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Man solves puzzle of Italian Job movie-> 0

Submitted by Madas on Friday January 23 2009, @06:27AM

Madas writes "If you ever wondered how the Italian Job film should end (the original version that is) then read how one man finally figured out how it should be done. It's a great solution and one that doesn't rely on any Deus Ex Machina."
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Japanese scientists develop mind-reading machine 0

Submitted by Madas on Friday December 12 2008, @10:16AM

Madas writes "Boffins at Japan's ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories have managed to reconstruct pictures inside a human mind and display them on a computer, so says this report by Absolute Gadget. This could lead to machines being able to read minds completely. Could it spot a terrorist though?"

Welsh researchers develop bionic man technology-> 0

Submitted by Madas on Tuesday November 18 2008, @06:27PM

Madas writes "Welsh scientists have developed sensors that can be implanted on the brain that can relay signals from the brain to artificial limbs. The technology could even one day be used to help paraplegics to regain use of their own limbs."
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Researchers invent brain-controlled laptop 0

Submitted by Madas on Friday November 07 2008, @09:28AM

Madas writes "Reserchers at the University of Portmouth in England have developed a simple headband that can translate facial movements of a paraplegic into cursor movements on screen, according this article by Absolute Gadget. This has led to one man, unable to move or talk, to tell nurses that he doesn't want to see his father. Sad, but moving."

Boston Uni working on LED wireless networks 0

Submitted by Madas on Wednesday October 08 2008, @11:53AM

Madas writes "This article on Absolute Gadget details how researchers at Boston University's College of Engineering are working on devloping wireless networks that use LED lights instead of normal radio waves. This research apparently has other uses in the automobile industry. Apparently the LEDs could warn you if the driver in front has put the brakes on so could avoid hitting the car in front. Personally I'd use my vision balls that are in my thought box."

Number of security flaws nearer to 140,000->

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on Thursday May 31 2007, @07:41AM

Madas writes "In this article in IT PRO, Renowned security expert Gunter Ollmann has made a big guess on the number of actual security vulnerabilities in applications last year. While publicly there are around 7,000 — Ollmann believes this total to be closer to 140,000. How many of those affect Windows?"
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1024-bit RSA encryption closed to being hacked

Submitted by Madas on Friday May 25 2007, @07:17AM

Madas writes "Scientists are close to cracking 1024-bit RSA encryption. Apparently, a team of researchers working in Europe and Japan have cracked a 307-digit Mersenne number using the special number field sieve method developed by cryptology professor Arjen Lenstra. The scientists think that it will be a cinch to crack 1024-bit RSA encryption using the same method. The security industry shudders!"

Scientists make quantum dot laser breakthrough

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on Friday April 13 2007, @11:23AM

Madas writes "This story on IT PRO talks about scientists making extremely small quantum dot lasers which could eventually find their way into telecoms equipment and optical computers. Apparently, the disks from where laser light transmits is much like a "whispering gallery". It is the breakthrough needed to make optical computers a reality?"

Storage robot turn Sata disks into storage pool

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on Tuesday April 10 2007, @11:51AM

Madas writes "This new piece of hardware claims to take any Sata-based drives and turn them into a pool of storage for use by home users. But I think calling it a robot is a bit of marketing taken too far. Funny story anyway."

Wep security cracked even quicker

Submitted by Madas on Thursday April 05 2007, @07:49AM

Madas writes "Researchers in Technical University Darmstadt have managed to crack Wep security faster than ever before. It's all done with some tool called aircrack-ptw. They only need 40,000 packets to find the key and that only takes a minute (it used to take about 40 minutes). Is anyone still using WEP? They shouldn't be after reading this!"