Migraines suck, but do they suck enough that you’d strap on an electric headband that zaps your brain’s nerves to block the pain? The FDA doesn’t think that’s such a crazy notion—the agency just approved exactly such a device for treating and preventing migraine headaches. Read more…
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Migraine-Blasting Electric HeadbandIs Coming to The U.S.
Every so often, a project slides across your screen that seems too cool to be truly feasible. But Tyler Short, the architecture student behind this incredible louvre system, says his system’s been worked out to the last mechanical detail. Someone, manufacture this thing! Read more…
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This Amazing Mechanical Shading System Makes Blinds Beautiful
concertina226 writes “If you think the crisis in the Ukraine is limited just to being just on the ground, think again. A cyberwar is flaring up between Ukraine and Russia and it looks like just the beginning. On Friday, communication centers were hijacked by unknown men to install wireless equipment for monitoring the mobile phones of Ukraine parliament members. Since then, Ukrainian hackers have been defacing Russian news websites, while Russia’s Roskomnadzor is blocking any IP addresses or groups on social media from showing pro-Ukraine ‘extremist’ content.” Adds reader Daniel_Stuckey: “On the other side of the border, RT — the news channel formerly known as Russia Today and funded by the state — had its website hacked on Sunday morning, with the word ‘Nazi’ not-so-stealthily slipped into headlines. Highlights included ‘Russian senators vote to use stabilizing Nazi forces on Ukrainian territory, ‘ and ‘Putin: Nazi citizens, troops threatened in Ukraine, need armed forces’ protection.’ RT was quick to notice the hack, and the wordplay only lasted about 20 minutes.” Finally, as noted by judgecorp, “The Ukrainian security service has claimed that Russian forces in Crimea are attacking Ukraine’s mobile networks and politicians’ phones in particular. Meanwhile, pro-Russian hackers have defaced Ukrainian news sites, posting a list of forty web destinations where content has been replaced. The pro-Russians have demonstrated Godwin’s Rule — their animated GIF equates the rest of Ukraine to Nazis.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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In Ukraine, Cyber War With Russia Heating Up
The C-27J Spartan is a hell of a plane. Famous for its ability to take off from unfinished runways, it’s a staple used by militaries around the world, including the United States. At least it was until recently. The Air Force is sending its latest batch of beautiful, brand new C-27Js straight to the boneyard in Arizona’s desert . Read more…
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Air Force Is Sending Brand New Cargo Planes Straight to the Boneyard
Scientists at the Institute for Integrative Nanosciences in Dresden, Germany, have created “the first sperm-based biobots” —a cybernetic microorganism made of metal and a bull’s sperm cell that can be remote controlled and used to impregnate an egg or deliver a drug to a target anywhere inside your body. Read more…
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Scientists create a cyborg sperm that can swim inside your body
Today I found out that during the height of the Cold War, the US military put such an emphasis on a rapid response to an attack on American soil, that to minimize any foreseeable delay in launching a nuclear missile, for nearly two decades they intentionally set the launch codes at every silo in the US to 8 zeroes. Read more…
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For 20 Years the Nuclear Launch Code at US Minuteman Silos Was 00000000
Rambo Tribble writes “The BBC reports that the U. S. government has agreed to pay software maker Apptricity $50 million to settle claims that the U.S. Army pirated thousands of copies of the firm’s provisioning software. The report indicates 500 licensed copies were sold, but it came to light an army official had mentioned that ‘thousands’ of devices were running the software.” $50 million in tax money could have paid for a whole lot of open source software development, instead. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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US Military Settles Software Piracy Claims For $50M
Rambo Tribble writes “Reuters is reporting that the FBI has issued a warning to several U.S. Government agencies that the Anonymous collective has hacked their systems. Included in the list of compromised agencies are the U.S. Army, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, and potentially many more agencies. The avenue of attack: Adobe Cold Fusion.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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FBI Reports US Agencies Hacked By Anonymous
cagraham writes “Microsoft’s cloud storage platform Azure received their first government certification yesterday, less than 24 hours before the official shutdown. The certification, which grants Azure ‘Provisional Authority to Operate, ‘ should make it easier for Microsoft to compete with rivals like IBM and Amazon Web Services for government contracts. The certification signifies that the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and US General Services Administration have all deemed Azure safe from external hackers. Government cloud contracts are a lucrative market, as seen by Amazon’s recent tussle with IBM over a $600M contract for a private CIA cloud.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Microsoft Azure Platform Certified "Secure" By Department of Defense
The hardest part of beating piracy is finding a way to compete with free. Netflix does it by making things dumb easy, that and purposefully picking up shows that are popular with pirates . Read more…
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Netflix Checks With Pirates to Decide Which Shows to Buy