deanb Posted October 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/exclusive-the-scientists-who-turned-fresh-air-into-petrol-8217382.html How is something this cool happening in Stockton (Though given Billingham n such isn't far away I'd check the air to make sure there's no petrol in it to begin with). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 5 liters in 2 months... impressive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted October 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Small research business, of course they're not churning out stuff on the large scale yet. As they said it'll be 15 years until it's at the scale of an oil refinery, which makes sense. Needs a lot more than £1million to start that off and all the infrastructure and such in place. Tiny acorns n all that. It's same with fusion, only a few seconds of energy now, and not all that useful, but given enough push. And this is a lot simpler to scale up since the chemistry has been laid out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Oh yeah, I know, I was just poking fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/10/28/163823839/sweden-wants-your-trash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) I look forward to my cloned body parts allowing me to hold on to life long after I should have been rotting in the ground. I look forward to them allowing me to hold on to life while the bits they replaced are rotting in the ground. Edited October 30, 2012 by Thursday Next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 (edited) WhiteMagic is one of those things where you hear it and go "oh! Of course!" RGBW OLED pixels for power saving. Edited November 3, 2012 by fuchikoma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 (edited) Playing Assassin's Creed Liberation on the Vita has made me want an OLED TV. That display is gorgeous. *Edit* - And yeah, white pixels are one of those obvious-in-retrospect kind of things. Edited November 3, 2012 by TheMightyEthan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 XBox Surface? Whu? http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/6/3608432/xbox-surface-xbox-tablet-7-inch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Sounds like a scaled up Windows Phone with Xbox branding (which they seemed to be spreading the Xbox brand out, see Windows 8). I doubt it'll run Xbox games (beyond any ported XBLA games). Seems a weird idea, though I would never expect them to make a handheld console, so I guess if they're wanting a portable a tablet makes sense of sorts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Here are some more details, though we all heard about this back in June. Though, back then, TBH, I thought it was just BS, as a leaked spec sheet like this would have some serious problems without a photo attached of a prototype. http://www.liveside.net/2012/06/18/xbox-surface-specifications-of-a-new-tablet-device-leaked/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20250441 Mastercard are to be releasing a card that combines with the capabilities of a CAP Reader meaning you won't need the separate device anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 8, 2012 Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 I've been thinking for a while that I'm sure it won't be too long before smartphones begin to replace credit cards as the primary payment method, and then the end of that article says this: However, smartphone manufacturers will be hoping that enhanced credit cards will be quickly replaced by NFC - near-field communication - alleviating the need for physical payment cards altogether.However, smartphone manufacturers will be hoping that enhanced credit cards will be quickly replaced by NFC - near-field communication - alleviating the need for physical payment cards altogether. My other thought was that it doesn't seem very secure to use your card as the one-time-code generator, because then if someone steals your card they've also got that generator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 The readers arewn't unique devices though, and banks hand em out like they're going out of style. I had three at one point. And yeah it's likely NFC will gain ground, but a huge issue is for those without phones and you're still having to put a PIN in anyway. Also issue of perception too, a card is something folks are used to having, they're small and simple, and don't run out of battery. I don't see it taking over for a while though, at least in UK. Sure there's plenty of NFC phones, and contactless cards (my bank even has stickers as a halfway house too), but the readers are near non-existent. I'm in a city atm and I ain't seen a single one (though it says McDonalds have them and I've not been in a McDs for a fair while). Still I go in Greggs often enough and you'd think they'd be great place to just swipe n be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 8, 2012 Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 Yeah, I actually overstated what I meant. I was thinking that phones will become common in like 5 years and dominant in like 10-15 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted November 8, 2012 Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 (edited) Looks like the equivalent of an RSA SecurID fob... May as well, if it's cheap enough, since the CVN is already printed on the card, and static until the card's reissued. This way, someone could copy your whole card number and still not use it without the card itself. Edited November 8, 2012 by fuchikoma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 Microsoft is researching what they call "Differential Privacy", which would be a technological solution to allow researchers to query large databases of personal or demographic information, but with a reduced chance of personally identifying anyone with the anonymous data that is returned by the queries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 http://hackaday.com/2012/11/16/google-books-team-open-sources-their-book-scanner/ Google have open sourced their book scanner design. So if you've $1,500 of supplies lying about you could easily digitise your library of books. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 So Canadians have made a surprisingly robust brain simulation. Here's a slightly less hypy article about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 27 science fictions that became science fact in 2012. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baconrath Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 TECHNOLOGY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20898940 UK guy has had a hand transplant. It has been done before (though the US dude stopped taking his meds and surprise surprise ended up with no hand again). I'm not sure the operation is worth it. A lifetime of hand-related puns, and constantly being aware your hand has scratched someone else's butt, has wanked someone else's cock, picked someone else's nose. It's the very epitome of "you don't even know where it's been". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 Plus robot hands are way cooler. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 Someday we'll see some Ghost in the Shell level prosthetics. It would be great if we get them in our lifetime since feeling old sucks. It sucks even more when people get their arm or leg blown off in a battlefield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 http://techgage.com/news/ces-2013-kingstons-hyperx-predator-flash-drives-go-to-1tb-yes-1tb/ A 1TB Flash Drive. Probably cost more than it's worth, but it's neat to know the product/tech is out their to do this. Couple years and normal people can own them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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