Archive for September, 2012
FORM 1: An Affordable, Professional 3D Printer
September 27th, 2012They’re 4x the initial goal after one day. Via: Kickstarter: Our reason for starting this project is simple: there are no low-cost 3D printers that meet the quality standards of the professional designer. As researchers at the MIT Media Lab, we were lucky to experience the best and most expensive fabrication equipment in the world. […]
Toyota and Nissan Close Factories in China
September 26th, 2012Via: CNBC: Shares of both Toyota Motor and Nissan Motor fell 3 percent in Tokyo trading on Wednesday on news the automakers will halt production at plants in China in the wake of the worst anti-Japan protests in decades. While the development has heightened concerns about the impact of the rift on Japanese businesses, analysts […]
Living Under Drones
September 26th, 2012Via: Guardian: The CIA’s programme of “targeted” drone killings in Pakistan’s tribal heartlands is politically counterproductive, kills large numbers of civilians and undermines respect for international law, according to a report by US academics. More: Living Under Drones
Australia: Attorney General Wants ISPs to Retain Two Years of Data
September 26th, 2012Via: The Age: AUSTRALIA’S security and law enforcement agencies are world leaders in telecommunications interception and data access and like most successful industries, they want more. Federal Attorney-General Nicola Roxon is canvassing a further expansion of surveillance powers, most controversially a requirement that telecommunications and internet service providers retain at least two years of data […]
Fast-Food Logos ‘Imprinted’ in Children’s Brains
September 26th, 2012Via: Medical Daily: Childhood obesity is a growing health concern in the public sphere, but for many of us, it also hits close to home. But while public health campaigns have singled in on parents providing children with unhealthy nutrition options and with poor examples of healthy eating, new research indicates that some of the […]
Hitachi Developing Quartz Based Permanent Storage Syetem for Digital Information
September 26th, 2012Via: AFP: As Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones prove, good music lasts a long time; now Japanese hi-tech giant Hitachi says it can last even longer — a few hundred million years at least. The company on Monday unveiled a method of storing digital information on slivers of quartz glass that can endure extreme […]
Autonomous Vehicles Coming to Callfornia
September 26th, 2012Via: Google: California Governor Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown Jr. is visiting Google Headquarters today to sign SB1298, a bill that creates a legal framework and operational safety standards for the testing and operation of autonomous vehicles on state roads and highways.
Israel Lobbyist Suggests False Flag Operation to Get U.S. Into War with Iran
September 26th, 2012Via: The Passionate Attachment: Last Friday, during question time at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy policy forum luncheon on “How to Build US-Israeli Coordination on Preventing an Iranian Nuclear Breakout,” the director of research at the pro-Israel think tank hinted that a Pearl Harbor-type attack might be necessary to get the United States […]
Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
September 24th, 2012Via: Guardian: Drugs are tested by the people who manufacture them, in poorly designed trials, on hopelessly small numbers of weird, unrepresentative patients, and analysed using techniques that are flawed by design, in such a way that they exaggerate the benefits of treatments. Unsurprisingly, these trials tend to produce results that favour the manufacturer. When […]
German Neuroscientist: Computer Use by Very Young Children Causes Brain Development Deficits That Are Irreversible
September 24th, 2012Via: WorldCrunch: Dr. Manfred Spitzer knows that people find his arguments provocative. In his first book, he warned parents of the very real dangers of letting their children spend too much time in front of the TV. Now, in a second book called Digitale Demenz [Digital Dementia], he’s telling them that teaching young kids finger-counting […]
