Archive for April, 2015
NYC Pension Earns $40 Million Over 10 Years, Pays Fund Managers $2 Billion
April 9th, 2015Via: The Reformed Broker: over the past 10 years, the five pension funds have paid more than $2 billion in fees to money managers and have received virtually nothing in return… Until now, Mr. Stringer said, the pension funds have reported the performance of many of their investments before taking the fees paid to money […]
Michigan Micro Mote: The World’s Smallest Computer
April 9th, 2015Via: University of Michigan: The Michigan Micro Mote constitutes the first complete, operational computer system measuring as small as two millimeters across. “To be “complete,” a computer system must have an input of data, the ability to process that data – meaning process and store it, make decisions about what to do next – and […]
U.S. Police Killed More People in March Than UK Police Did in 20th Century
April 9th, 2015Via: Russia Today:
Cryptogon Earnings in February and March
April 9th, 2015Thanks to everyone who helped keep Cryptogon open in February and March. Total earnings in February came to $623.09. AD $5 AM $10 Amazon $379.82 Amazon.co.uk £7.27 Blacklisted News $25 DE $10 DS $25 Eileen $45 JH $5 JR $7.50 KH $15 KL $5 Pookie $75 TG $5 The total for March was $687.48. Amazon […]
U.S. Aerospace Command Moving Comms Gear Back to Cold War Bunker
April 8th, 2015Via: AFP: The US military command that scans North America’s skies for enemy missiles and aircraft plans to move its communications gear to a Cold War-era mountain bunker, officers said. The shift to the Cheyenne Mountain base in Colorado is designed to safeguard the command’s sensitive sensors and servers from a potential electromagnetic pulse (EMP) […]
Human Rights Watch Sues DEA Over Bulk Collection of Americans’ Telephone Records
April 8th, 2015Via: EFF: Human Rights Watch, a nonpartisan organization that fights human rights abuses across the globe, filed suit against the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration late Tuesday for illegally collecting records of its telephone calls to certain foreign countries as part of yet another government bulk surveillance program. The group is represented by the Electronic Frontier […]
Robotic Co-Pilots
April 7th, 2015Via: New York Times: This summer, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon research organization, will take the next step in plane automation with the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System, or Alias. Sometime this year, the agency will begin flight testing a robot that can be quickly installed in the right seat of military […]
‘BMW’s New Sensors Do the Braking for You’
April 7th, 2015Via: Bloomberg: More than 90 percent of auto-related crashes are due to human error: a distraction, a mistake. With its new “Active Assist” technology, BMW is trying to do everything it can to take those errors out of the equation. Using laser sensors, the system effectively keeps a 360-degree vigil and will automatically and gently […]
Stanford: New Aluminum-Ion Battery, “7,500 Cycles Without Any Loss of Capacity”
April 7th, 2015Non toxic. Very safe. Does it scale? Hope so. It’s nowhere near market ready, but exciting anyway. Via: Stanford University: Stanford University scientists have invented the first high-performance aluminum battery that’s fast-charging, long-lasting and inexpensive. Researchers say the new technology offers a safe alternative to many commercial batteries in wide use today. “We have developed […]
Cal Poly Pomona: Students Must Obtain Permits to Distribute Material in Tiny “Free Speech Zone”
April 6th, 2015Via: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: College student Nicolas Tomas filed a First Amendment lawsuit today against California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, with assistance from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). The lawsuit targets university policies that restrict where, when, and how students can exercise their free speech rights. The lawsuit alleges […]
