To learn how the whole brain works, it doesn’t do to just record from one neuron—you want to know what every single neuron is doing every millisecond . Now scientists have invented a technique that can actually capture the 3D activity of an entire brain milliseconds at the time—possibly the most complete picture of brain activity we’ve ever had. Read more…
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Every Neuron in a Brain Recorded in 3D on a Millisecond Timescale
BioLite has been recharging smartphones, action cams and GPS units via camp stove fire since 2012, but now it’s offering a larger model that will grill enough grub to feed your entire crew. The BaseCamp stove offers the same heat-to-electricity conversion, but with a much larger cooking surface for grilling dinner (up to eight burgers at a time) for more than just a pair of weary hikers. The built-in power pack has been upgraded as well, generating 5W and storing power for juicing up devices during dessert alongside a UI that gauges temperature and displays the amount of electricity being generated. Need to use a pot to boil water? That cooking surface can wrangle the flame for optimal output with the flip of a lever. If all of that sounds too good to pass up, units are set to ship in September and you can one for $299 during the company’s Kickstarter effort. Filed under: Misc Comments Via: Uncrate Source: Kickstarter
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Generate power to recharge gadgets while grilling with this camp stove
Hunter Edwards On Monday, Sprint agreed to pay the Federal Communications Commission $7.5 million to resolve violations of the Do Not Call registry—the largest settlement payout ever. The program first began in 2003 as a way to allow Americans to opt out of unsolicited sales calls. According to the FCC, Sprint will also put into effect a “robust compliance plan,” designate a new senior manager to deal with compliance, retrain its employees, and report any further noncompliance to the agency, among other necessary actions. “We expect companies to respect the privacy of consumers who have opted out of marketing calls,” said Travis LeBlanc, acting chief of the Enforcement Bureau, in a statement . “When a consumer tells a company to stop calling or texting with promotional pitches, that request must be honored. Today’s settlement leaves no question that protecting consumer privacy is a top enforcement priority.” Read 3 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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For Do Not Call violations, Sprint will pay FCC $7.5M in largest ever settlement
Gray’s Anatomy No, urine is not sterile, according to a study presented this week by researchers from the Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University. Instead, the bodily excretion does contain a diverse array of bacteria that can vary depending on bladder condition. Up until now, the types of bacteria present have been hard to detect because they don’t grow in urine cultures. That urine is not sterile is not actually news; the same medical school reported findings in 2012 suggesting that urine can contain bacteria when drawn directly from the bladder. But the study may surprise many due to the deeply entrenched belief , even in the medical community, that urine is bacteria-free and thus safe to use in a number of activities, from drinking to rinsing wounds in a pinch. A commonly traded rule of thumb is that, while the initial part of a stream of urine contains bacteria washed from the urethra, the “mid-stream” is safely sterile. This is not so, or at least it’s not entirely reliable information. The two studies, from 2013 and 2012, looked only at samples from women. The 2013 study compared samples from women with and without overactive bladder disorder (OAB) and found different types of bacteria in both types of samples, including Streptococcus and Staphylococcus. The authors of the study suggested that the presence of certain types of bacteria in women with OAB could be causing their symptoms, and treating their presence could help with their condition. Read 2 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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Urine and the bladder are not sterile, contain bacteria
MattSparkes (950531) writes “Law enforcement around the world has teamed-up to arrest 97 for buying/using Blackshades malware, which can remotely seize control of a victim’s computer, access documents, record keystrokes and even activate their webcam to take surreptitious pictures and video. It is also able to encrypt files in order to extract a ransom for their release. Blackshades RAT is a commercial product costing less than $200 which was marketed as a tool to test network security. However, it is widely used by hackers and was even said by the Electronic Frontier Foundation to have been used against Syrian activists by the government in 2012.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Almost 100 Arrested In Worldwide Swoop On Blackshades Malware
One of the few looks we’ve gotten at a Broadwell CPU so far. Intel New CPUs and chipsets from Intel normally go hand-in-hand, but earlier this month when the company announced its 9-series chipsets , all we got was a slightly faster clock speed bump to Haswell . News of truly new CPUs based on the upcoming “Broadwell” architecture was nowhere to be found, and we’ve generally heard very little about Broadwell aside from an announcement of a delay into the second half of 2014. There are many months in the second half of 2014, but Intel CEO Bryan Krzanich got a little more specific in a statement to Reuters today . “I can guarantee for holiday, and not at the last second of holiday,” said Krzanich. “Back to school—that’s a tight one. Back to school you have to really have it on-shelf in July, August. That’s going to be tough.” This means we’ll most likely see Broadwell chips (and, more importantly, new devices from OEMs that can use Broadwell chips) sometime between September and early December. Read 1 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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Intel CEO: Delayed next-gen Broadwell CPUs will be here for holidays
Holograms are undoubtedly spiffy-looking , but they’re not exactly cheap; even a basic holographic projector made from off-the-shelf parts can cost thousands of dollars . MIT researchers may have a budget-friendly alternative in the future, though. They’ve built a glasses-free 3D projector that uses two liquid crystal modulators to angle outgoing light and present different images (eight in the prototype) depending on your point of view. And unlike some 3D systems, the picture should remain relatively vivid — the technology uses a graphics card’s computational power to preserve as much of an image’s original information (and therefore its brightness) as possible. It’s not a flawless system, at least not right now. While the modulators work at a speedy 240Hz, the resulting output is just 40Hz. That’s fast enough for movies and TV shows, but a far cry from the 60Hz-plus that many regular TV sets can manage. To get wider viewing angles, MIT has also built a special screen using lenticular lenses like those you find in toys and children’s books. However, perfection isn’t really the point here. So long as the technology keeps advancing, it could lead to projectors with a “good enough” holographic effect that tides people over until real holography is within reach. Filed under: Displays Comments Via: Phys.org Source: MIT News , MIT Media Lab
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Glasses-free 3D projector offers a cheap alternative to holograms
If you, like us, regularly use of Shazam to tag and add tracks to Spotify for later listening , we have some bad news: you may now find that option has gone. It comes as one of the unexpected consequences of a deal between the music discovery company and streaming service Deezer, which has now replaced its bigger rival in free versions of Shazam in Germany, Mexico, UK and Brazil. TechCrunch spotted that Deezer and Rdio now hold the two main “free” positions within the Shazam app, but also notes that the ad-free premium version Encore retains Spotify integration. In our tests, Shazam had removed Spotify tagging from the Encore Android app, despite still displaying the feature in screenshots on both the UK App Store and Google Play. Given Shazam’s response, the move appears to be a purely business decision: “The streaming space is getting extremely competitive and we are excited to see a lot of companies in this space interested in working with Shazam, ” company CRO told TechCrunch . “Every country is different and is its own market and its own opportunity, which is why streaming companies – as well as Shazam – need to take a country-by-country approach as we evaluate integration.” The company’s support pages suggest that it may be part of a trial and that “Spotify integration (which we’re currently working on to improve) may be returned at a later date.” But, if you’d rather not wait for Shazam to figure out its allegiances, rival Soundhound will suitably handle your tagging and Spotify playback needs . Filed under: Internet , Software , Mobile Comments Source: TechCrunch
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Shazam baffles UK users by dropping Spotify integration
pdclarry (175918) writes “Glenn Greenwald’s book No Place to Hide reveals that the NSA intercepts shipments of networking gear destined for overseas and adds spyware. Cisco has responded by asking the President to intervene and stop this practice, as it has severely hurt their non-US business, with shipments to other countries falling from 7% for emerging countries to over 25% for Brazil and Russia.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Cisco Complains To Obama About NSA Adding Spyware To Routers
