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The Economist kick-starts ‘social media censorship’ debate in London Underground
thenextweb.com
The Economist is today launching an ad campaign in London Underground stations asking travelers where they stand on the issue of social media censorship. The Economist’s ‘Where do you stand?’ brand campaign was originally launched in 2010 to drive debate and discussion on key issues covered in the weekly magazine....
How To Electrify Your Brain To Be Smarter With a 9-Volt Battery [Science]
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Transcranial direct current stimulation can make your brain work better. DARPA proved it can make you better at video games, the U.S. Air Force has shown it cuts drone remote-pilot training in half, and Harvard researchers have used it to treat depression. So what is this magical device that...
FAA chief: Don't fear the Reapers (or Predators, Global Hawks, other drones)
arstechnica.com
With a Congressional deadline for a plan on integrating unmanned aerial systems (UAS) into the nation's airspace just weeks away, acting FAA administrator Michael Huerta said he is confident that his agency will be able to get drones fully integrated into the civil aviation world within three years. And, he...
Birst Lands $26M From Sequoia, Hummer Winblad To Bring Big Data Analytics To The Masses
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Birst, a San Francisco-based startup that offers on-demand business intelligence and analytics solutions for companies big and small, has raised $26 million in series D financing, led by Sequoia Capital. Existing investors, including Hummer Winblad and DAG Ventures, also participated in the round, bringing Birst’s total funding to $46 million....
Epson Moverio BT-100 3D goggles now shipping in the U.S. for $699
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Any Americans out there wanna buy a wacky head-mounted 3D display? Then Epson's Moverio BT-100 micro-projection headset ought to be right at the top of the your not-so-long list of options. It's just started shipping in the States for $699, including its Android-powered trackpad controller that streams and navigates...
US draws up plans for nuclear drones
www.guardian.co.uk
Technology is designed to increase flying time 'from days to months', along with power available for weapons systemsAmerican scientists have drawn up plans for a new generation of nuclear-powered drones capable of flying over remote regions of the world for months on end without refuelling.The blueprints for the new drones,...
Call of Duty Black Ops 2 – announcement due tonight
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Activision is lining up a big Call of Duty revelation this evening, with hints appearing on the game's official websiteActivision is gearing up for the official announcement of the next Call of Duty game. The official website for the mega-selling shooter series is currently bristling with clues and teasers, including...
Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 ready for May takeoff, pre-orders start March 1st
www.engadget.com
It's been a few weeks since we stumbled upon the AR.Drone 2.0's unattended self-promotion back at CES. And, shortly thereafter took it for a spin. Now, Parrot's finally announcing its $299 next-gen quadrocopter will be ready to take off in May, with you early adopters being able to pre-order...
Inside America's Drone HQ
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Inside the US desert base that trains unmanned planes' pilots...
The Pirate Bay wants to use flying drones to operate over international waters
www.theverge.com
While The Pirate Bay's founders lost their appeals against their sentences in Sweden recently, the torrent site claims to have some unique ideas about how to operate going forward. A blog post reveals plans to host some of the site's machines on drones that will "float some kilometers in...
We must be science's masters, not at its mercy | John Harris
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Recent advances in neuroscience, such as memory manipulation, create compelling ethical dilemmasThis week it was reported that soldiers could potentially, in the near future, have their minds plugged directly into weapons systems, and have their learning boosted by neural stimulation. The Royal Society's Brain Waves project on new directions in...
Congress urged to secure drone law
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A leading rights advocacy group this week called on Congress to add civil liberties protections to a recently passed law that opens U.S. airspace to unmanned aerial vehicles....
US Army breaking up with A160 Hummingbird drone-copter, says it's too high maintenance
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It's not me, it's you. The US Army's dalliance with Boeing's A160 Hummingbird drone got one step closer to Splitsville after the military branch issued a stop-work order for the project. Initially scheduled to see action in Afghanistan starting this July, the chopper-drone turned plenty of heads thanks to...
Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 app lands on Nook Tablet, turns eBook fans' gazes skyward
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eBook enthusiasts love some good quadricopter action as much as anyone, and now those with a Nook Tablet can get in on flying the Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 that launched this May. Today Barnes & Noble announced that the AR.FreeFlight 2.0 app is available for a free download in its...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 – release date, robots and branching stories
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Call of Duty looks to be getting a shake-up with its ninth instalment, this time taking place in a drone-battered near-futureCall of Duty – it's always the same. That's the familiar lament on games forums whenever a new instalment is revealed, though it may have to be tempered somewhat if...
