Month: March 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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Entertainment

Tom Cruise trains through time travel in new ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ trailer

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As reported on The Verge. By Kwame Opam In Edge of Tomorrow, Lt. Col. Bill Cage, played by Tom Cruise, is trapped in aGroundhog Day-esque time loop as he lives and dies fighting against an apparently unstoppable alien threat. The only way out is for him to get better at fighting the invaders, and with each death comes new skills and experiences that will help him and Special Forces soldier Rita Vrataski (played by Emily Blunt) take…

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Games Social Networking

The Creator Of Doom Is Now A Facebook Employee

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Matt Burns This isn’t bizzaro world. We will soon live in a world where the maker of Doom, Quake and most of my childhood memories works for Mark Zuckerberg. John Carmack will soon be a Facebook employee. Facebook just announced its plan to buy Oculus VR for around $2 billion in cash and stock. The company will operate independently within Facebook with a focus on gaming. Facebook communications confirmed to TechCrunch that everyone…

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Business

Facebook Buys A Virtual World

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Matthew Panzarino Today, in a somewhat surprising move, Facebook purchased virtual reality company Oculus VR. The buy elicited visceral reactions from people dismayed that Oculus sold out so early to snarky comments about what Facebook might do with it. First of all, any talk about the Facebook news feed appearing in virtual form is far too short-sighted. Will someone port the feed over to Oculus? Probably. But that’s not even close to the endgame here.…

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Google

The next version of Android could be truly business-friendly

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As reported on Engadget. BY JON FINGAS Android has a lot of market share, but it doesn’t have a big footprint in the corporate world; outside of special efforts like Samsung’s Knox, the OS isn’t well-suited to business demands. All that may change in the near future, though, as The Information‘s sources claim that the next major Android release will place a much stronger emphasis on office-grade security. The new OS will reportedly allow apps that require their own authentication (including biometrics),…

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Space

NASA reveals three spacesuit designs, wants you to choose a favorite

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As reported on Engadget. BY MARIELLA MOON Looks like NASA wants to add more zing to its futuristic Z-series spacesuits, because the agency just revealed three far-out outer shell designs for the newest prototype. The new model (called the Z-2) is a follow-up to NASA’s Buzz Lightyear-esque Z-1 spacesuit prototype, which was named one of Time Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2012. There are several differences between the two, including the quality of their upper torsos: while the Z-1’s is soft, the Z-2’s…

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