Mar
21
2012
A project started by engineers grandfather is realized using modern technology.
Using videogame controllers, an Android phone and custom-built wings, a Dutch engineer named Jarno Smeets has achieved birdlike flight.
Smeets flew like an albatross, the bird that inspired his winged-man invention, on March 18 at a park in The Hague.
“I have always dreamed about this. But after 8 months of hard work, research and testing it all payed off,” Smeets said on his YouTube page.
Read the Wired article HERE
Mar
19
2012
When people download a film from Netflix to a flatscreen, or turn on web radio, they could be alerting unwanted watchers to exactly what they are doing and where they are.
Spies will no longer have to plant bugs in your home – the rise of ‘connected’ gadgets controlled by apps will mean that people ‘bug’ their own homes, says CIA director David Petraeus.
The CIA claims it will be able to ‘read’ these devices via the internet – and perhaps even via radio waves from outside the home.
Read more HERE
Mar
8
2012
What an interesting story from Sky News.. A cybernetics profession implanted with an RFID chip has contracted a computer virus and he has spread it to all of the security keys in his building.. What would happen if the electronics in your pacemaker get a some sort of virus? Pretty scary stuff!
Tags: Big Brother, cyborg, Department of Homeland Security, Family, Implants, Insanity, pacemaker, RFID, Virus | 
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Comments (0) Mar
2
2012
NewTek received an awesome letter from LightWave artist..Ben Cooper. I had to share the letter and his fantastic animated short with you!
Hooked from Character Matters on Vimeo.
My name is Ben Cooper and i am the lead-lighting artist at Character Matters
Animation Studios in South Africa.Our short-film “Hooked” was lit, shaded and rendered in Lightwave and is
currenlty being featured at a large number of film festivals globally
incl. The Toronto International Film Festival.Here is a link to the vimeo link: http://vimeo.com/19475041
Many responses we had were people who asked me if i used Renderman or Arnold and
were quite surprised when they learned it was done with Lightwave.I love working
with Lightwave for it’s ease of use and the beautiful native renderer.Thanks for making such an awesome program to bring our art to life!
All the best,
Ben Cooper.
Feb
27
2012
How One Tech Company Got MTV to Embrace Live Music
Seven years ago a Texas company called NewTek launched TriCaster, a product that essentially puts all the equipment from a TV news truck into one box. It’s affordable as broadcasting equipment goes, with rigs as cheap as $5000.
There is even a video interview with yours truly!
Read the entire article HERE
Tags: Interview, LIVE, Live Music, live streaming, MTV, New York City, NewTek, NYC, Philip Nelson, Streaming, TriCaster, VMA, webcast, Webster Hall |
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18
2012
Love the reaction from these customers when a senile old man scans each item they purchase multiple times.
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Jan
9
2012
Would love to find out who made this and give them credit with a link.. AWESOME!
Jan
8
2012
I’ll start by saying, I’m a Mac user….
We all know those irritating mac people who really think they are better than anyone without an apple on their computer. Our friends at MakeUseOf.com give us this handy guide to getting back.
Jan
5
2012
Armed DHS officers setup ID checkpoint in Florida
Residents of Leesburg, Florida were shocked to see their local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning, as DHS officers armed with semiautomatic rifles and accompanied by sniffer dogs checked identifications of locals.
“With their blue and white SUVs circled around the Main Street office, at least one official was posted on the door with a semiautomatic rifle, randomly checking identifications. And other officers, some with K-9s, sifted through the building,” reports the Daily Commercial.
Read the entire article HERE