We’re smack-dab in the middle of winter and baby, it’s cold outside (or so I’ve heard; I live over in LOL ). I imagine that it might be tough to find the beauty in yet another day of sub-zero temperatures, but for some enterprising creative types, bone-chilling frost is more than a major nuisance—it’s the stuff that musical dreams are made of. Read more…
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8 Otherworldly Songs Performed On Instruments Made Of Ice
It might look understated, but you’re looking at the most functionally complex integrated quantum circuit ever made from a single material—and it can both generate photons and entangle them, all at the same time. Read more…
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This Is the Most Complex Integrated Quantum Circuit Ever Made
Nine women in Sweden have successfully undergone transplant surgery that saw them receive donor wombs from their relatives. Read more…
An anonymous reader writes “The Telegraph reports, ‘Britain’s spies are to be given a “licence to speed” for the first time, under changes to motoring laws. While James Bond would no doubt have scorned such niceties, officers in MI5 and MI6 are currently required to obey the rules of the road, even when national security is under threat. Now Robert Goodwill, the transport minister, intends to add the Security Service and the Secret Intelligence Service to the group of agencies with permission to break the speed limit.'” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
When we last saw metamaterials, they were helping us create real-life invisibility cloaks . But, in even more exciting news for true nerds, light-bending metamaterial can also do math. Not just simple math, but calculus. Read more…
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This Amazing, Light-Bending Metamaterial Can Do Calculus
Rumor has it Windows 9 (codenamed “Threshold”) will be revealed at BUILD 2014, with a target delivery date in April 2015. [ WinSuperSite via TechMeme ] Read more…
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Rumor has it Windows 9 (codenamed "Threshold") will be revealed at BUILD 2014, with a target deliver
An anonymous reader writes “Bitcoin transactions are confirmed by performing complex calculations, also known as ‘mining.’ If a single mining pool gains 51% of the overall computational power in the network, various forms of transaction manipulation become possible. Only a few years into Bitcoin’s existence, this existential threat appears to be at hand, with Bitcoin mining pool ghash.io approaching 51% of mining power. ghash.io has now assured the Bitcoin community in a press release (PDF): ‘GHash.IO does not have any intentions to execute a 51% attack, as it will do serious damage to the Bitcoin community, of which we are a part.’ But can a network relying on such assurances survive in the long run?” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Largest Bitcoin Mining Pool Pledges Not To Execute ‘51% Attack’
Even with perfect typography, a stunning design, or a novel shape, a business card is still an antiquated way to share your contact details. So the folks over at TechKeys—makers of custom keyboards—wanted to design a card that reflected their work and left a lasting impression—and what better way to do that than with a business card that doubles as a working keyboard . Read more…
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You Won’t Mind Pocketing a Business Card That’s a Working Keyboard
Google has given Google Play Services for Android a big update —adding turn-based multiplayer support, a preliminary Google Drive API, and improved battery life for all users who run Location Reporting. Read more…
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Google has given Google Play Services for Android a big update–adding turn-based multiplayer suppor
France’s equivalent of DARPA has a lofty task for you. The National Research Agency is challenging engineers to design and build an autonomous oil-drilling robot that can operate continuously for six weeks at a time. And they’re willing to pay you handsomely . Read more…
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