Flying People in New York City

Next Frontier in Piracy: Downloading Physical Objects to Your 3D Printer

We believe that the next step in copying will be made from digital form into physical form. It will be physical objects. Or as we decided to call them: Physibles. Data objects that are able (and feasible) to become physical. We believe that things like three dimensional printers, scanners and such are just the first step. We believe that in the nearby future you will print your spare parts for your vehicles. You will download your sneakers within 20 years.

Read more: http://techland.time.com/2012/01/24/next-frontier-in-piracy-downloading-physical-objects-to-your-3d-printer/#ixzz1kyQTjC5h

Don’t Call Introverted Children ‘Shy’

Imagine a 2-year-old who greets you with a huge smile, offering a toy. Now here’s another child who regards you gravely and hides behind his parent’s leg. How do you feel about these two children? If you’re like most people, you think of the first child as social and the second as reserved or, as everyone tends to interpret, “shy.” From a very young age, we categorize children as one or the other, and we usually privilege the social designation. But this misses what’s really going on with standoffish kids. Many were born with a careful, sensitive temperament that predisposes them to look before they leap. And this can pay off handsomely as they grow, in the form of strong academics, enhanced creativity and even a unique brand of leadership and empathy.

Read more: http://ideas.time.com/2012/01/26/dont-call-introverted-children-shy/?iid=op-main-lede%3Fxid%3Drss-topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28TIME%3A+Top#ixzz1kyP0KNs0

God Bless America - Official RED BAND Trailer (2012)

Video: Self-Guided Bullet Spots, Steers, and Nails Its Target

The U.S. military has been after self-guided bullets for years. Now, government researchers have finally made it happen: A bullet that can navigate itself a full mile before successfully nailing its target.

The breakthrough comes courtesy of engineers at Sandia National Laboratory, owned by Lockheed Martin. They’ve successfully tested a prototype of the bullet at distances up to 2,000 meters — more than a mile. The photo above is an actual image taken during one of those tests. A light-emitting diode was attached to the bullet, showing the amazing pathway that the munition made through the night sky.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/self-guided-bulle/

Falling Down (Trailer)

Poland's Mysterious Crooked Forest

June 28, 2011 -- In a tiny corner of western Poland a forest of about 400 pine trees grow with a 90 degree bend at the base of their trunks - all bent northward. Surrounded by a larger forest of straight growing pine trees this collection of curved trees, or "Crooked Forest," is a mystery.

Planted around 1930, the trees managed to grow for seven to 10 years before getting held down, in what is understood to have been human mechanical intervention. Though why exactly the original tree farmers wanted so many crooked trees is unknown.

http://news.discovery.com/earth/polands-crooked-forest-mystery-110628.html

Company makes smoking employees work longer hours

A company in Carinthia, Austria is making its smoking employees work longer hours. The car supplier, Mahle are demanding that smokers sign in and out of their cigarette breaks and make the time up at the end of the day.

The company reportedly loses around one million Euros every year as a result of the regular smoking breaks taken by their employees. Those who go to smoke outside of the official break time are now checked in and out of the building.

http://austriantimes.at/news/General_News/2012-01-24/38999/Company_makes_smoking_employees_work_longer_hours

Divers find large, unexplained object at bottom of Baltic Sea

Sonar readings show that the mysterious object is about 60 meters across, or, about the size of a jumbo jet. And it's not alone. Nearby on the sea floor is another, smaller object with a similar shape. Even more fascinating, both objects have "drag marks" behind them on the sea floor, stretching back more than 400 feet.

The Self Driving BMW Is Coming To A Highway Near You!

SwiMP3

Bone conduction for sound.

ELF mind control & Scalar Devices on Discovery Channel

Google says privacy change won't affect government users

Google today dismissed concerns by a former senior federal IT official that the company's controversial new privacy policy would create problems for customers of Google Apps for Government (GAFG).

In a statement, Google said the new policy will not change existing contracts that define how it handles and stores data belonging to government users of its cloud services. "Enterprise customers using Google Apps for Government, Business or Education have individual contracts that define how we handle and store their data," Amit Singh, vice president of Google Enterprise said in a statement.

"As always, Google will maintain our enterprise customers' data in compliance with the confidentiality and security obligations provided to their domain," he said.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223753/Google_says_privacy_change_won_t_affect_government_users

Toxoplasmosis, Schizophrenia, Autism, Criminality, PTSD

Introduction
Recently there has been renewal of interest in “infectious causation” of psychiatric disorders. And one of the organisms, which have received special attention, is toxoplasma gondii. This is primarily because of its wide prevalence and special affinity for brain tissue. Estimate is that 30-60 percent of humans are infected with toxoplasma gondii. Though most of them do not show any noticeable effect.

http://priory.com/pharmol/toxoplasmosis.htm

Scientists have known about Toxoplasma’s manipulation of rats for years and they knew that rats infected with Toxoplasma seemed to lose their fear of cats.

http://machimon.wordpress.com/2011/08/20/toxoplasmosis-schizophrenia-autism-criminality-ptsd/

IBM to help Rochester police prevent crime

Places like New York City, Memphis and Las Vegas are all using intelligence-led policing methods.

