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Submission + - 'Dead' woman comes alive after vehicle skids (indiatimes.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A vehicle carrying a body of a woman from Chandigarh to Chhadol village near Swarghat in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, skidded off the road, shook a lot and lo behold, her heart started beating again and that too after almost 24 hours of having been declared dead!
Idle

Submission + - Chinese Scientists Make Cow Producing Human Milk (plosone.org)

Submitted by hackingbear
hackingbear writes: Scientists from China Agricultural University have produced 17 healthy cloned cattle expressing recombinant human lysozyme using somatic cell nuclear transfer. In this study, we just focus on four transgenic cattle which were natural lactation. Lysozyme, a bactericidal protein that protects human infants from microbial infections, is highly expressed in human milk but is found in only trace amounts in cow milk. The result not only describes transgenic cattle whose milk offers the similar nutritional benefits as human milk but also reports techniques that could be further refined for production of active human lysozyme on a large scale.

Submission + - Could rooting Android devices become mainstream? (npr.org)

Submitted by grahamsaa
grahamsaa writes: NPR's Weekend Edition aired a story today on how rooting the Nook Color can turn it into a full fledged and relatively inexpensive Android tablet. The story claims that the process takes about half an hour, and only requires the purchase of a Nook and a microSD card, and points listeners to a YouTube tutorial on how to root the device. Could this signal a change in how mainstream users see devices like this? Could rooting Android devices like the Nook ever become mainstream?
Robotics

Submission + - Mechanical Insect Hovers With Printed Wings (ispyce.com)

Submitted by autospa
autospa writes: So-called 3D printers are capable of printing objects out of metal, glass, plastic, even sugar and mashed potatoes. And now they're being used to print delicate, transluscent wings for mechanical insects. Until now, making wings for machines that can effectively mimic the flight of insects and birds has proven a delicate and time-consuming process taking days or longer to complete. "Production of an untethered, flapping-hovering machine itself is very challenging, and only a few have been made successfully to date," said researcher Hod Lipson, a roboticist at Cornell University.
Businesses

Submission + - Companies accused of spectrum hoarding (cio.com.au)

Submitted by
angry tapir
angry tapir writes: "The National Association of Broadcasters, asked by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and some lawmakers to give up television spectrum for mobile data uses, has fired back by accusing several other companies of hoarding the spectrum they hold. In recent weeks, the NAB has gone on the offensive by suggesting that several spectrum holders, including Verizon Communications, AT&T and Time Warner Cable, have not developed the spectrum they already have."
Facebook

Submission + - Survey: 41% of Facebook Users Total IDiots (allthingsd.com)

Submitted by plastick
plastick writes: In an experiment, 41% of Facebook users were willing to divulge highly personal information to a complete stranger. This according to IT security firm Sophos, which invited 200 randomly selected Facebookers to befriend a bogus Facebook user named "Freddi Staur" (an anagram of "ID Fraudster"). Of those queried, 87 responded to the invitation, among them 82 people whose profiles included personal information such as their email address, date of birth, address or phone number. In total:
  • 72% of respondents divulged one or more email address
  • 84% listed their full date of birth
  • 87% provided details about their education or workplace
  • 78% listed their current address or location
  • 23% listed their current phone number
  • 26% provided their instant-messaging screen name

Science

Submission + - Volcanies Not Just A Problem In Hawaii (ibtimes.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Volcanic eruptions like the one from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on March 5 offer spectacular views of lava flows and are a vivid reminder to islanders that the ground they live on can become hazardous very fast. For people on the mainland of the U.S., such hazards can seem far away.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the U.S. is Mount Rainier. Rainier has not erupted since the 1820s, but it is listed as a volcano with a good chance of erupting within the next 10 years. If it were to erupt with the same power as Mount St. Helens did in 1980, it would be much worse because of the larger populations that live in the area. The city of Portland, Ore., is 50 miles from Mount Hood, another active peak that has been relatively quiet. Mount Hood's last eruption was just before the Lewis and Clark expedition arrived in 1805, and there has been minor activity since then, most recently in the early part of the last century.

Submission + - Karmapa Lama Arrested (moveon.co.in)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Dharamsala businessman KP Bhardwaj, who is believed to have struck a land deal with the Karmapa's trust, and a bank manager from Haryana have been arrested and are being questioned following the recovery of unaccounted foreign and Indian currency worth nearly Rs70 million from the monastery.

Submission + - FemPhocus (femphocus.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: FemPhocus is a photography website that focuses on real women. Our goal is to showcase all the women that larger corporations have excluded, but yet are still very captivating. Our direction is towards artful, classy, nudes, in a comfortable environment, without the pressure of a male presence.

Comment Re:Boom! (Score 2) 347

by manofherb (#34991314) Attached to: How Chrysler's Battery-Less Hybrid Minivan Works

i'm pretty sure I build these accumlator tanks at my job, they are wreck proof, bulletproof, and fireproof they are tested well above their rated pressures, we even blow one up out of every batch just to see what it would take (i'm guessing these are 15,000 psi + to explode, but it could only be 10-12 I'm not sure what configuration we used to build these) and there is a bladder installed after it leaves the factory

Submission + - pin pad difficulties

Submitted by manofherb
manofherb writes: anyone ever notice how your computer keypad is oriented different than an ATM pinpad or telephone? was this a result of patent issues or was it just an overlooked mistake? anyone ever type their pin in wrong? How annoying is it to you when the cashier instructs you to "enter your pin and push the green button" as your hand is resting on the keypad...

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