Day: March 27, 2014

Engineering

The Top-Secret Aircraft That Roamed the Skies Over Area 51

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As reported on Wired. BY ALEXANDER GEORGE Image: Boeing   In 1992, Boeing’s Phantom Works program began development on the Bird of Prey, a project managed by the U.S. Air Force, funded by Boeing, and borrowing the name from the Klingon starship in 1984’s Star Trek III: The Search For Spock. It pioneered dozens of new technologies that we use in airplanes today, but the Bird of Prey was never meant for production. Phantom Works is Boeing’s secret(ish) in-house…

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Article

FIGHTING DIRTY

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As reported on The Verge. by Leigh Cowart Behind boxing’s brain damage crisis At 46, “Terrible” Terry Norris has the lean, muscled frame of a former pro boxer. He’s just a little taller than average, with a thick, black Van Dyke framing a bright smile. Gray creeps in at the edges of his beard, but his shaved head seems the only concession to age, a paring away of the intricately razored box cut of his heyday,…

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Culture

Build Your Own Makerbot-Inspired Robotic Tattoo Machine

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As reported on TechCrunch. by John Biggs I actually checked to see if today was April Fool’s but, seeing as how it wasn’t and seeing as how it would be quite simple to recreate this cool piece of hardware, I figured we could check it out. Basically it’s a DIY tattoo machine that uses a Makerbot base with a needle attached to the extruder. To use it you simply strap your arm to the platform (!!!) and wait…

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Cloud

Aereo Says A Win For Broadcasters Would Have “Chilling” Consequences To Cloud Computing

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Jordan Crook Aereo has today filed its response brief with the Supreme Court in a case that will make or break the streaming TV startup. So far, we’re in the preliminary stages of this particular case, with the broadcasters filing their initial briefing in March, arguing that Aereo violates Copyrights by retransmitting broadcast signals as a “public performance.” Today, Aereo responds to the briefing with a briefing of their own, as well…

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TV

Millennials are watching video on tablets and computers more than TVs

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As reported on Engadget. BY EMILY PRICE Apparently kids these days prefer to watch shows and movies on things other than a TV. According to a new study by Deloitte, 56 percent of “training millennials” (people ages 14-24) are tuning in to their favorite shows on computers, smartphones, tablets and gaming devices rather than a television. The majority, 32 percent, are watching on their computers, while just 7 percent are keeping up with the Kardashians on their…

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