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anonymous

South Korea halts rocket launch - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 20 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Officials said an automatic abort system was triggered during the countdown when weak pressure was detected in a fuel tank.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      Social > Relaiability
  • "The automatic launch sequence automatically turned off due to a problem that was detected in the countdown," said Lee Sang-mok, the deputy minister of science and technology policy.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      IT systems > Hardware
  • The rocket, intended to place a satellite into orbit, has been developed with the help of Russia
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      Impact > Bussiness, Science.
Sanchit Jain

DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...18dna.html

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shared by Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • they could construct a sample of DNA to match that profile without obtaining any tissue from that person.
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
       
      there is no individuality, aynbody can be "created".SOCIAL
  • You can just engineer a crime scene,”
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
       
      Science and the Environment, Politics and Government IMPACT
  • A potential invasion of personal privacy is another.
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
       
      Control, Policies and Standards, Integrity SOCIAL
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  • stored in law enforcement databases as a series of numbers and letters corresponding to variations at 13 spots in a person’s genome.
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
       
      IT SYSTEMS: basic hardware, used in the process to create DNA
  • Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
     
    they could construct a sample of DNA to match that profile without obtaining any tissue from that person.
Richard Stevenson

Immortality only 20 years away says scientist - Telegraph - 6 views

www.telegraph.co.uk/...years-away-says-scientist.html

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shared by Richard Stevenson on 27 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Richard Stevenson on 27 Sep 09
     
    Nanotechnology leading to immortality
  • Bassel Kanj on 04 Oct 09
     
    This isn't needed.
Elvira Russ

Inside the MP3 Codec - 4 views

www.mp3-converter.com/mp3codec

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shared by Elvira Russ on 25 May 10 - Cached
  • Elvira Russ on 25 May 10
     
    Learn the science behind the amazing MP3 digital audio format - used with permission from MP3: The Definitive Guide.
anonymous

US Gov. 2.3 gegapixel camera - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 21 Aug 09 - Cached
  • it also means that people can be illuminated without being aware of it.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 21 Aug 09
       
      What about privacy, of people who are not criminals?
  • The ability to provide real-time surveillance of large areas may be getting closer, as the Army launches a quest for a 2.3 gigapixel camera that could be packaged aboard a drone or a manned aircraft.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      Social > Privacy
  • In terms of specifics, the Army is looking for 2.3 gigapixels running at two frames per second. By my reckoning, this suggests continuous coverage of area of around sixty-two square miles at 0.3m resolution with a single sensor
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      It systesms > harware & software
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  • Airborne cameras providing a persistent view were a key factor in Task Force ODIN’s success in Iraq; given the new technology, their successors could have even more impact. And those cameras might have some effect on the home front too.
anonymous

Sea Water into Jet Fuel - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 20 Aug 09 - Cached
  • The process involves extracting carbon dioxide dissolved in the water and combining it with hydrogen — obtained by splitting water molecules using electricity — to make a hydrocarbon fuel
Alex David

BBC NEWS | Technology | Green domain sparks war of words - 0 views

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shared by Alex David on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Both groups are hoping to win the right to sell .eco "top-level domain names", which are similar to .com or .uk.
    • Alex David
      Alex David on 19 Aug 09
       
      Social & Ethical Issues- control & intellectual property
  • Big Room also would like to see companies use .eco sites to publish all of their green information.
    • Alex David
      Alex David on 19 Aug 09
       
      IT Systems- Communication systems
  • Big Room, which is endorsed by WWF International and Green Cross, also plans to generate money from the sale of .eco domain names to fund "sustainability projects".
    • Alex David
      Alex David on 19 Aug 09
       
      Areas of Impact- Environment & business
Elvira Russ

EU's exploding-iPhone investigation heats up | Crave - CNET - 0 views

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shared by Elvira Russ on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Claims of iPhones exploding have surfaced in Britain and France, with at least one person, a teenager, sustaining an eye injury. In addition, KIRO TV in Seattle has turned up 800 pages of documents from the Consumer Product Safety Commission that include cases of burning or flaming iPods.
  • There have been many well-documented cases of laptop batteries bursting into flames, so it's plausible that iPhones could heat up too, given that they use the same (or similar) battery technology.
  • I'm on my third iPhone (having upgraded twice), and I've also owned an iPod Touch. I loved them all dearly, largely because they never exploded into flames, burning me and my family alive. Just saying.
Shih-Chen Chiu

BBC NEWS | Technology | Facebook changes privacy policy - 0 views

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shared by Shih-Chen Chiu on 28 Aug 09 - Cached
  • be more transparent about what data it collects and why.
    • Farah Alam
      Farah Alam on 28 Aug 09
       
      social and ethical issues- privacy the user will be able to know why facebook wants certain information and not give it to them if they think its not justified and maintain their privacy.
  • privacy settings and make it clear to users that they can delete or deactivate an account
    • Farah Alam
      Farah Alam on 28 Aug 09
       
      IT systems- communication systems are involved ( internet)
  • The country is the first to complete a full investigation of Facebook's privacy practices.
    • Farah Alam
      Farah Alam on 28 Aug 09
       
      IMPACT- science. through their investigation they are able to find out more(and also create more jobs)
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  • There are around 950,000 developers in 180 countries who provide applications for the site.
  • social network
  • Facebook's Michael Richter said if a user chose to deactivate their account, the site would still store their information "even if it is for 10 years".
  • "Application developers have had virtually unrestricted access to Facebook users' personal information,"
    • Salman Rushdi
      Salman Rushdi on 31 Aug 09
       
      Social and Ethical issue Impacting on privacy.-sharing information through an unclear privacy policy
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