Phoenix Lander sees snow falling on Mars

In this artist conception, the Phoenix Mars Lander, which launched in August 2007 and the first project in NASA’s Mars Scout missions, landed on Mars on May 25, 2008. (UPI Photo/NASA)WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) — The U.S. space agency says its Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from Martian clouds, vaporizing before reaching the [...] continue reading the breaking news

Who Killed The Electric Car?

Documentary about GM killing of the electric car. It has been here since ‘96 but they killed it off.The film features interviews with celebrities who drove the electric car, such as Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, Alexandra Paul, Peter Horton, Ed Begley, Jr., a bi-partisan selection of prominent political figures including Ralph Nader, Frank Gaffney, Alan [...] continue reading the breaking news

Homeland Security Detects Terrorist Threats by Reading Your Mind

Baggage searches are SOOOOOO early-21st century. Homeland Security is now testing the next generation of security screening - a body scanner that can read your mind.Most preventive screening looks for explosives or metals that pose a threat. But a new system called MALINTENT turns the old school approach on its head. This Orwellian-sounding machine detects [...] continue reading the breaking news

Top 8 Large Hadron Collider Videos

The Large Hadron Collider has become fodder for tons of viral videos. Some are hilarious, others are informative, and the best are somewhere in between. Here are our favorites:8. CERN Explained in 3 MinutesA great introduction to the whole European Center for Nuclear Research, not just its highest profile project.7. End of the World Safety [...] continue reading the breaking news

Large Hadron Collider to Be Stalled for 2 Months

The giant Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest and most expensive scientific experiment, will be shut down for at least two months, scientists at the European Center for Nuclear Research, or CERN, in Geneva said today.The shutdown casts into doubt the hopes of CERN physicists to achieve high-energy collisions of protons in the machine before [...] continue reading the breaking news

Pravda: Shocking Menace of Satellite Surveillance (Part I)

Unknown to most of the world, satellites can perform astonishing and often menacing feats. This should come as no surprise when one reflects on the massive effort poured into satellite technology since the Soviet satellite Sputnik, launched in 1957, caused panic in the U.S. A spy satellite can monitor a person’s every movement, even when [...] continue reading the breaking news

Pravda: Shocking Menace of Satellite Surveillance (Part II)

There are various other satellite powers, such as manipulating electronic instruments and appliances like alarms, electronic watches and clocks, a television, radio, smoke detector and the electrical system of an automobile. For example, the digital alarm on a watch, tiny though it is, can be set off by a satellite from hundreds of miles up [...] continue reading the breaking news

The Army’s Totally Serious Mind-Control Project

Army scientists want to cram this array of brain-wave reading sensors into a helmet.Soldiers barking orders at each other is so 20th Century. That’s why the U.S. Army has just awarded a $4 million contract to begin developing “thought helmets” that would harness silent brain waves for secure communication among troops. Ultimately, the Army hopes [...] continue reading the breaking news

The Army’s Totally Serious Mind-Control Project

Army scientists want to cram this array of brain-wave reading sensors into a helmet.Soldiers barking orders at each other is so 20th Century. That’s why the U.S. Army has just awarded a $4 million contract to begin developing “thought helmets” that would harness silent brain waves for secure communication among troops. Ultimately, the Army hopes [...] continue reading the breaking news

Google knows where you at

This week Google announced Mobile Search with My Location, for devices running on Windows Mobile. By either using GPS or cell-ID, Google can tap into your location and deliver location-specific information.Previously, the system returned results based on the last location entered. The new Search with My Location feature will be able to give much more [...] continue reading the breaking news

Google knows where you at

This week Google announced Mobile Search with My Location, for devices running on Windows Mobile. By either using GPS or cell-ID, Google can tap into your location and deliver location-specific information.Previously, the system returned results based on the last location entered. The new Search with My Location feature will be able to give much more [...] continue reading the breaking news

Holographic storage ships next month!

