Comment Mechwarrior 5 and State of Decay 2 (Score 3, Insightful) 110
Big stompy robots and zombies somehow even out to the right amount of vicarious violence to make the day bearable.
Comment More then a pardon (Score 1) 822
So just to add to the Vote:
A Pardon at least
Who showed us just how far over the edge we have gone and given us a chance to fight back for our society.
Australian Study Backs Major Assumption of Cosmology 94
cylonlover writes "In mankind's attempts to gain some understanding of this marvelous place in which we live, we have slowly come to accept some principles to help guide our search. One such principle is that the Universe, on a large enough scale, is homogeneous, meaning that one part looks pretty much like another. Recent studies by a group of Australian researchers have established that, on sizes greater than about 250 million light years (Mly), the Universe is indeed statistically homogeneous, thereby reinforcing this cosmological principle."
Comment Re:Zombies are a good placeholder for any disaster (Score 1) 515
I never said the a Zombie only plan was what was needed. Instead it was a fun way for our family to prepare for all the above disasters - adding in the Zombies made it a little less scary when preparing for a volcano or earthquake which are likely over the long run.
Comment Zombies are a good placeholder for any disaster (Score 1) 515
Our family has a Zombie survival plan but not because we expect Zombies. We do expect at least one disaster in the PNW in the next 50 years. If could a volcano, earthquake etc.. The point is to be ready for anything with Flashlights, Food, Shelter and all you need to survive a partial collapse (or complete) of the infrastructure that supports us. Plus we have different rally points for the family depending on what kind of disaster happens, we didn't plan for sparkly vampires but we did draw up plans for Mt Rainer, Mega Quake, Nuclear/Bio Terrorism as well as Zombies.
To sum up - People may laugh at us because we have what we call the World War Z plan but really its about being prepared for any disaster.
Submission + - Mobile Medical Lab - The $10 Phone Microscope (singularityhub.com)
kkleiner writes: Aydogan Ozcan of UCLA has developed a microscope attachment for a cell phone – turning the device into a sort of mobile medical lab. It’s both lightweight (~38g or 1.5 oz) and cheap (parts cost around $10). The cellphone microscope can analyze blood and saliva samples for microparticles, red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and water borne parasites. Ozcan and his team have recently won three prestigious awards for the device: a Grand Challenges award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (worth $100,000), the National Geographic Emerging Explorer award (worth $10,000), and the CAREER award from the National Science Foundation ($400,000). With these funds, Ozcan plans on starting case studies in Africa to see how the microscope can help revolutionize global medicine.
Comment If it cost money for the institution they should b (Score 1) 295
If it cost money for the institution they should be able to write off the cost as a donation to SETI@home.
Just sayin, if its about money the SETI@home guys could make the offer and make this a win/win instead of more of the usual zero sum game we usually see.
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Jetman Attempts Intercontinental Flight 140
Last year we ran the story of Yves Rossy and his DIY jetwings. Yves spent $190,000 and countless hours building a set of jet-powered wings which he used to cross the English Channel. Rossy's next goal is to cross the Strait of Gibraltar, from Tangier in Morocco and Tarifa on the southwestern tip of Spain. From the article: "Using a four-cylinder jet pack and carbon fibre wings spanning over 8ft, he will jump out of a plane at 6,500 ft and cruise at 130 mph until he reaches the Spanish coast, when he will parachute to earth." Update 18:57 GMT: mytrip writes: "Yves Rossy took off from Tangiers but five minutes into an expected 15-minute flight he was obliged to ditch into the wind-swept waters."
US Air Force Buying Another 2,200 PS3s 144
bleedingpegasus sends word that the US Air Force will be grabbing up 2,200 new PlayStation 3 consoles for research into supercomputing. They already have a cluster made from 336 of the old-style (non-Slim) consoles, which they've used for a variety of purposes, including "processing multiple radar images into higher resolution composite images (known as synthetic aperture radar image formation), high-def video processing, and 'neuromorphic computing.'" According to the Justification Review Document (DOC), "Once the hardware configuration is implemented, software code will be developed in-house for cluster implementation utilizing a Linux-based operating software."
Proton Beams Sent Around the LHC 115
feldhaus writes "The BBC reports that the first beams for over one year have been successfully sent around the complete circumference of the Large Hadron Collider. Engineers do not yet have a stable circulating beam but they hope to by 0600 GMT on Saturday."
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