Imagine a smartphone you can roll up and slip into your shirt pocket. Or a tablet that can be folded like a newspaper and slipped in your back pocket. It’s an idea that’s been tossed around in science fiction for a years, but now it’s a small step closer to reality because researchers at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China have developed the world’s first flexible silicon . Read more…
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The First Flexible Silicon Paper Could Revolutionize Mobile Gadgets
As if summer 2015 wasn’t already looking overloaded with huge movies, now there’s one more. The fourth Jurassic Park movie, now titled Jurassic World , is coming out June 12, 2015 . Colin Trevorrow ( Safety Not Guaranteed ) is officially directing from a script he co-wrote with Safety co-writer Derek Connolly. Read more…
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Jurassic Park IV renamed Jurassic World, and it’s coming in June 2015
Scientists working in the Lukina Jama–Trojama cave in Croatia — one of the 20 deepest cave systems in the world — have unearthed a completely new species of snail that’s adorned with a beautifully shaped, dome-like translucent shell. Read more…
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A translucent snail has been found in one of the world’s deepest caves
cold fjord writes “Another NSA story? The Wall Street Journal reports, ‘The U.S. has intercepted an order from Iran to militants in Iraq to attack the U.S. Embassy and other American interests in Baghdad in the event of a strike on Syria … U.S. officials said they are on alert for Iran’s fleet of small, fast boats in the Persian Gulf … U.S. officials also fear Hezbollah could attack the U.S. Embassy in Beirut. While the U.S. has moved military resources in the region for a possible strike, it has other assets in the area that would be ready to respond to any reprisals by Syria, Iran or its allies. … Israel has so far been the focus of concerns about retaliation from Iran and its Lebanese militant ally Hezbollah. The commander-in-chief of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps said last week that an attack on Syria would lead to the “destruction of Israel.” … The Iranian message, intercepted in recent days, came from Qasem Soleimani, the head of Revolutionary Guards’ Qods Force, and went to Iranian-supported Shiite militia groups in Iraq, according to U.S. officials.’ What’s interesting is this Washington Post story from 2011: Iran’s Quds Force was blamed for attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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US Intercepts Iranian Order For Attack On US Embassy In Iraq
A team of 20 researchers from University of Alberta proudly announced a commendable achievement on Thursday. Using no fewer than five different experimental methods, they’ve discovered over 3, 000 different chemical compounds in human urine. And it only took them seven years . Read more…
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After Seven Years of Research, We Finally Know What’s in Your Pee
Nicknamed the Walkie-Talkie, 20 Fenchurch Street in London’s busy financial district turns out the be a giant magnifying glass as well as a 37-story skyscraper, melting cars and forcing pedestrians to shield their eyes on the street. The most recent casualty is this Jaguar XJ. Read more…
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London’s Newest Skyscraper Is Melting Cars Parked Near It
Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes “Claire Suddath writes in Businessweek that the number of drive-ins in America has dwindled from over 4, 000 in the 1960s to about 360 today. Since Hollywood distributors are expected to stop producing movies in traditional 35 millimeter film by the end of this year and switch entirely to digital, America’s last remaining drive-ins — the majority of which are still family-owned and seasonally operated — could soon be gone. ‘We have challenges that other movie theaters don’t, ‘ says John Vincent, president of United Drive-In Theater Owners Association and the owner of Wellfleet Drive-In in Cape Cod, Mass. ‘We have fewer screens and can only show one or two movies a night. Now we have to spend tens of thousands of dollars just to stay in business.’ According to Vincent, only 150 drive-ins have converted to digital so far — the other 210 have until the end of the year either to get with the program or go out of business. It may seem silly to fret over the fate of 210 movie theaters whose business model is outdated, even compared with regular movie theaters, but Honda Motor Co. is offering help with a program called ‘Project Drive-In.’ The car company is planning to give away five digital projectors by the end of the year. Winners will be determined by voting from the public, which can be done online through Sept. 9 at ProjectDriveIn.com. ‘Cars and drive-in theaters go hand in hand, ‘ says Alicia Jones, manager of Honda & Acura social marketing, ‘and it’s our mission to save this slice of Americana that holds such nostalgia for many of us.'” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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The Death of the American Drive-in
Gigabit internet is fast and amazing . But that “Download entire movies in mere seconds!” line gets real old if you, like the vast majority of the country, don’t have access to those lightning fast fiber lines. But thanks to a new approach from Alcatel-Lucent, your creaky old copper phone lines might be good enough. That’s a really big deal if it actually works. Read more…
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New Tech Could Allow Super-Speed Internet on Old Phone Lines
cold fjord writes “From the Examiner: ‘…the second-largest employer in America is Kelly Services, a temporary work provider. … part-time jobs are at an all-time high, with 28 million Americans now working part-time. … There are now a record number of Americans with temporary jobs. Approximately 2.7 million, in fact. And the trend has been growing. … Temp jobs made up about 10 percent of the jobs lost during the Great Recession, but now make up a tenth of the jobs in the United States. In fact, nearly one-fifth of all jobs gained since the recession ended have been temporary.’ The NYT has a chart detailing the problem.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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America’s Second-largest Employer Is a Temp Agency
dcblogs writes “Infosys, an India-based offshore IT outsourcing firm, recently announced that it had won a $49.5 million contract to develop a health benefit exchange for the District of Columbia. The contract was awarded to a U.S.-based Infosys subsidiary, Infosys Public Services. That’s one of the larger government contracts won by an offshore outsourcing firm, but it’s unclear whether any of the work will be done overseas. The District isn’t disclosing any contract details. An FOIA request for the contract has been submitted. Infosys is one of the largest users of H-1B visas, and has been under a grand jury investigation for its use of B1 visitor visas.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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D.C. Awards Obamacare IT Work To Offshore Outsourcer