Even since astronaut Dave Bowman disconnected the HAL 9000’s holographic memory in 2001: A Space Odyssey techies have been wondering when we could buy real holographic storage. Now we know: May, 2008.Promising super-high density and excellent media flaw resistance, holographic storage has been an ever-receeding technology for years. You can buy nifty 3D skull and [...] continue reading the breaking news

Hackers claim there’s a black hole in the atom smashers’ computer network

From The TimesSeptember 13, 2008Hackers have broken into one of the computer networks of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).A group calling itself the Greek Security Team left a rogue webpage describing the technicians responsible for computer security at the giant atom smasher as “schoolkids” - but reassuring scientists that they did not want to disrupt [...] continue reading the breaking news

Hackers claim there’s a black hole in the atom smashers’ computer network

From The TimesSeptember 13, 2008Hackers have broken into one of the computer networks of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).A group calling itself the Greek Security Team left a rogue webpage describing the technicians responsible for computer security at the giant atom smasher as “schoolkids” - but reassuring scientists that they did not want to disrupt [...] continue reading the breaking news

English village to be invaded in spybot competition

A village in south-west England will shortly be swarming with robots competing to show off their surveillance skills.The event is the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) answer to the US DARPA Grand Challenge that set robotic cars against one another to encourage advances in autonomous vehicles.Enlarge imageThis village, built for urban warfare training during the [...] continue reading the breaking news

Holographic storage ships next month!

Even since astronaut Dave Bowman disconnected the HAL 9000’s holographic memory in 2001: A Space Odyssey techies have been wondering when we could buy real holographic storage. Now we know: May, 2008.Promising super-high density and excellent media flaw resistance, holographic storage has been an ever-receeding technology for years. You can buy nifty 3D skull and [...] continue reading the breaking news

Spy Grid Part Of Consumer Technology

Tech savy proponents might think it’s great, meanwhile skeptics and naysayers still deny its existence, but microphones and internal listening devices are being installed in hi-tech hardware, and have been for several years. Motorola released a fact sheet concerning their next generation HD cable boxes and broadband devices and admitted that: This innovative plug-and-play technology [...] continue reading the breaking news

Air-purifying Church Windows Were Early Nanotechnology

ScienceDaily (Aug. 25, 2008) - Stained glass windows that are painted with gold purify the air when they are lit up by sunlight, a team of Queensland University of Technology experts have discovered.Associate Professor Zhu Huai Yong, from QUT’s School of Physical and Chemical Sciences said that glaziers in medieval forges were the first nanotechnologists [...] continue reading the breaking news

Air-purifying Church Windows Were Early Nanotechnology

ScienceDaily (Aug. 25, 2008) - Stained glass windows that are painted with gold purify the air when they are lit up by sunlight, a team of Queensland University of Technology experts have discovered.Associate Professor Zhu Huai Yong, from QUT’s School of Physical and Chemical Sciences said that glaziers in medieval forges were the first nanotechnologists [...] continue reading the breaking news

Mandatory Microchipping In Adopted Pets

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (CBS) - Starting Monday, every dog and cat adopted from the largest animal shelter on Long Island will come with a microchip embedded in its skin. It’s a quick procedure that can help reunite families with their lost pets.Related article: CASPIAN RELEASES MICROCHIP CANCER REPORTSteven Reichert’s dog Sandy became the first to have [...] continue reading the breaking news

Mandatory Microchipping In Adopted Pets

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (CBS) - Starting Monday, every dog and cat adopted from the largest animal shelter on Long Island will come with a microchip embedded in its skin. It’s a quick procedure that can help reunite families with their lost pets.Related article: CASPIAN RELEASES MICROCHIP CANCER REPORTSteven Reichert’s dog Sandy became the first to have [...] continue reading the breaking news

Scientists launch huge particle-smasher experiment

GENEVA (Reuters) - International scientists celebrated the successful start of a huge particle-smashing machine on Wednesday which aims to simulate the conditions of the “Big Bang” that created the universe.Experiments using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the biggest and most complex machine ever made, could revamp modern physics and unlock secrets about the universe and [...] continue reading the breaking news

Farmers See ‘Mark of the Beast’ in RFID Livestock Tags

A group of community farmers, some of them Amish, are challenging rules requiring the tagging of livestock with RFID chips, saying the devices are a “mark of the beast.”Michigan and federal authorities say the radio frequency identification devices (RFID) will help monitor the travels of bovine and other livestock diseases.Related articles: - Mandatory Microchipping In [...] continue reading the breaking news

Farmers See ‘Mark of the Beast’ in RFID Livestock Tags

A group of community farmers, some of them Amish, are challenging rules requiring the tagging of livestock with RFID chips, saying the devices are a “mark of the beast.”Michigan and federal authorities say the radio frequency identification devices (RFID) will help monitor the travels of bovine and other livestock diseases.Related articles: - Mandatory Microchipping In [...] continue reading the breaking news

Scientists launch huge particle-smasher experiment

GENEVA (Reuters) - International scientists celebrated the successful start of a huge particle-smashing machine on Wednesday which aims to simulate the conditions of the “Big Bang” that created the universe.Experiments using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the biggest and most complex machine ever made, could revamp modern physics and unlock secrets about the universe and [...] continue reading the breaking news

