May 2013
13 posts
Decisions made before you become conscious of them...
It’s possible to detect the brain activity associated with movement before someone is conscious of deciding to move. Furthermore, it’s possible to reverse that decision before a person even realizes they’ve decided. MSN.
Cyberthieves Looted A.T.M.’s of $45 Million in...
In two precision operations that involved operatives in more than two dozen countries acting in close coordination and with surgical precision, a hacker organization was able to steal $45 million from thousands of A.T.M.’s in a matter of hours.
After securing 12 account numbers for cards issued by the Bank of Muscat in Oman and raising the withdrawal limits, the cashing crews were set in...
Injectable Oxygen Keeps People Alive Without... →
A team at Boston Children’s Hospital have invented a micro-particle that can be injected into your bloodstream to oxygenate your blood.
The particles are able to keep a patient alive for up to 30 minutes after respiratory failure – which is normally enough time to prevent a heart attack or brain damage due to oxygen deprivation.
Potential uses for the new technology include medical, military...
Google Glass rooted
Google Glass has been hacked and rooted.
Once the attacker has root on your Glass, they have much more power than if they had access to your phone or even your computer: they have control over a camera and a microphone that are attached to your head. A bugged Glass doesn’t just watch your every move: it watches everything you are looking at (intentionally or furtively) and hears everything...
April 2013
13 posts
March 2013
20 posts
In Manifesto, Mexican Eco-Terrorists Declare War...
Over the past two years, Mexican scientists involved in bio- and nanotechnology have become targets. They’re not threatened by the nation’s drug cartels. They’re marked for death by a group of bomb-building eco-terrorists with the professed goal of destroying human civilization. (Wired)
“We are not scanning all those books to be read by people,” explained one of my...”
– Edge: TURING’S CATHEDRAL by George Dyson (via new-aesthetic)
WatchEverpurse Charges Your Smartphone, Wire-Free
February 2013
45 posts
