Comment: Bad idea (Score 1) 26
The people who are interested in STEM and the people who like crowds have no intersection.
Echolocation For Your Cell Phone 73
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samzenpus
from the map-it-out dept.
from the map-it-out dept.
sciencehabit writes "In a few years, an iPhone app may give you a 3D layout of a room as soon as you step into it. Researchers have developed an algorithm that spits out the shape and contours of complex structures (including Switzerland's Lausanne Cathedral) using data compiled from four randomly placed microphones. The technology, which relies on the same sort of echolocation bats and dolphins use to navigate, could be used to develop more realistic echoes in video games and virtual reality simulations and to eliminate the echo from phone calls."
Comment: A bit too radical (Score 1) 131
If chimps are found a use in science, that would do more for their survival than any preservation program. This regulation shouldn't cover chimps bred in captivity.
Comment: Re:This is stupid (Score -1, Flamebait) 728
I have the same opinion about male hosts. I don't hate women, only women without morals.
Comment: Re:That's fine (Score 1) 161
The folks on the other end watching will be Indians working for a few dollars a day.
Comment: Re:This is stupid (Score -1, Troll) 728
So why don't they show off their games instead of some whores?
Comment: Re:In the end? (Score 1) 113
They plan to sail the high-altitude winds to maintain a constant direction and velocity, forming a circle around the globe. Yes, it's quite a big project, but not physically impossible.
Comment: Re:Vigilantism is not a new concept (Score 2) 183
That's not a digital equivalent either.
Comment: Cowboy analogy (Score 4, Funny) 183
After the flawed warfare analogy of the military, we now have a flawed cowboy analogy. How can these people be that shortsighted, everyone knows that the internet is like cars.
To Hack Back Or Not To Hack Back? 183
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Soulskill
from the wild-wild-cyberwest dept.
from the wild-wild-cyberwest dept.
dinscott writes "If you think of cyberspace as a resource for you and your organization, it makes sense to protect your part of it as best you can. You build your defenses and train employees to recognize attacks, and you accept the fact that your government is the one that will pursue and prosecute those who try to hack you. But the challenge arises when you (possibly rightfully so) perceive that your government is not able do so, and you demand to be allowed to 'hack back.'"
Comment: Re:Not a silver bullet, but a hold-over tactic (Score 1) 293
That 200 years is a conservative estimate. Advanced breeder and thorium reactors can push that figure up to the thousands, which is more than enough time to crack fusion.
Comment: Re:cylindrical (Score 1) 463
It's a cylinder with sharp corners.
Death of Trees Correlated With Human Cardiovascular & Respiratory Disease 152
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Soulskill
from the newspapers-now-a-public-health-menace dept.
from the newspapers-now-a-public-health-menace dept.
eldavojohn writes "PBS's NewsHour interviewed Geoffrey Donovan on his recent research published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine that noted a correlation between trees (at least the 22 North American ash varieties) and human health: 'Well my basic hypothesis was that trees improve people's health. And if that's true, then killing 100 million of them in 10 years should have an effect. So if we take away these 100 million trees, does the health of humans suffer? We found that it does.' The basis of this research is Agrilus planipennis, the emerald ash borer, has systematically destroyed 100 million trees in the eastern half of the United States since 2002. After accounting for all variables, the research found that an additional 15,000 people died from cardiovascular disease and 6,000 more from lower respiratory disease in the 15 states infected with the bug, compared with uninfected areas of the country. While the exact cause and effect remains unknown, this research appears to be reinforcing data for people who regularly enjoy forest bathing as well as providing evidence that the natural environment provides major public health benefits."
Comment: Re:Some MUD's still better (Score 1) 99
Let's not dismiss the technological development that easily. MUDs were an interesting concept, but far from perfect. Text-based interfaces didn't mix well with realtime gameplay. Today's MMOs became very polished and balanced as we learned more about how design works, MUDs were only driven by their uniqueness that they were the first to offer a persistent world.