German Tim Cannon is a “biohacker”. That unsightly bulge on his arm there is where he stuck a giant computer chip beneath his skin, which transmits his biometric data to Android devices. Which will be interesting data and all but oh God just look at those stitches . Read more…
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Crazy Man Puts Computer Inside Arm (Without Help From Doctors)
As if we needed any further convincing of the wonderful potential of flexible displays, a Japanese company called SEL has developed a high-resolution screen that can be rolled to a tight four-millimeter radius , allowing it to wrap around the edge of a smartphone while still working. Read more…
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An Awesome Flexible Display That Wraps Around the Edges of Your Phone
Like the Samurai’s mempo , the uniforms of many of today’s Special Forces units play dual roles. Not only do they protect the wearer’s face and conceal his identity, they terrify the pants off of the enemy. Take the newly unveiled uniforms of Taiwan’s Special Forces for example. They look like something out of Army of Two . Read more…
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Taiwan’s New Special Forces Uniforms Are Wearable Nightmare Fuel
It may sound like a Halloween prank, but the Balkan News Agency claims that a team of scientists in a Transylvanian university has created artificial blood. The researchers say that they have successfully tried it on mice. If human tests work, this could be one of the biggest breakthroughs in modern medicine. Read more…
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Transylvanian university scientists create working artificial blood
After years of will they or won’t they , the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has finally given permission for airlines to allow passenger to use personal electronics for the entirety of their flights. Translation: You don’t have to shut down your phone anymore. FINALLY. Read more…
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Victory! The FAA Approves Personal Electronics for All Phases of Flight
itwbennett writes “Taiwan is demanding Apple revise its mapping software and remove a label that describes the island as a province of China, rather than as a sovereign state. The complaint was lodged after local media reports said that users on the island had noticed the change in Apple’s latest iOS and Mac OS versions. ‘The maps don’t acknowledge Taiwan as its own nation. We voiced our disapproval, and hope Apple will make the change, ‘ an official with Taiwan’s foreign ministry said Wednesday. This isn’t the first time such a mistake was made. Google also labeled Taiwan as a Chinese province in 2005.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Taiwan Protests Apple Maps That Show Island As Province of China
It’s been a long time (centuries!) since Istanbul was the focal point of trade between Asia and the West. But, yesterday, at the opening of the deepest underwater railway ever built, Turkish officials described their vision to “restore the Silk Road” linking London and Beijing—thanks to a Japanese-funded railway beneath the Bosphorus. Read more…
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World’s Deepest Undersea Tunnel Weaves Together Two Continents
At the start of October, Adobe quietly explained that hackers had acquired data from 3 million of its customers’ accounts. Now, it’s admitted that that the number is actually in excess of 38 million . Read more…
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Hackers Have Seized 38 Million Adobe Customer Records
In these smartphone-studded days, it’s easy to forget how computers worked. Once you had to run programs off of floppy disks and wait ages for everything to load. Luckily for your nostalgia, some bored developers are keeping the past alive with full-featured emulators that run in your browser. Read more…
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Relive the ’80s and Run Windows 1.01 in Your Browser
Hackers managed to infiltrate and shut down an enormous tunnel system in Israel last month, causing massive traffic jams for eight hours, according to the AP. Though their sources indicate that the attack didn’t come from a state actor, this first strike opens up a whole new world of cyber warfare. Read more…
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A Cyber Attack Against Israel Shut Down An Entire Road Last Month