Shoppers to use fingerprints or eye scans to pay for goods

Barclaycard has announced it is investing a seven-figure sum in “contactless payment” technology Photo: Getty ImagesThe futuristic systems, like those used by Tom Cruise in the science fiction film Minority Report, are being developed by scientists for Barclaycard.The company has announced it is investing a seven-figure sum in “contactless payment” technology.This allows customers to [...] continue reading the breaking news

Pigs to be bred for transplants

LORD Winston, the fertility expert and Labour peer, is to begin breeding genetically modified pigs in the hope of providing organs for transplant to humans, it was reported yesterday.Scientists in London and California have begun experiments to find a solution to record waits for organ transplants. In Britain around 8,000 patients are on waiting lists.“People [...] continue reading the breaking news

Pigs to be bred for transplants

LORD Winston, the fertility expert and Labour peer, is to begin breeding genetically modified pigs in the hope of providing organs for transplant to humans, it was reported yesterday.Scientists in London and California have begun experiments to find a solution to record waits for organ transplants. In Britain around 8,000 patients are on waiting lists.“People [...] continue reading the breaking news

Shoppers to use fingerprints or eye scans to pay for goods

Barclaycard has announced it is investing a seven-figure sum in “contactless payment” technology Photo: Getty ImagesThe futuristic systems, like those used by Tom Cruise in the science fiction film Minority Report, are being developed by scientists for Barclaycard.The company has announced it is investing a seven-figure sum in “contactless payment” technology.This allows customers to [...] continue reading the breaking news

English village to be invaded in spybot competition

A village in south-west England will shortly be swarming with robots competing to show off their surveillance skills.The event is the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) answer to the US DARPA Grand Challenge that set robotic cars against one another to encourage advances in autonomous vehicles.Enlarge imageThis village, built for urban warfare training during the [...] continue reading the breaking news

Large Hadron Collider Rap

Rappin’ about CERN’s Large Hadron Collider!Source: YouTubeImages came from:particlephysics.ac.uk, space.com, the Institute of Physics, NASA, Symmetry, and MarvelThe talented dancers doubled as camera people, with some work by Neil Dixon. Stock footage is CERN’s. continue reading the breaking news

Large Hadron Collider Rap

Rappin’ about CERN’s Large Hadron Collider!Source: YouTubeImages came from:particlephysics.ac.uk, space.com, the Institute of Physics, NASA, Symmetry, and MarvelThe talented dancers doubled as camera people, with some work by Neil Dixon. Stock footage is CERN’s. continue reading the breaking news

Military Robots Ready for ‘Grand Challenge’ War Games

“Expensive toy — but very durable.”Source: AP continue reading the breaking news

Spy Grid Part Of Consumer Technology

Tech savy proponents might think it’s great, meanwhile skeptics and naysayers still deny its existence, but microphones and internal listening devices are being installed in hi-tech hardware, and have been for several years. Motorola released a fact sheet concerning their next generation HD cable boxes and broadband devices and admitted that: This innovative plug-and-play technology [...] continue reading the breaking news

Cell Phone Spying: Is Your Life Being Monitored?

It connects you to the world, but your cell phone could also be giving anyone from your boss to your wife a window into your every move. The same technology that lets you stay in touch on-the-go can now let others tap into your private world — without you ever even suspecting something is [...] continue reading the breaking news

Military Robots Ready for ‘Grand Challenge’ War Games

“Expensive toy — but very durable.”Source: AP continue reading the breaking news

Raytheon tailors ‘Iron Man’ suit for warfighters

U.S. soldiers soon may be suiting up in wearable robotic armorU.S. soldiers soon may be suiting up in Raytheon Co.’s version of an “Iron Man” wearable robotic armor that the company says will give them the ability to lift heavy objects with little effort while still allowing freedom of movement. Raytheon’s futuristic suit, known as [...] continue reading the breaking news

Cell Phone Spying: Is Your Life Being Monitored?

