It’s that time of the year again! When next iPhones and next iPads magically manifest themselves through supply chain leaks and third party dealers. This time, the leak shows what could be the display for the next iPad. If real, it shows that the next full-sized iPad will have a super thin bezel just like the iPad Mini. Read more…
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This Leaked iPad Display Shows What the Next iPad Might Look Like
vinces99 writes “Scientists have unveiled a comprehensive portrait of the genome of the world’s first immortal cell line, known as HeLa, derived in 1951 from an aggressive cervical cancer that killed Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year-old African-American woman. The cells, taken without her or her family’s knowledge, were pivotal in developing the polio vaccine, in vitro fertilization and cloning, and were the subject of a 2010 New York Times best-seller ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.’ The Lacks family has never been compensated and, until this new University of Washington study, has never had a say in how the information is used. The study, published Aug. 8 in Nature, pieced together the complicated insertion of the human papillomavirus genome, which contains its own set of cancer genes, into Lacks’ genome near an ‘oncogene, ‘ a naturally occurring gene that can cause cancer when altered. Scientists had never succeeded in reproducing cells in a culture until the HeLa cells, which reproduced an entire generation every 24 hours and never stopped. The cells allowed scientists to perform experiments without using a living human. The researchers discovered that the genome of the HeLa cell line, which has been replicated millions, if not billions of times, has remained relatively stable.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Researchers Unveil Genome of ‘Immortal’ Cell Line Derived From Cancer Victim
Nerval’s Lobster writes “The microelectronic sensors and mechanical systems built into smartphone cameras and other tiny electronic devices may soon evolve into microscopic, custom-printed versions designed as bionic body parts rather than smartphone components. Engineering researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a micro-printing process that can build microscopic microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) onto a flexible, non-toxic organic polymer designed for implantation in the human body. Current-generation MEMS are typically found in the accelerometers in smartphones, or the tiny actuator motors that focus cell-phone camera lenses. Most are made from substrates based on silicon, and built using techniques common to semiconductor fabrication. The new process, as described in the journal Microelectronic Engineering , relies on an organic polymer that is hundreds of times more flexible than conventional materials used for similar purposes. That flexibility not only makes the units easier to fit into the oddly shaped parts of a human body, it allows them to be made more sensitive to motion and energy-efficient. That alone would give a boost to the miniaturization of electronics, but the stretch and flex of the new materials could also serve as more comfortable and efficient replacements for current prosthetics that sense stimuli from an amputee’s nervous system to power a prosthetic arm, for example, or operate a synthetic bladder.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Super-Flexible Circuits Could Boost Smartphones, Bionic Limbs
Nothing feels worse than getting a speeding ticket in the mail. What. The. Truck. As if they weren’t bad enough as-is, a report from the Washington DC metropolitan area suggest that the cameras used to catch you might not be playing by the rules. In fact, the camera contractors might be fudging the evidence to make sure you can’t challenge the tickets. Read more…
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A Speeding Ticket Camera Company Is Doctoring Evidence Photos
Mark Gibbs writes “AT&T’s implementation of the FCC’s Emergency Alerts System provides minimally useful information in an untimely fashion with little geolocational relevance. … Yesterday California got its first AMBER alert and my notification arrived at 10:54pm. It came up as panel over my lock screen and here’s what it looked like on my notifications screen: ‘Boulevard, CA AMBER Alert UPDATE: LIC/6WCU986 (CA) Blue Nissan Versa 4 door.’ The problem with this it that’s all there is! You can stab away at the message as much as you like but that’s all you get, there’s no link to any detail and considering the event it related to occurred over 240 miles away from me near to the Mexican border, the WEA service seems to be poorly implemented. Indeed, many Californians were annoyed and confused by the alert and according to the LA Times ‘Some cellphones received only a text message, others buzzed and beeped. Some people got more than one alert.’ I got a second copy of the alert at 2:22am and other subscribers reported not receiving any alert until late this morning.” It seems to have gone down about as well as New York’s. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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First California AMBER Alert Shows AT&T’s Emergency Alerts Are a Mess
Imagine an electric vehicle that can travel endless distances without ever needing to stop at a recharging station. That sounds impossible, right? Because electric vehicles run on batteries, and at some point, you need stop and charge those batteries. Not this one. Read more…
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These Incredible New Buses Are Charged Wirelessly by the Road Itself
vikingpower writes “Today, at 14:00 Western European Time (9:00 am Eastern), Professor Mark Post of Maastricht University ( the Netherlands ) will present a world first: he will cook and serve a burger made from Cultured Beef in front of an invited audience in London. The event will include a brief explanation of the science behind the burger. You can witch the event live, online. The project’s fact sheet is to be found here (pdf).”e Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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First Ever Public Tasting of Lab-Grown Cultured Beef Burger
An anonymous reader writes “The New York Times announced this morning that it has sold the Boston Globe newspaper and related assets, including the Boston.com website and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette daily paper, to John Henry, the principal owner of the Boston Red Sox. The price was $70 million in cash, a small fraction of the $1.1 billion the Times paid to acquire the Globe in 1993, and does not include assumption of the Globe’s pension liabilities, estimated at $110 million, which will remain with the Times. Since then the paper’s weekday circulation has fallen from 507, 000 to 246, 000 (including digital), mirroring the declining fortunes of many other daily newspapers across the country. Henry, who also owns the Liverpool FC and various other sports- and media- related properties, made his fortune in the investment industry; however, his hedge fund company recently closed after several years of poor performance.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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New York Times Sells Boston Globe At 93% Loss
dryriver writes “‘The head of police for Moscow’s subway system has said stations will soon be equipped with devices that can read the data on the mobile telephones of passengers. In the July 29 edition of Izvestia, Moscow Metro police chief Andrei Mokhov said the device would be used to help locate stolen mobile phones. Mokhov said the devices have a range of about 5 meters and can read the SIM card. If the card is on the list of stolen phones, the system automatically sends information to the police. The time and place of the alert can be matched to closed-circuit TV in stations. Izvestia reported that ‘according to experts, the devices can be used more widely to follow all passengers without exception.’ Mokhov said it was illegal to track a person without permission from the authorities, but that there was no law against tracking the property of a company, such as a SIM card.’ What is this all about? Is it really about detecting stolen phones/SIM cards, or is that a convenient ‘cover story’ for eavesdropping on people’s private smartphone data while they wait to ride the subway? Also — if this scheme goes ahead, how long will it be before the U.S., Europe and other territories employ devices that do this, too?” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Moscow Subway To Use Special Devices To Read Data On Passengers’ Phones
adeelarshad82 writes “Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory recently demonstrated electrical switching thousands of times faster than in transistors now in use thanks to a naturally magnetic mineral called magnetite (abstract). The experiment is considered a major step forward in understanding electrical structures at the atomic level and working with recently identified electrical ‘building blocks’ called trimerons. The breakthrough could lead to innovations in the tiny transistors that control the flow of electricity across silicon chips, enabling faster, more powerful computing devices.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Scientists Demonstrate Ultra-Fast Magnetite Electrical Switch