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The Science of Iron Man 279

Posted by timothy on Thursday May 01, 2008 @11:18AM from the no-duh-it's-iron-man dept.

holy_calamity writes "New Scientist takes a look at the evidence-base behind the science and technology in the new blockbuster Iron Man, and finds it is pretty solid. From exoskeletons to real-time translation there are at the very least proof-of-concept demonstrations of pretty much all the glitzy tech the hero Tony Stark uses."

Submission + - MySpace Now Accessible on Cingular Phones

Submitted by

waleg

on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @06:20PM

waleg writes: "A lot of people, especially the younger generation can't keep away from social networking sites. I guess it's just really the "in" thing these days. Talking about social networking sites, there are actually a lot of them and one of the fastest growing services is MySpace, which has more than 130 million profiles. Well for those who cannot go a day without accessing their MySpace profiles will be really thankful to Cingular for giving them another avenue in accessing the aid networking site. Source: http://www.waleg.com/techgadgets/archives/006250.h tml"

Submission + - FCC drops Morse code testing for ham licenses

Submitted by Voltaire759 on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @06:14PM

Voltaire759 writes: The FCC has decided to drop the requirement for Morse code testing for all amateur radio licenses. The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) has the announcement as well as the FCC website. From the ARRL article: "The effective date of the FCC's R&O will be 30 days after publication in the Federal Register — most likely in February. Currently, Amateur Radio applicants must pass a 5 WPM Morse code test to operate on HF. The FCC's action will eliminate that requirement all around."

Submission + - Cisco buys digital signage company

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @06:08PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "Cisco has bought digital signage company Tivella for an undisclosed sum. http://www.techworld.com/applications/news/index.c fm?newsID=7626 Anybody know anything about Tivella or what is special about their software/hardware solution?"

Submission + - Dell 300WFP-HC 92% Color Gamut, 30" LCD Review

Submitted by

MojoKid

on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @06:05PM

MojoKid writes: "When it comes to high-end wide screen computer LCDs, Dell's UltraSharp line has historically earned high marks. If you're in the market for something huge, you should check out this article at HotHardware on Dell's new UltraSharp 3007WFP-HC. Not only does this monitor feature a gigantic 30" panel with a native resolution of 2560x1600, but it also features ultra high 92% color gamut capability based on new backlighting technology that is currently one of the industry's best. Most other desktop LCD monitors feature a 72% to 76% color gamut. The UltraSharp 3007WFP-HC is going to be somewhat expensive, and at first will only be available with the purchase of an XPS system, but word is general availability will come in February. Drool...."

Submission + - Bungie releases Halo Brutes video documentary

Submitted by

jasoncart

on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @05:56PM

jasoncart writes: "A documentary on the Brute bad guys in Halo 3 has been released. It features work-in-progress graphics and was originally distributed on Xbox Live.

The video is 7 minutes long — not surprising given Bungie have long had an infatuation with that number."

The Geekiest Animals in History 155

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @05:53PM from the furry-pocket-protectors dept.

Flipper writes "CNET has compiled a list of the geekiest animals throughout history. The entries include such peculiar characters as Ham The Astrochimp (the first chimp in space), Schrödinger's Cat (used to demonstrate quantum superposition) and Hans, a horse who could apparently do complex mathematics and read words. The classics are there too, Pavlov's dogs get a well-deserved mention, as does Dolly The Sheep. What sounds like a pretty bizarre list is actually strangely interesting — some of these animals are seriously geeky."

Submission + - AACS is Unbreakable

Submitted by muslix64 on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @05:52PM

muslix64 writes: I was not aware of anyone having done that, so I did.
Have a look.
The AACS HDDVD copy protection system is realy Unbreakable!
This program is a simple implementation of the aacs crypto protocol freely available on the net. No reverse engineering!
The trick is the extraction of title keys...

Merry Christmas everyone!

Watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oZGYb92isE

Source:
http://rapidshare.com/files/8318838/BackupHDDVD.zi p.html

Submission + - IT: How To Survive in 2007

Submitted by JoeG on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @05:51PM

JoeG writes: Forget fake year-end top 10 lists, Network Computing takes a look at the tech trends of 2006 and what to care about in 2007 — its Survivor's Guide issue is the real stuff, no link-bait but a deep look at key areas like wireless, security, networking etc... From the article: "Unlike past years, when vendors focused on increasing speeds or selling new must-have devices, 2006 was characterized by consolidation. One example: the merging of AFEs (application front ends) and WAFS (wide-area file systems). The so-called branch office in a box includes features such as routing, switching, wireless access, network storage and DNS/DHCP. Appliances and management products also are coming to the fore for DNS and DHCP — both more critical than ever given the growth of VoIP and NAC."

Submission + - Humans not as similar to chimps as was believed

Submitted by on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @05:31PM

An anonymous reader writes: Scientific American reports on research that found we humans are a good deal more genetically different from chimpanzees that we'd been lead to believe. The much quoted 1.5% difference between chimps and humans is more like 6%, which makes chimps slightly less closely related than we thought they were.

Bookmark Cell Phone & PDA Reviews (pcworld.com)

by techitout on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @05:21PM

Submission + - Second Life interview disrupted by flying penises

Submitted by

netbuzz

on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @04:42PM

netbuzz writes: "Thirty years of conducting interviews and not once have I had one interrupted by flying penises. Of course, I have yet to conduct one in Second Life, the much-hyped "virtual world" where interviewers and interviewees are apparently at the mercy of airborne members.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/9893 "

Journal Journal: Bad choice by Verizon 4

Journal by Marxist Hacker 42 on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @03:32PM

New fiber link to China is coming ashore at Nedonna Beach, Oregon within easy driving distance of the Silicon Forest, which was decimated by foreign competition in the first 5 years of this century. I expect ex-Intel employees with axes to be heading for a beach vacation- repeatedly.

Submission + - Twelve-year-old Gets Porn-Filled Zune

Submitted by

FishWithAHammer

on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @03:32PM

FishWithAHammer writes: "Gizmodo has a story running about a twelve-year-old getting a Zune for Christmas — and finding homemade pornography on it. From the article:

Apparently the Zune, which Martin purchased at a local Walmart, came with a 1-hour and 44-minute homemade porn video. We're talking guy-on-guy action here. Walmart's response? After blaming MS for the porn, they refunded the Martins and gave them a $25-dollar gift certificate.

Fox Chicago has a video report as well."

Submission + - Gates Criticises DRM

Submitted by AArmadillo on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @03:12PM

AArmadillo writes: BBC reports that Microsoft chairman Bill Gates believes current DRM to be too complex for consumers.

From the article:
"DRM is not where it should be," said Mr Gates, reported blogger Steve Rubel. "In the end of the day incentive systems (for artists) make a difference," said Mr Gates. "But we don't have the right thing here in terms of simplicity or interoperability," he added.
...
Blogger Michael Arrington, of Techcrunch.com, said Bill Gates' short-term advice for people wanting to transfer songs from one system to another was to "buy a CD and rip it".

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