That machine behind these geeks is 'Eve', a code-breaking parlance for 'eavesdropper'
The researchers have used Eve to crack a type of coded communication called quantum key distribution (QKD), thought to have been impossible to break.
It goes something like this. QKD exploits a key principle in quantum physics - you can't measure or examine individual photons of light without altering their state.
Eve does it all with lights - a laser to be precise, to fake the photon in transit.zzzzzzz
Julian Assange is unrivalled in his ability to articulate in clear and simple terms the ways in which public and personal information is being used and manipulated to influence knowledge and perceptions of what's going on in the world.
"Facebook, in particular, is the most appalling spying machine that has ever been invented. Here we have the world’s most comprehensive database about people, their relationships, their names, their addresses, their locations, their communications with each other, their relatives, all sitting within the United States, all accessible to US intelligence. Facebook, Google, Yahoo – all these major US organizations have built-in interfaces for US intelligence. It’s not a matter of serving a subpoena – they have an interface that they have developed for US intelligence to use....Now, is it the case that Facebook is actually run by US intelligence? No, it’s not like that. It’s simply that US intelligence is able to bring to bear legal and political pressure to them. And it’s costly for them to hand out records, one by one, so they have automated the process. Everyone should understand that when they add their friends to Facebook, they are doing free work for United States’ intelligence agencies, in building this database for them."
An "electronic tattoo" could herald a revolution in the way patients are monitored and provide a breakthrough in computer gaming, say US scientists.
They used the device, which is thinner than a human hair, to monitor the heart and brain,according to a study in the journal Science.
The sensor attaches to human skin just like a temporary tattoo and can move, wrinkle and stretch without breaking.
The device can cope with being stretched and squeezed and includes solar cells which can generate power or absorb energy from electromagnetic radiation. The device is less than 50 micrometres thick. Thinner than the diameter of a human hair.
Within ten years, this device will be so small, it will be suspended in liquid. You'll just need to dip your finger into the liquid for thousands of them to be absorbed through your skin and into your nervous system.
NASA-funded researchers have evidence that some building blocks of DNA, the molecule that carries the genetic instructions for life, found in meteorites were likely created in space. The research gives support to the theory that a "kit" of ready-made parts created in space and delivered to Earth by meteorite and comet impacts assisted the origin of life.
"People have been discovering components of DNA in meteorites since the 1960's, but researchers were unsure whether they were really created in space or if instead they came from contamination by terrestrial life," said Dr. Michael Callahan of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. "For the first time, we have three lines of evidence that together give us confidence these DNA building blocks actually were created in space." Callahan is lead author of a paper on the discovery appearing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
GREENPEACE – Genetic engineering from FEINHEIT on Vimeo.
It was this 2009 Video that inspired the Young Dr David L. Cloud to begin his career in biotechnology and genetic engineering and develop the theoretical models that would lay the foundations for safe and controlled development of genetic engineering and its application in food production in the years leading up to the Big Freeze.
His use of the Chinese J0-8 supercomputer to develop accurate forecast models of complex relationships in biology. His models set the groundwork for an 85% cut the use of genetic modified farming and food production. The programme of environmentally friendly genetic optimisation saw an increase in biodiversity that was welcomed by farmers, manufacturers and environmentalists.
A small number of antiprotons lie between the Van Allen belts of trapped "normal" matter. The researchers say there may be enough to implement a scheme using antimatter to fuel future spacecraft
Plus Ultra continues its unmissable articles with yet another topical, contraversial and informative report on the science behind genetic experiments.
Among the kinds of experiments that the report states "should be permissible, subject to additional specialist scrutiny by the national expert body" are:
"Experiments that could be expected to significantly alter the appearance or behaviour of animals, affecting those characteristics that are perceived to contribute most to distinguishing our species from our close evolutionary relatives."
It should be noted that the writers of this report, do not say that the third category of experiments should never be performed. The phrase is "should not, for now" be licensed. They say this because at the present time there is a"lack of compelling scientific justification..." They recommend that this list of experiments be kept "under regular review." But in a footnote they realize that,
...whether or not an admixed embryo is predominantly 'human' is an expert judgment, including an assessment of likely phenotype, but neither the precise eventual composition of an individual embryo nor the phenotypic effect of the admixture will be easily predictable in the current state of knowledge. [italics are ours]
Nanotechnology research and innovation continues to produce the missing pieces for the development of the particles inside Alister and the manufacture of the Soft-Machine outfit.
The article " Responsive Microgel Composite Colloids for Plasmonic Sensing" describes the development of nanoparticles that can respond to changes in its environment
NEW YORK — Fabrics that block toxic gasses to protect emergency responders, T-shirts that change color and kill bacteria and dresses that can recharge iPods are some of the latest projects scientists at Cornell University are working on. Fiber science professor Juan Hinestroza said Wednesday that antibacterial clothing and anti-counterfeit devices are key pieces of research at Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory in Ithaca. He says their work is helping the military and health departments beef up technologically. The Department of Homeland Security provides half of the lab's $1.3 million annual budget. The fashion industry is interested in nanotechnology to design clothes that can change color due to chemical reactions, cotton that can block radiation to avoid a sunburn, and fabrics that can detect allergic reactions and cardiac movements in our bodies.
A nano sized battery has been designed that can fit into a wire only 150 nanometers thick). Engineers from Rice University are working on batteries of only 50 microns - that's about the thickness of a strand of human hair.
So. We'll soon have devices running on tiny, long-life batteries. This means more space on the device for extra features and functionality - and all lasting longer before a recharge.
All they need to do now is create solar or kinetic powered nano or micron batteries and The Soft-Machine outfit finds another piece of its design.
Want to read about the Soft-Machine in operation? Hunt down 'The Cloud Connection.'
MW 60FPS Battlefield 30FPS. So what I say. Having seen both the Battlefield and MW footage, and being a long time fan of MW, I'm not ashamed to say that Battlefield has the clear advantage - for a whole host of reasons that makes the framerate redundant. choice of footage - this alone is significant because is reveals how closely attuned the developers are to what grabs the gamer. Then there's the characterisation. The DICE advantage gives teamwork, battlefield clearly places you as a member of a team. Add to that, a team of characters that are made credible through their appearance, behaviour and expressions. By comparison, MW gives you visual action alone. Dice were smart enough to use gameplay footage that drew the prospective player in as being part of a story involving people the player felt connected to, right from the off. Very smart marketing. To the eye, Battlefield looks visually more impressive. You don't need to be 'told' with a graph that MW is better. Ignore the graph to look at the screen and what you see isn't as gritty and doesn't appeal as much as Battlefield. Battlefield delivers a visually more (from a gaming point of view) combat realistic experience. And I think this is the dealbreaker. It's what Killzone banked on and it worked, twice. So, it may well be that the Frostbite 2 engine is only half of the MW delivery but it's more than capable of delivering a better visual experience all round by virtue of it the story, where it puts the player and the way the story is told. Frames per second don't amount to a hill of beans, beyond 'Hey this looks great'
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