So why Rochester?

According to Rochester Police Lieutenant Tim Heroff, the needs here are very similar to those in larger cities.

Every day officers are responding to several different scenarios, so with the information police already have the software can: identify patterns, link criminals who may be working together, as well as forecast crime "hot spots."

The software is called IBM InfoSphere Identity Insight.



http://www.kttc.com/story/16612923/ibm-software-to-help-rochester-police-prevent-crime


The Smarter City

Need4Speed: Insight

Need4Speed: Insight from Phoenix Fly on Vimeo.

Chinese Military Training Exercise

Child can see in the Dark, has Cat Eyes in China

He can see in the dark and has blue eyes while that is unusual in Indonesia.

Google announces privacy changes across products; users can’t opt out

Google has already been collecting some of this information. But for the first time, it is combining data across its Web sites to stitch together a fuller portrait of users.

Consumers who are logged into Google services won’t be able to opt out of the changes, which take effect March 1. And experts say the policy shift will invite greater scrutiny from federal regulators of the company’s privacy and competitive practices.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/google-tracks-consumers-across-products-users-cant-opt-out/2012/01/24/gIQArgJHOQ_story.html?wpisrc=al_comboNE_b

A user signing up for Gmail, for instance, might never have imagined that the content of his or her messages could affect the experience on seemingly unrelated Web sites such as YouTube.

Google can collect information about users when they activate an Android mobile phone, sign into their accounts online or enter search terms. It can also store cookies on people’s computers to see which Web sites they visit or use its popular maps program to estimate their location.

A Brief History of Santa

10 Misconceptions Rundown

Research into more deadly strain of bird flu suspended over fears for potential source of spread

Research into more deadly strain of bird flu suspended over fears for potential source of spread

A group of scientists have suspended their research about a more-deadly strain of the bird flu because of massive objections to the study itself.

The scientists in question altered the strands of the H5N1 bird flu, of which there have been 600 cases and 300 fatalities since its discovery in 1997, to make an even more deadly version in hopes of learning key details about the evolution and development of pandemics.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2089950/Bird-flu-research-deadly-H5N1-strain-suspended.html#ixzz1kJThtsuh


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2089950/Bird-flu-research-deadly-H5N1-strain-suspended.html#ixzz1kJTaSLI1

Have RIM, Nokia & Apple provided Indian Military with backdoor access to cellular comm?

Summary: In exchange for mobile presence in India, RIM, Nokia and Apple have allegedly provided backdoor access for the Indian intelligence to spy on communication.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/india/have-rim-nokia-apple-provided-indian-military-with-backdoor-access-to-cellular-comm/838

MegaUpload effect: FileSonic drops file sharing, Uploaded.to drops the US

FileSonic.com has cut all file-sharing features from its services, and Uploaded.to has severed access for users in the United States. The amputations follow Thursday’s international takedown of MegaUpload.com and its top brass, an operation orchestrated by the US government.


http://news.yahoo.com/megaupload-effect-filesonic-drops-file-sharing-uploaded-drops-011726986.html;_ylt=AtXFJ7ybqQDZlbM26lCjxmz09XQA;_ylu=X3oDMTRvZzZ0b2szBGNjb2RlA2dtcHRvcDEwMDBwb29sd2lraXVwcmVzdARtaX

Megaupload Op: Anonymous downs FBI, DoJ, music sites in biggest attack ever

Why we have blind spots?

Sleep Locks In Bad Memories, Emotions

Researchers from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst asked more than 100 healthy adults to rate their emotional responses to a series of images, some depicting unsettling scenes. Twelve hours later, they rated the images again. The difference: Half of the subjects slept during the break; the other half did not.

"It's true that 'sleeping on it' is usually a good thing to do," said Spencer, citing evidence that sleep boosts memory and other cognitive functions. "It's just when something truly traumatic or out of the ordinary happens that you might want to stay awake."


http://abcnews.go.com/Health/SleepNews/sleep-locks-bad-memories-emotions/story?id=15377705#.Txg_Nm9SRsk

Nissan unveils world’s first self-healing iPhone case

On Monday it announced the Nissan Scratch Shield iPhone case, describing it as “self-healing.” This means that if you’re unfortunate enough to accidentally scratch it, it will actually mend itself, with small scratches healing in as little as one hour, and deeper ones taking up to a week.

read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/apple/nissan-unveils-worlds-first-self-healing-iphone-case/

SOPA Protests Sway Congress: 31 Opponents Jan 18, 122 Jan 19

Yesterday the Internet cried out in protest of SOPA-PIPA, and congress heard us loud and clear. At the beginning of Janaury 18th, there were 80 members of congress who supported the legislation, and 31 opponents. Now, just 63 support SOPA-PIPA, and opposition has surged to 122, according to ProPublica.

http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/19/sopa-opponents-supporters/

A.I. Robot

Samsung's Smart Window

Mitt Romney's Top Campaign Contributors

Downgrade drama: S&P lowers France, Italy, Spain, 6 others

Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has downgraded the government debt of France, Austria, Italy and Spain, but maintained Germany's at the coveted "AAA" level.