Obama signature could bring surveillance drones to your backyard
arstechnica.com
President Obama last week signed the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act of 2012. Tucked inside the legislation is a provision that could have far-reaching implications in the coming decade: widespread civilian use of unmanned aerial drones. Until now, the use of unmanned drones has been tightly...
Nato summit: US-Pakistan rift widens
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Obama refuses bilateral meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, Asif Ali Zardari, who wants demands met before roads reopenA rift between the US and Pakistan appears to be widening at the Nato summit in Chicago – a dangerous development that could undermine Barack Obama's hopes for an orderly withdrawal from Afghanistan.The...
Energized: New Batteries Could Triple Drone Airtime
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With the drone market projected to double to $1.2 billion by 2020, two recent innovations to extend battery life could significantly propel the drone ecosystem forward. Thanks to a Congressional bill passed earlier this year and a pair of innovations significantly extending battery life, drones are moving from the battlefields...
CIA dragonfly drone almost beat modern UAVs by 40 years, was swatted (video)
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US intelligence agencies were just as obsessed with drone spying 40 years ago as they are nowadays -- only then, it was pipe-smoking entomologists and watchmakers who were in charge of building prototypes. Back in the '70s, the CIA needed some kind of miniature flyer to deliver an audio...
How FBI technology woes let Fort Hood shooter slip by
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The flag flying at half-mast at a memorial service for the 13 killed at Fort Hood in November, 2009 Army photo On November 5, 2009, an Army psychiatrist stationed at Fort Hood, Texas shot and killed 12 fellow soldiers and a civilian Defense Department employee while wounding 29 others....
Drone Attack: How We Might Willingly Embrace The Surveillance Society
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It's striking how drones have passed from a mysterious weapon used to wreak destruction in distant lands to something that could well become a familiar sight in the skies of the US and Europe. Meanwhile, the technology is progressing rapidly, allowing drones to fly in synchronized swarms and even to...
A master pitchman takes the stage to humanize Facebook
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The star of Facebook’s slickly produced roadshow video isn’t Mark Zuckerberg or Sheryl Sandberg. It is a 29-year-old the world knows little about. That’s about to change. FORTUNE — The Facebook IPO roadshow is in full swing this week, but most readers will not get a chance to see Mark...
US military looking to create a 'universal remote' for drone fleets
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When you've got as many different drone models as the US military, it can be hard to manage things. That's why a group inside the Pentagon is looking to help cut down on unmanned aerial fragmentation, attempting to develop a way to manage all of the different models with...
BaTboT drone looks like a bat, acts like a bat
www.theverge.com
Researchers in the US and Spain are joining forces to create BaTboT, a drone designed to mimic the flight pattern of bats. Partly funded by the US military, researchers are seeking ways to reduce energy cost during flight. Brown University found that bats use 35 percent less energy by...
Drone wing prototype combines 3D printing and printed electronics
www.theverge.com
Stratasys and Optomec have combined their respective specialist printing techniques to produce a 3D printed electronic wing for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones), claimed to be the world's first fully printed hybrid structure. Stratasys's Fused Deposition Modeling process was used to construct the wing itself, with an Optomec...
The E382 Aerial Mapping Airplane touts unmaned cartography, ready-to-fly drone kit starting at $600
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Find yourself needing custom aerial maps on the regular? Is Google just not doing the trick when it comes to resolution? Well, the folks at Event 38 have got you covered. The outfit's model E382 photomapping UAV kit is now available for $600. Included in that price tag is...
Why You Can't Have A Tacocopter Drone Deliver You A Taco For Lunch Today
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We've talked a bit about some more intriguing uses of drone technology lately, including personal individual surveillance as well as for building floating ad hoc networks. But I don't think I've ever seen as much attention given to the potential disruptive nature of drone technology as the story that's been...
U.S. police agencies to begin using drones within 90 days
www.bgr.com
Legislation signed by President Obama directs the Federal Aviation Administration to allow remotely controlled drones to be used by law enforcement agencies, DGR News Service reported. Within 90 days, police and first responders will have the authority to fly unmanned drones weighing less than 4.4 pounds at altitudes under...
Is the Call of Duty: Black Ops II drone war realistic? (video)
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In Call of Duty: Black Ops II, a terrorist leader takes over the American drone and robot armies and turns them against their creators. Could such a war really happen as described in the future scenario of the next big first-person shooter game, which is set in the year...
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