By Jane Tanfei|May 07 2013 | Curiousity, News, Technology, Thoughts
The dream of many a security expert, it’s a concept that uses the laws of quantum mechanics to create perfectly secure online communication. The idea is that measuring a characteristic of a quantum object—like a photon—always changes it, so attempts to intercept messages screws them up and renders them incomprehensible. Government Lab Admits to Using […]
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shawnhbaldwin: 14 Angry comments about the TSA’s Body Scanners People need to learn to not give in to the fear caused by terrorism. Experts will tell you that there is no way you can prevent terrorism all of the time, so why give up your privacy and freedoms in order to feel safer? – Fear […]
Continue Reading →By Jane Tanfei|May 01 2013 | Curiousity, News, Thoughts
springwise: Display turns water surface into an interactive digital screen New ways of interacting with digital displays can bring about important new possibilities for working – as the Kinect-based Intera system for surgeons has proved. Now Japanese researchers have unveiled the AquaTop display, which consists of a screen projected onto the surface of water, controlled by interacting with the liquid. […]
Continue Reading →By Jane Tanfei|Apr 22 2013 | Nerdcore, News, Technology
Archaeological News: Space Archaeologists Call for Preserving Off-Earth Artifacts archaeologicalnews: When it comes to preserving history, a group of archaeologists and historians are hoping to boldly go where no archaeologist has gone before. Researchers are increasingly urging humanity to protect off-Earth cultural resources. That may well mean preserving NASA’s Apollo landing sites on the… – […]
Continue Reading →By Jane Tanfei|Apr 12 2013 | Dreams, News, Technology, Thoughts
frrankiix: infinitelimit: oraldiarrhea: secretsbest: 8 month old baby hearing his mother’s voice for the first time with cochlear implant This is the most beautiful thing ever. thank you science THE BINKY JUST……. DROPPED HE WAS JUST MINDING HIS BUSINESS WITH THAT BINKYAND THEN HE HEARD IT, AND HE STARTED SCRAMBLING TO RECOGNIZE ITAND WHEN HE […]
Continue Reading →By Jane Tanfei|Mar 28 2013 | Nerdcore, News, Technology, Thoughts
mothernaturenetwork: Why microalgae is the future of green energy What’s a problem in backyard pools could be a solution to reducing greenhouse gases through algae streetlights and algae biodiesel. – Yeah, this will only work if these scientists don’t get disappeared first. We’ll see, I guess.
Continue Reading →By Jane Tanfei|Mar 26 2013 | News, Technology
Archaeological News: Return to Antikythera: what divers discovered in the deep archaeologicalnews: Divers returning to the site of an ancient wreck off the Greek island of Antikythera have found artefacts scattered over a wide area of the steep, rocky sea floor. These include intact pottery, the ship’s anchor and some puzzling bronze objects. The team […]
Continue Reading →By Jane Tanfei|Mar 14 2013 | News, Technology, Thoughts
Archaeological News: 600-Year-Old Chinese Coin Found in Kenya archaeologicalnews: A Chinese coin about 600 years old was recently unearthed on an island just off the coast of Kenya. If it proves to be authentic, the coin could show that the Chinese explorer Zheng He — like a Christopher Columbus of the East — came to […]
Continue Reading →By Jane Tanfei|Mar 14 2013 | News, Rant, Thoughts
obitoftheday: Obit of the Day: Killing Her for Kindness Parveen Rehman was shot and killed by four unknown gunman in Karachi, Pakistan on March 13, 2013. She was virtually unknown outside of her home nation but within the Islamic republic she was known as a champion for the poor. Ms. Rehman joined the Orangi Pilot […]
Continue Reading →By Jane Tanfei|Mar 06 2013 | News, Technology, Thoughts
mothernaturenetwork: In Sonoma, a green community that’s free of sensory overloads At Sweetwater Spectrum, the first residential community in the nation to be geared specifically for autistic adults, sustainable and autism-specific design merge with beautiful results. This makes me happy, very happy.
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