It connects you to the world, but your cell phone could also be giving anyone from your boss to your wife a window into your every move. The same technology that lets you stay in touch on-the-go can now let others tap into your private world — without you ever even suspecting something is [...] continue reading the breaking news

Microwaves ‘cook ballast aliens’

The vast majority of international cargo is transported by sea US researchers say they have developed an effective way to kill unwanted plants and animals that hitch a ride in the ballast waters of cargo vessels.Tests showed that a continuous microwave system was able to remove all marine life within the water tanks.The UN lists [...] continue reading the breaking news

Raytheon tailors ‘Iron Man’ suit for warfighters

U.S. soldiers soon may be suiting up in wearable robotic armorU.S. soldiers soon may be suiting up in Raytheon Co.’s version of an “Iron Man” wearable robotic armor that the company says will give them the ability to lift heavy objects with little effort while still allowing freedom of movement. Raytheon’s futuristic suit, known as [...] continue reading the breaking news

‘Peel and Stick’ Tasers Electrify Riot Control

Pretty soon, cops won’t just be packing stun guns. They’ll be carrying electrically-charged riot shields, zapping their unruly without unholstering their weapons. That is, if the folks at Taser International have their way.The company just introduced the “Taser Shield Conversion Kit featuring the Taser Repel Laminate Film Technology.” The kit “features a peel and [...] continue reading the breaking news

Microwaves ‘cook ballast aliens’

The vast majority of international cargo is transported by sea US researchers say they have developed an effective way to kill unwanted plants and animals that hitch a ride in the ballast waters of cargo vessels.Tests showed that a continuous microwave system was able to remove all marine life within the water tanks.The UN lists [...] continue reading the breaking news

Is Google Turning Into Big Brother?

The Debut of Chrome, Google’s New Browser, May Have Been Quiet for a ReasonWhile we’re transfixed by the presidential election, in the world of high tech another duel between two well-funded, take-no-quarter candidates has just emerged & and in the long run the impact on our daily lives may be nearly as great — and [...] continue reading the breaking news

Scientists get death threats over Large Hadron Collider

Scientists working on the world’s biggest machine are being besieged by phone calls and emails from people who fear the world will end next Wednesday, when the gigantic atom smasher starts up. The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, where particles will begin to circulate around its 17 mile circumference tunnel next week, will recreate energies [...] continue reading the breaking news

Scientists get death threats over Large Hadron Collider

Scientists working on the world’s biggest machine are being besieged by phone calls and emails from people who fear the world will end next Wednesday, when the gigantic atom smasher starts up. The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, where particles will begin to circulate around its 17 mile circumference tunnel next week, will recreate energies [...] continue reading the breaking news

Is Google Turning Into Big Brother?

The Debut of Chrome, Google’s New Browser, May Have Been Quiet for a ReasonWhile we’re transfixed by the presidential election, in the world of high tech another duel between two well-funded, take-no-quarter candidates has just emerged & and in the long run the impact on our daily lives may be nearly as great — and [...] continue reading the breaking news

Environment: Solar plant yields water and crops from the desert

· Green energy glasshouses may transform arid areas· Fresh water will end need to dig wells, say architectsThe Sahara forest project will use seawater and solar power to grow food in greenhouses across the desert. Photograph: Exploration ArchitectureVast greenhouses that use sea water for crop cultivation could be combined with solar power plants to provide [...] continue reading the breaking news

Environment: Solar plant yields water and crops from the desert

· Green energy glasshouses may transform arid areas· Fresh water will end need to dig wells, say architectsThe Sahara forest project will use seawater and solar power to grow food in greenhouses across the desert. Photograph: Exploration ArchitectureVast greenhouses that use sea water for crop cultivation could be combined with solar power plants to provide [...] continue reading the breaking news

Massive floating generators, or ‘eco-rigs’, to provide power and food to Japan

Battered by soaring energy costs and aghast at dwindling fish stocks, Japanese scientists think they have found the answer: filling the seas with giant “eco-rigs” as powerful as nuclear power stations. The project, which could result in village-sized platforms peppering the Japanese coastline within a decade, reflects a growing panic in the country over how [...] continue reading the breaking news

Massive floating generators, or ‘eco-rigs’, to provide power and food to Japan

Battered by soaring energy costs and aghast at dwindling fish stocks, Japanese scientists think they have found the answer: filling the seas with giant “eco-rigs” as powerful as nuclear power stations. The project, which could result in village-sized platforms peppering the Japanese coastline within a decade, reflects a growing panic in the country over how [...] continue reading the breaking news

Laser Gunship Blasts Beams, Preps for ‘08 Flight Test

Step by step, Boeing and the Defense Department are getting closer to flying a gunship that fires lasers, instead of bullets.After years and years of development, Boeing’s Advanced Tactical Laser, a modified C-130H turbprop plane, last week fired its chemically-powered ray gun “in ground tests for the first time,” the company says in a statement.The [...] continue reading the breaking news

