practice on more than 20 vehicles of various make and model. On all these vehicles we were able to use an emulating device to bypass the immobilizer and start the vehicle.

Submission + - NASA's Next Frontier: Growing Plants On The Moon (forbes.com)

An anonymous reader writes: In 2015, NASA will attempt to make history by growing plants on the Moon. If they are successful, it will be the first time humans have ever brought life to another planetary body.

Comment Meh (Score 1) 1

How many devices will a) need to be solar powered; b) need hydrogen storage; and c) be satisfied with an 80 hour lifespan? There may be a niche market, but to have any real impact it will (together with the H2 store and the fuel cell) have to be smaller, cheaper or safer than the equivalent 80 hour primary batteries.

Comment Re:hemoglobin test (Score 1) 282

She said, "I'm not allowed to diagnose."

The real point is that she should be allowed to refer you to someone who is allowed, in this case a dermatologist. The whole GP-as-gatekeeper issue is really profit-driven disfunction. Of course, in most jurisdictions medicine is a self-regulating profession statistically dominated by GPs, so it may be a while before that changes.

Submission + - Physician Dissatisfaction with EHRs High (healthdatamanagement.com)

An anonymous reader writes: A new report from research firm IDC Health Insights examines the buyer satisfaction of 212 ambulatory healthcare providers who implemented electronic health records systems, and it’s not pretty.

Submission + - MPAA Wants Theaters To Call Cops On People Who Dare Take A Photo During A Movie (consumerist.com)

El_Oscuro writes: According to Consumerist, The Motion Picture Association of America has released new best practices guidelines for movie theater operators who want to crack down on that worst of crimes — the shaky-cam pirated movie. To that end, the MPAA is suggesting a zero-tolerance policy, not just for people caught trying to record a motion picture, but for anyone who dares to take out their cellphone to take a photo during a screening.

That’s right. Theater owners should just assume that anyone who pulls out a phone during a movie is a thief looking to deprive Ben Affleck’s children of their next meal. And rather than simply remove that suspected copyright terrorist from the theater — like Alamo Drafthouse does with people who text during movies — the MPAA says theater owners need to alert the authorities.

Comment Robots.txt (Score 2) 234

The Internet Archive says that it subscribes to the The Oakland Archive Policy which for |requests by governments" says:

Archivists will exercise best-efforts compliance with applicable court orders Beyond that, as noted in the Library Bill of Rights, 'Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment.'

Seems like this may just have slipped past them. Let's make sure they know they need to sort it out... Surely they only removed it from the Wayback Machine, not from the archive itself.

Submission + - Scientists Fabricate Tough Batteries On Polyester Fabric (acs.org)

MTorrice writes: As wearable electronics move from abstract concepts to tangible products, engineers want to find ways to integrate flexible, powerful textile-based batteries into people's clothing to power the devices. Now researchers have built one of the most durable wearable batteries to date on polyester fabric. They electroplated nickel onto the polyester to produce electrodes that have high conductivity and can withstand repeated mechanical stress. The whole battery, which the researchers sewed into a hoody, can be folded 10,000 times without losing function.

Submission + - NASA: Kepler's most excellent space discoveries (networkworld.com)

coondoggie writes: Scientists got together recently to go over the remarkable data that continues to be found from NASA’s planet hunter, the Kepler Space Telescope. While the telescope is no longer functioning (see slides), the massive amount of data it fed to scientists will take years to go through. Included in the most recent findings: the discovery of 833 new candidate planets, 10 which are less than twice the size of Earth and orbit in their sun's habitable zone. Take a look at some of Kepler’s other major space discoveries.

Submission + - Desert Farming Experiment (sciencemag.org)

Taco Cowboy writes: For the past year or so, a tiny scale farming experiment in has been carried out in the desert field of Qatar, using only sunlight and seawater.

A pilot plant built by the Sahara Forest Project (SFP) produced 75 kilograms of vegetables per square meter in three crops annually (or 25 kilograms per square meter, per crop)

If the yield level can be maintained, a farm of the size of 60 hectares would be enough to supply the nation of Qatar with all the cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, and egglants that it needs.

The project will proceed to the next stage with an expansion to 20 hectares, to test its viability into commercial operation.


Comment Re:A cobbler should stick to his last (Score 1) 776

Interesting analysis, but the conclusion is wonky. The problem you highlight is caused by two things: grossly distorted pricing structures intended to subsidize "renewables" and perception-skewed design safety profiles (out of all proportion to real risk) that artificially jack up the cost and delay the approval, build & commissioning of nuclear while encouraging the burning of more dangerous fossils or the broiling of birds in sunbeams. For the most part, totalitarian states don't have these problem, they can do the sensible thing without worrying over NIMBY. Odd though, that China keeps building coal plants despite their access to nuclear.

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