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Comment Vapor... (Score 2, Interesting) 379

by Scyth3 (#31413438) Attached to: 50% Efficiency Boost From New Fuel Injection System
This sounds exactly like what Smokey Yunick claims to have engineered back in the day. http://www.legendarycollectorcars.com/featured-vehicles/other-feature-cars/smokey-yunicks-hot-vapor-fiero-51-mpg-and-0-60-in-less-than-6-seconds-see-and-hear-it-run-in-our-exclusive-video/ Basically it uses hot gas vapor to improve fuel efficiency. It basically doubled the mileage of the Fiero's iron duke motor. Link to diagram: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3190/2738903116_71abf7785c.jpg
Idle

Submission + - Man sues neighbor for not turning off his wifi (dslreports.com)

Submitted by Scyth3
Scyth3 writes: This man is suing his neighbor for not turning off his cell phone or wireless router. He claims it affects his "electromagnetic allergies", and has resorted to being homeless. So, why doesn't he check into a hotel? Because hotels typically have wireless internet for free...

I wonder if a tinfoil hat would help his cause?
Google

Submission + - How Nexus One Will Change The Apple, Linux Game (katonda.com)

Submitted by sfcrazy
sfcrazy writes: But Google may change the game. They are aware of the power of 'Apps'. The search engine giant is much more powerful than Apple; it has a wider reach. With the Nexus One, Google is entering a new segment, e-retailing. Google will control the user experience in the same manner as Apple. However, in this case you can expect more democracy. Google is also working with the developers to write applications forAndroid. They already have a 'treasure-trove' of applications people would want to use.
Cellphones

Malicious App In Android Market 340

Posted by kdawson from the can't-take-it-to-the-bank dept.
dumbnose writes to let us know that a fraudulent app that attempts to steal bank information has made it to the Android app store. From the alert: "NOTICE: Users of mobile devices with Android software may have noticed several applications available for download in the Android Marketplace. If you see any applications provided by the user Droid09, please do not download these applications. Android applications provided by Droid09 are fraudulent. Please remove any applications by Droid09 from your mobile device and contact your mobile provider to evaluate whether any other applications or information stored on your mobile device have been compromised." Multiple marketplaces are possible in the open Android ecosystem. Might we see the emergence of a marketplace distinguished by an iPhone-like app vetting process?
Books

Google's Book Scanning Technology Revealed 100

Posted by kdawson from the real-page-turner dept.
blee37 writes "Last March we discussed Google's patent for a rapid book scanning system. This article describes and provides pictures of how the system works in practice. Google is secretive, but the system's inner workings were apparently divulged by University of Tokyo researchers who wrote a research article on essentially identical technology. There are also videos of robotic page flippers and information about how Google wants to use music to help humans flip pages."
Cellphones

Cellphone Radiation May Protect Brain From Alzheimers 254

Posted by kdawson from the i-forget-why dept.
We've discussed cellphones and cancer many times. Here's a new angle: reader olddotter sends in a Reuters article suggesting that cellphone radiation may protect the brain from Alzheimer's disease. "At the end of that time, they found cellphone exposure erased a build-up of beta amyloid, a protein that serves as a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. The Alzheimer's mice showed improvement and had reversal of their brain pathology..."
Math

Factorization of a 768-Bit RSA Modulus 192

Posted by CmdrTaco from the that's-a-lotta-math dept.
dtmos writes "The 768-bit, 232-digit number RSA-768 has been factored. 'The number RSA-768 was taken from the now obsolete RSA Challenge list as a representative 768-bit RSA modulus. This result is a record for factoring general integers. Factoring a 1024-bit RSA modulus would be about a thousand times harder, and a 768-bit RSA modulus is several thousands times harder to factor than a 512-bit one. Because the first factorization of a 512-bit RSA modulus was reported only a decade ago it is not unreasonable to expect that 1024-bit RSA moduli can be factored well within the next decade by an academic effort such as ours . . . . Thus, it would be prudent to phase out usage of 1024-bit RSA within the next three to four years.'"
Google

Nexus One Name Irks Philip K. Dick's Estate 506

Posted by samzenpus from the acting-like-a-dick dept.
RevWaldo writes "According to the Wall Street Journal, the estate of Philip K. Dick says the name of Google's new smartphone infringes on the famous character name from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Isa Dick Hackett, a daughter of Mr. Dick, states Google has its 'Android system, and now they are naming a phone "Nexus One." It's not lost on the people who are somewhat familiar with this novel... Our legal team is dealing head-on with this.'"

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