Links for 01-12-2006
New Horizon spots destination, Zune DRM hacked already, Stross interview, Hawking’s diaspora again…
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“The New Horizons probe, set to swing by Pluto and its moons in 2015, plucked the small planet from a star-filled image during a checkout period using the spacecraft’s long range camera…”
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“Scientists are now building a device that records brain signals and transmits them to paralyzed muscles … In the prosthetic system [...] a brain chip records neural signals from the part of the brain that controls movement.”
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“Five seasons of excavations at Ban Non Wat, in Northeast Thailand, have unearthed 470 human burials covering a time span of more than 2,000 years. Earthwatch-supported research [...] gives clues to the roots of the famous Angkor civilization.”
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“While, up until now, scholars have largely held that man’s first rituals were carried out over 40, 000 years ago in Europe, it now appears that they were wrong about both the time and place.” Worship the python … heh heh heh.
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“You knew this was inevitable: a way to disavow any knowledge of a transferred song on the Microsoft Zune, circumventing that share-once restriction in the player’s WiFi routine.” ECAWBH.
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“After we teach our students how to distinguish between authoritative and unauthoritative resources, we need to actually show them how to find such authoritative resources.” Deep-web referencing tips from a US librarian.
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“The record labels keep all incoming royalties to repay whatever the labels claim was the “cost” of making and promoting their album. Most artists never cover that fee with their royalties, so they never get anything.”
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“These protesters drew inspiration from the character of “V” in the recent film “V for Vendetta”. And over a hundred black-caped, and Guy Fawkes masked protesters staked their ground…”
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“…a virtual world that will collapse onto the real world and subtly change our perception of it. Similar to a much more primitive version of the stuff Karl Schroeder was writing about in Lady of Mazes, but an awful lot sooner—like in a decade.”
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“A tiny pump driven by living heart cells has been developed by researchers in Japan. Future versions could perhaps power medical implants or devices that analyse biological samples…”
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“The UK’s possible role in lunar exploration was just one of the subjects discussed today by the new Minister for Science and Innovation, Malcolm Wicks, and Dr Michael Griffin, Head of NASA.”
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“The biomorphic tower resembles a tall cactus, with nineteen vertical stories set in a rotating pattern such that all ninety-eight residential units get their fair share of sunlight.” That’s just how I imagined the high-rise of the future should look.
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“Humans must colonize planets in other solar systems traveling there using “Star Trek”-style propulsion or face extinction, renowned British cosmologist Stephen Hawking said on Thursday.” Good old Steve – he’s not letting it lie.
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“…nanotubes can be engineered into various shapes, such as needles and thin films, without destroying their strength or electrical characteristics. The production costs are lowered to a fraction of the present level, and stable mass production is possib