‘Peel and Stick’ Tasers Electrify Riot Control

Pretty soon, cops won’t just be packing stun guns. They’ll be carrying electrically-charged riot shields, zapping their unruly without unholstering their weapons. That is, if the folks at Taser International have their way.The company just introduced the “Taser Shield Conversion Kit featuring the Taser Repel Laminate Film Technology.” The kit “features a peel and [...] continue reading the breaking news

China: Police State 2.0 is Ready for Export

Excerpts from the long but excellent article:“Over the past two years, some 200,000 surveillance cameras have been installed throughout the city. Many are in public spaces, disguised as lampposts.”“The security cameras are just one part of a much broader high-tech surveillance and censorship program known in China as “Golden Shield.” The end goal is to [...] continue reading the breaking news

Laser Gunship Blasts Beams, Preps for ‘08 Flight Test

Step by step, Boeing and the Defense Department are getting closer to flying a gunship that fires lasers, instead of bullets.After years and years of development, Boeing’s Advanced Tactical Laser, a modified C-130H turbprop plane, last week fired its chemically-powered ray gun “in ground tests for the first time,” the company says in a statement.The [...] continue reading the breaking news

Man Builds Electric Car for $4750, Costs $7 For Every 300 Miles

Video: Man Converts Junkyard Car Into Electric Vehicle With gas pushing $4 per gallon, many people are looking for ways to save some green at the pump. One North Texas man found a way to help the environment and commute to work for just pennies a day. David Murray may drive the quietest car in [...] continue reading the breaking news

Google to launch browser to compete with Microsoft

Chrome intensifies the battle between the tech giants and continues Web software’s drive to supersede the operating system.SAN FRANCISCO — Bidding to dominate not only what people do on the Web but how they get from site to site, Google Inc. plans to release a browser today to compete with the likes of Internet Explorer [...] continue reading the breaking news

Google to launch browser to compete with Microsoft

Chrome intensifies the battle between the tech giants and continues Web software’s drive to supersede the operating system.SAN FRANCISCO — Bidding to dominate not only what people do on the Web but how they get from site to site, Google Inc. plans to release a browser today to compete with the likes of Internet Explorer [...] continue reading the breaking news

China: Police State 2.0 is Ready for Export

Excerpts from the long but excellent article:“Over the past two years, some 200,000 surveillance cameras have been installed throughout the city. Many are in public spaces, disguised as lampposts.”“The security cameras are just one part of a much broader high-tech surveillance and censorship program known in China as “Golden Shield.” The end goal is to [...] continue reading the breaking news

Access To Next Gen Internet May Be Uneven

The lack of high-speed Internet access in some areas of the U.S. has been hotly debated, even as that digital divide has narrowed. But a new, wider gap is being created by technology that will make today’s broadband feel as slow as a dial-up connection.Much like broadband enabled downloads of music, video and work files [...] continue reading the breaking news

Legal bid to stop CERN atom smasher from ‘destroying the world’

The world’s biggest and most expensive scientific experiment has been hit by a last minute legal challenge, amid claims that the research could bring about the end of the world. Opponents fear the machine may create a mini-black hole that could tear the earth apart Photo: PACritics of the Large Hadron Collider - a [...] continue reading the breaking news

Legal bid to stop CERN atom smasher from ‘destroying the world’

The world’s biggest and most expensive scientific experiment has been hit by a last minute legal challenge, amid claims that the research could bring about the end of the world. Opponents fear the machine may create a mini-black hole that could tear the earth apart Photo: PACritics of the Large Hadron Collider - a [...] continue reading the breaking news

Man Builds Electric Car for $4750, Costs $7 For Every 300 Miles

Video: Man Converts Junkyard Car Into Electric Vehicle With gas pushing $4 per gallon, many people are looking for ways to save some green at the pump. One North Texas man found a way to help the environment and commute to work for just pennies a day. David Murray may drive the quietest car in [...] continue reading the breaking news

Atom-smashing lab says experiment to start end-June

European particle physics laboratory CERN is set to launch its gigantic experiment which hopes to throw light on the origins of the universe within a month, the laboratory’s head said Tuesday.If things go according to plan, the greatest experiment in the history of particle physics could unveil a sub-atomic component, the Higgs Boson, known as [...] continue reading the breaking news

Access To Next Gen Internet May Be Uneven

The lack of high-speed Internet access in some areas of the U.S. has been hotly debated, even as that digital divide has narrowed. But a new, wider gap is being created by technology that will make today’s broadband feel as slow as a dial-up connection.Much like broadband enabled downloads of music, video and work files [...] continue reading the breaking news