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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Hunt for Mars colonists to launch today (warning, it's a one-way ticket)

    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/hunt-for-mars-colonists-to-launch-today-092707749.html

    A seven-month journey in a tiny, cramped capsule doesn't sound like an attractive prospect - especially when you realise it's a one-way trip.

    But 10,000 people have already contacted Dutch organisation Mars One to volunteer for a trip to Mars planned in September 2022 - due to arrive at the Red Planet on 2023. Return to Earth "cannot be anticipated nor expected", the firm says.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/killer-robots-rage-against-machines-000005753.html#Ny3oEHL

    Killer Robots: Rage Against The Machines.
    Human rights groups have launched a campaign to put a stop to the development of what they call "killer robots", saying such machines should be outlawed along with cluster bombs and landmines.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    For any keen photographers out there Adobe has
    just launched it's beta version of "Lightroom 5"
    which is the industry standard for digital photography.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/forget-qwerty---new-kalq-layout-speeds-up-typing-on-tablets-150756997.html

    Forget QWERTY - new KALQ layout speeds up typing on tablets.
    A new keyboard for tablet computers promises to speed up typing by a third - by ditching the traditional QWERTY layout.

    Researchers at St Andrews University and Germany's Max Planck institute used computers to find the "perfect" layout for thumb-typing on a touchscreen.

    The new system, dubbed KALQ, after the order the keys appear in the keyboard (in the tradition of QWERTY), allows people to thumb-type 34 per cent faster on tablets.

    Touschscreen typing is slow - most users only manage 20 words per minute - because keyboards are designed for 10-finger typing on physical keyboards.

    KALQ is designed for thumbs - created with computational optimisation techniques to search among millions of potential layouts before identifying the best possible one.

    Dr Per Ola Kristensson, Lecturer in Human Computer Interaction in the School of Computer Science at the University of St Andrews, said: “The legacy of QWERTY has trapped users with suboptimal text entry interfaces on mobile devices."

    The new keyboard will be available as a free app for Android.
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  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    The spaceplane being developed by Sir Richard Branson has made its first powered flight. Sir Richard said in a statement: "For the first time, we were able to prove the key components of the system, fully integrated and in flight. Today's supersonic success opens the way for a rapid expansion of the spaceship's powered flight envelope, with a realistic goal of full space flight by the year's end." The Virgin Galactic spaceship is intended to carry fare paying passengers on short pleasure rides above the Earth's atmosphere.

    The FULL article + video.
    Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic spaceship ignites engine in flight
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22344398
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Who needs to wait for a background check ? just Print a Gun. :))
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22421185

    Working gun made with 3D printer
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/sugru-review-195850702.html

    Is Sugru the future of fixing?
    New gadgets, new games, new apps: If you read about tech stuff much (and the fact that you’re reading this suggests you might), the endless gusher of the new can get old. But what about a new material?
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22446754

    Windows 8 update public preview to be released in June
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    It's finally Here. -{ well sort of. :))

    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/video--new-flying-car-will-be--safer-than-driving-on-roads--130800228.html?vp=1

    Video: New flying car will be "safer than driving on roads"
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  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    Rolls-Royce is to sponsor the British Bloodhound project to drive a car beyond 1,000mph. The company will provide financial as well as technical support. Its major involvement is to oversee the supercar's EJ200 jet engine, normally found in a Eurofighter-Typhoon. The intention is to break the current land speed record of 763mph (1,228km/h) next year, and then push it beyond 1,000mph (1,610km/h) in 2015. Bloodhound includes key personnel from the team that set the current record in 1997, including driver Andy Green and project director Richard Noble.

    The FULL article + video.
    Rolls-Royce to back Bloodhound 1,000mph supercar project
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22507584
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/warp-speed-scotty-star-treks-ftl-drive-may-161638125.html#uuWmMJI

    Warp Speed, Scotty? Star Trek's FTL Drive May Actually Work
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  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    Microsoft has unveiled the Xbox One which will go on sale later this year. The US firm described the voice and gesture-controlled machine as an "all-in-one" system offering games, live TV, movies and music. The Xbox One sees Microsoft add a Blu-ray drive and Skype functionality, incorporate vibrating feedback into its gamepad's triggers and upgrade the Kinect camera's sensor to 1080p high definition resolution.

    The FULL article + video.
    Microsoft unveils Xbox One next-generation console
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22613948
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Yes, and it spies out the users with the built-in camera.
    The plan is to raise and sell data, how many people are watching a certain programme, leaving during a commercial break etc.

    Ironically recently Microsoft started a campain here saying "your privacy is most important to us"

    I am not even able to laugh about this.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I'm SURE microsoft will only use this information to Help all humanity. :#
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Mercedes-Benz adds QR codes to save car crash victims.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22682186
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Yet another flying Car ! :D
    Although this one sems to work.

    http://gadgetshow.channel5.com/gadget-show/videos/feature/episode-1-flying-car
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Huawei says Ascend P6 is world's 'slimmest' smartphone.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22949159

    The Android-based Ascend P6 is 6.18mm (0.24in) thick and is also unusual in that it has a 5 megapixel front camera for "high quality" self-portraits.
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

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  • minigeffminigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent
    Lazy git!
    'Force feeding AJB humour and banter since 2009'
    Vive le droit à la libre expression! Je suis Charlie!
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Bondtoys, when you say Toy ........... ? :D
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  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    Bondtoys wrote:


    Nice garden Bondtoys me old mate ,did you design that yourself /
    love the box hedges
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Unfortunately, that's not my garden :D
    Stock pic, but my lawn will be soon looking like that

    However, I would be very concerned to find my robbie in that pool one day :D
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    "Sometimes the old ways are best " get a goat :))
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  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    Bondtoys wrote:
    Unfortunately, that's not my garden :D
    Stock pic, but my lawn will be soon looking like that

    However, I would be very concerned to find my robbie in that pool one day :D

    Trouble with those auto mowers is that they don't put the stripes into the lawn
    (my missus insists on stripes), so you have to get a decent size petrol powered job with a roller on it :)
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    decent size petrol powered job with a roller on it :)

    That was my initial plan, but that'll look totally ridiculous on my little lawn.
    I'd even have difficulties turning one in some narrow spots :D
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    "Sometimes the old ways are best " get a goat :))

    I considered that as well. And at the end of the season, the goat would end up on the bbq - problem is, Asp9mm won't borrow me a gun to kill it before :#
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Space Station fire experiment discovers new kind of flame !

    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/video--space-station-fire-experiment-discovers-new-kind-of-flame-144135693.html?vp=1

    A recent experiment on the International Space Station discovered a new form of “cool flames” that could lead to cleaner car engines.
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