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Submission + - Polish protestor uses drone copter to monitor demo (rawstory.com)

Submitted by fantomas
fantomas writes: In recent demonstrations in Warsaw, Poland, a demonstrator has used a drone helicopter spycam, manufactured by Robokopter, to monitor police actions and how they behave towards protestors. Videos show the copter taking off and flying over police lines. A case of man-bites-dog? Is this a first? or do slashdot readers know of similar technology being used by protestors in the USA 'Occupy' movements or elsewhere?

Comment location of shredded pieces relative to each other (Score 1) 180

by starmonkey (#38083504) Attached to: $50,000 To Solve the Most Complicated Puzzle Ever
unless the shredded pieces are thoroughly mixed, there is a /lot/ of information contained in the location of the pieces relative to each other in the pile of shredded pieces. If someone captures shredded documents, every effort should be made to avoid disturbing the pile, or at least to bag it with some order.
Blackberry

Submission + - How low can it go? RIM falls below book value (itworld.com)

Submitted by bdking
bdking writes: Shares of troubled BlackBerry maker Research in Motion fell below the company's book value — the net value of its assets — for the first time in nine years. Is it too late for the company to reverse its slide toward irrelevance?
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Submission + - Google's Driverless Car Has Its Head in the Cloud (txchnologist.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Cruise control used to be a luxury item for car buyers. More recently, vehicles that could parallel park themselves or steer themselves through skids could inspire envy or respect. But Google’s self-driving car, which has traveled over than 190,000 miles without human assistance in all kinds of traffic, over all kinds of terrain, has put these previous advances to shame.

Equipped with a Velodyne 64-beam laser imaging system on its roof, radar systems on each bumper, and a forward-looking camera, the car constructs an image of the world and of the objects moving all around it; a GPS system and inertial measurement units help it keep track of its precise location on maps in its memory. But the real key to its capabilities is its data-processing systems — only some of which are in the car. Others are part of a cloud-computing network of servers within wireless contact that Google uses to supplement the brains on board.

Comment Re:Raspberry Pi makes OLPC irrelevant (Score 2) 130

by starmonkey (#37936598) Attached to: OLPC Project To Air-Drop Laptops

The Raspberry Pi project ("An ARM GNU/Linux box for $25" - http://www.raspberrypi.org/) might just obsolete OLPC.

I doubt it. As much as I like the Raspberry Pi, it doesn't come with a keyboard or display or power supply, and certainly isn't designed for use by the illiterate. As much as I think the OLPC idea is far from being proven to be effective, it's designed for rugged use away from the power grid.
Apple

Submission + - Apple Lawyers Threaten Luxembourg Bistro (itworld.com)

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itwbennett
itwbennett writes: "In today's edition of David v. Goliath, Apple lawyers have sent cease and desist letters to a tiny health food restaurant in Luxembourg named AppleADay. For their part, the owners of AppleADay, with help from a lawerly friend, have promised that they would continue to sell only food, not computers. Of course, Apple knows as well as anyone that promises are made to be broken, having famously promised Apple Corps, the Beatles' production company, they would never get into the music business."
Science

Submission + - Fracking Likley Cause of Minor Quakes in UK (sciencemag.org)

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Stirling Newberry
Stirling Newberry writes: "Non-conventional extraction of hydrocarbons is the next wave of production, including natural gas and oil – at least according to its advocates. One of the most controversial of the technologies being used is hydraulic fracture drilling, or "fracking." Energy companies have been gobbling up google ad words to push the view that the technology is "proven" and "safe," while stories about the damage continue to surface. Adding to the debate are two small tremors in the UK — below 3.0, so very small – that were quite likely the result of fracking there. Because the drilling cracks were shallow, this raises concerns that deeper cracks near more geologically active areas might lead to quakes that could cause serious damage."

Comment Re:Zeta Response (Score 1) 548

by starmonkey (#37882860) Attached to: Anonymous Takes On a Mexican Drug Cartel
In my opinion, the only accurate thing you said is that it's win-win for the US. Zetas absolutely won't cave in to anyone's threat. They will use rubber-hose techniques to get to the originators. Corrupt officials are revealed all the time. They're only replaced some of the time. I don't doubt that at least some Zetas use smartphones or own a computer, but they're generally a SMS and cellphone-call organization. Most members are poor and uneducated. I doubt they have a sophisticated infrastructure using IT. Actually, everyone here seems pretty ignorant of the situation in Mexico. They think that Anon has some advantage because they can release information about one cartel and not care about the consequences. In fact, the Calderon administration has been pursuing exactly this (failed) strategy of destabilization. They have been selectively hitting one cartel after the other. Sorry, this isn't a Hollywood movie where hackers have power. They're just going to get killed by real bullets. PS I am writing from Mexico

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