Technological Revolution

San Francisco streetlights will spy on passersby

Submitted by Freedomman on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 18:34

SAN FRANCISCO, Kalifornia (PNN) - January 25, 2013 - San Francisco is the second-most densely populated urban area in the Fascist Police States of Amerika, but those nearly one million residents of the City by the Bay are about to lose what little amount of privacy they have.

Audi to make fuel using solar power

Submitted by Freedomman on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 18:30

STUTTGART, Germany (PNN) - January 25, 2013 - Audi is building a plant that will use solar and wind power to make methane from water and carbon dioxide. The plant, which will use technology developed by Stuttgart, Germany-based SolarFuel, is scheduled to start operation later this year. It will produce enough methane to power 1,500 of Audi’s new natural gas vehicles, which also go on sale this year.

Foil face-recognition cameras with privacy visor

Submitted by Freedomman on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 18:16

TOKYO, Japan (PNN) - January 22, 2013 - Worried about all those security cameras tracking your every move? Try rocking one of these visors and once again enjoy anonymity.

At least that's what Isao Echizen from Japan's National Institute of Informatics is trying to achieve with the Privacy Visor.

Developed with Seiichi Gohshi of Kogakuin University, the visor has a near-infrared light source that messes up cameras but doesn't affect the wearer's vision, according to the institute.

Rheinmetall demos laser that can shoot down drones

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 14:47

BERLIN, Germany (PNN) - January 8, 2013 - A laser weapons system that can shoot down two drones at a distance of over a mile has been demonstrated by Rheinmetall Defense.

The German defense firm used the high-energy laser equipment to shoot fast-moving drones at a distance.

The system, which uses two laser weapons, was also used to cut through a steel girder a kilometer away.

Launch of Russia's new silent sub one step in rebuilding mighty military

Submitted by Freedomman on Fri, 01/11/2013 - 21:05

MOSCOW, Russia (PNN) - January 5, 2013 - Russia recently launched its near silent nuclear submarine following several years of development.

The Borey Class submarine, dubbed Vladimir Monomakh, has a next generation nuclear reactor, can dive deeper than 1,200 feet, and carries up to 20 nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles.

NASA’s Curiosity rover finds "flower" on surface of Mars

Submitted by Freedomman on Fri, 01/11/2013 - 21:02

HOUSTON, Texas (PNN) - January 4, 2013 - NASA has released a series of new photos taken by its Curiosity rover that appear to show a “flower” on the surface of Mars.

Everyone is under virtual surveillance

Submitted by Freedomman on Thu, 12/27/2012 - 16:07

Russia Today talks to William Binney, whistleblower and former NSA crypto-mathematician who served in the agency for decades. He reveals that every single person living in the Fascist Police States of Amerika is under virtual surveillance; that every citizen’s emails, web use, telephone communications, etc. is recorded, stored and retained by fascist federal thug officials, to be used if the government ever decides to do so. When is enough, enough? It is time to rise up and forcibly overthrow the oppressive totalitarian dictatorship that exists today. Revolution Now!

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New form of quantum computation promises showdown with ordinary computers

Submitted by Freedomman on Thu, 12/27/2012 - 15:55

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (PNN) - December 24, 2012 - You’ve heard the hype a hundred times: Physicists hope to someday build a whiz-bang quantum computer that can solve problems that would overwhelm an ordinary computer.

Now, four separate teams have taken a step toward achieving such “quantum speed-up” by demonstrating a simpler, more limited form of quantum computing that, if it can be improved, might soon give classical computers a run for their money. But don’t get your hopes up for a full-fledged quantum computer. The gizmos may not be good for much beyond one particular calculation.

MIT discovers a new state of matter

Submitted by Freedomman on Thu, 12/27/2012 - 15:51

New kind of magnetism.

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (PNN) - December 20, 2012 - Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a new state of matter with a new kind of magnetism. This new state, called a quantum spin liquid (QSL), could lead to significant advances in data storage. QSLs also exhibit a quantum phenomenon called long-range entanglement, which could lead to new types of communications systems, and more.

University uses Tesla technology to wirelessly charge electric bus

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 17:55

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (PNN) - December 10, 2012 - Utah State University presented a first-of-its-kind electric bus that is charged through wireless charging technology in a demonstration Nov. 15.

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