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Transportation

General Motors: Driverless cars ready by 2018

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Gregor Stipicic
Gregor Stipicic writes " Cars that drive themselves — even parking at their destination — could be ready for sale within a decade, General Motors Corp. executives say. "This is not science fiction," Larry Burns, GM's vice president for research and development, said in a recent interview. GM plans to use an inexpensive computer chip and an antenna to link vehicles equipped with driverless technologies. The first use likely would be on highways; people would have the option to choose a driverless mode while they still would control the vehicle on local streets, Burns said. He said the company plans to test driverless car technology by 2015 and have cars on the road around 2018. "
Math

1 + 1 = 74: A New Era in Abstract Mathematics->

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Mr Robots
Mr Robots writes "One day when i was teaching a class of academics how to think about the world in abstract ways I asked them to solve one simple problem. The problem was to consider how 1 + 1 might equal 74 (1 + 1= 74). Many of these students were bound for careers in computer programming, in competitive and business intelligence and others in information security. I asked them to consider how 1 + 1 might equal 74 and not 2. Suffice to say — not one student solved the problem. See the workings out."
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Cellphones

Q-thumb will make using thumboards easier.-> 1

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tiberiandusk
tiberiandusk writes "Q-thumb is a design concept for an easier way to use thumboards on Blackberrys and other mobile devices. Instead of trying to press tiny buttons with the tips of you thumbs the Q-thumb is worn like a ring and makes it easier to push them. It could reduce the risk of Blackberry thumb since you don't have to bend your thumbs as much to press keys on the thumboard."
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Censorship

Mandatory internet filters to protect children-> 5

Submitted by CaptainDefragged
CaptainDefragged writes "Just announced on the Australian ABC News site Senator Conroy says it will be mandatory for all internet service providers to provide clean feeds, or ISP filtering, to houses and schools that are free of pornography and inappropriate material. ... Senator Conroy says anyone wanting uncensored access to the internet will have to opt out of the service, and will work with the industry to ensure the filters do not affect the speed of the internet."
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Space

Largest Diamond in the galaxy discovered 5

Submitted by morpheus83
morpheus83 writes "Astronomers have discovered the largest diamond in the galaxy, located at a distance of 50 light years from earth in the Constellation Centaurus. The space diamond is virtually an enormous chunk of crystallized carbon, 4,000 kilometers in diameter which makes up ten billion trillion trillion carats or five million trillion trillion pounds. Scientists believe that the diamond is the heart of an extinct star that used to shine like the Sun."
Power

Wind-powered data center for Google 3

Submitted by TT
TT writes "Google is considering building a wind-powered data center in Greensburg, Kan. In addition to the huge solar-panel project it's building in Mountain View, this 20-megawatt data center in Greensburg would go a long way toward helping Google get carbon neutral, as is its goal. The company, like the entire universe today, is on the green kick. It announced last month that it wants to make renewable energy cheaper than coal."
Music

RIAA Puts Out 'Fake News'->

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Fake Newser
Fake Newser writes "The Recording Industry Association of America wants to communicate with TV News audiences. The company I work for just distributed this video package nationwide to TV News Stations. It already aired in Dallas and one network and one major news gathering service have requested tapes. This thing could be all over the news this week. The video you see was preceded by graphics which told stations who paid for the content and offered the name and title of the spokesperson. This is how the RIAA and other organizations get their news out and influence consumers like you. Here's the actual VNR, missing only the informational slates that preceded it on the satellite feeds.... http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f09_1198188234"
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The Courts

FBI zaps couple for shining laser at helicopter-> 3

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coondoggie
coondoggie writes "The US attorney's office and the FBI this week charged a California couple with shining a laser into the cockpit of a sheriff's department helicopter, a federal criminal complaint that could land them in jail for up to 20 years and earn them a $250,000 fine. The federal criminal complaint was filed on December 13, against Jared Dooley and Kendra Snow. The complaint states that on November 8, 2007, at about 10:55 p.m., a green laser beam illuminated the cockpit of a Kern County Sheriff's Department helicopter, which was flying at 500 feet during routine patrol in Bakersfield, California. When the light hit the cockpit, it disoriented the Kern County Sheriff's pilot, causing pain and discomfort in his eyes for a couple of hours, the FBI said in a statement. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/23237"
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