The cuts, which eliminated France and Austria's triple-A status, deal a heavy blow to the currency union's ability to fight off a worsening debt crisis. In total, S&P cut its ratings on nine eurozone countries.

France and Austria both dropped one notch to AA+. Italy was lowered by two notches to BBB+ from A, and Spain fell to A from AA-. Portugal and Cyprus also dropped two notches. The agency also cut ratings on Malta, Slovakia and Slovenia.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/world/story/2012-01-13/france-credit-rating-cut/52533684/1

North Carolina Man Hides A Gun Up His Rectum In Jail

Still Voting For 'Mitt Romney'?

Video shows just how un-sure 'Mitt Romney' is about almost everything in the world.

"There Was No Big Bang!" Say Several Leading Cosmologists

Several of the worlds leading astrophysicists believe there was no Big Bang that brought the universe and time into existence. Before the Big Bang, the standard theory assumes, there was no space, just nothing. Einstein merged the universe into a single entity: not space, not time, but spacetime.

Proponents of branes propose that we are trapped in a thin membrane of space-time embedded in a much larger cosmos from which neither light nor energy -except gravity- can escape or enter and that that "dark matter" is just the rest of the universe that we can't see because light can't escape from or enter into our membrane from the great bulk of the universe. And our membrane may be only one of many, all of which may warp, connect, and collide with one another in as many as 10 dimensions -a new frontier physicists call the "brane world." Stephen Hawking, among others, envisions brane worlds perculating up out of the void, giving rise to whole new universes.

Norwegian beach carpeted with 20 tons of herring

OSLO, Norway -- Tens of thousands of dead herring carpeted a stretch of coast in northern Norway -- and then disappeared again.

The fish appeared on New Year's Eve, and it was speculated that predators might have driven a huge school ashore or the fish could have been washed onto the beach by a powerful storm that hit Norway on Christmas Day.

Jens Christian Holst of Norway's Institute of Marine Research says a combination of several factors was the likely explanation.

Herring is traditionally eaten for good luck on New Year's Eve in some cultures, including by many Scandinavians.

As the new year dawned, locals started pondering how to clean up the estimated 20 tons of dead fish on the beach in Kvaenes, near Tromsoe, north of the Arctic Circle, before it decayed. But before they could start, the fish disappeared.

Holst said Tuesday the herrings have likely washed back into the North Sea.

http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_19665052

DNA McSpray to foil thieves - McDonalds to use new anti-theft spray

McDONALD'S restaurants are fighting back against thieves by blasting suspected robbers with an invisible DNA spray as they attempt to flee.

The spray, which remains on the suspect's skin for two weeks and on clothes for up to six months, has been introduced in some of the chain's busiest NSW stores, including those at Parramatta, Granville, Auburn, Lidcome, Kingsford and Wollongong, reported The Daily Telegraph.

If the SelectaDNA "forensic marking" spray proves successful in apprehending bandits, McDonald's will introduce the system across all its 780 Australian outlets.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/business/dna-mcspray-to-foil-thieves/story-e6frfm1i-1226239112219#ixzz1jBfGCeox

In case of emergency: The new SpareOne mobile phone promises to hold its charge for up to 15 years

Powered by a single AA battery, its makers say that the SpareOne will be capable of holding its charge for an unbelievable 15 years and what’s more, it’s intended to be super cheap to buy too.

Think of those situations where, for instance your car breaks down, smartphone batteries aren’t exactly known for their longevity versus your typical feature phone and in a tight spot, you want the best chance of being reachable.

http://blog.gsmarena.com/in-case-of-emergency-the-new-spareone-mobile-phone-promises-to-hold-its-charge-for-up-to-15-years/

The 100th Monkey Syndrome

The Japanese monkey, Macaca fuscata, had been observed in the wild for a period of over 30 years.

In 1952, on the island of Koshima, scientists were providing monkeys with sweet potatoes dropped in the sand. The monkeys liked the taste of the raw sweet potatoes, but they found the dirt unpleasant.
An 18-month-old female named Imo found she could solve the problem by washing the potatoes in a nearby stream. She taught this trick to her mother. Her playmates also learned this new way and they taught their mothers too.
This cultural innovation was gradually picked up by various monkeys before the eyes of the scientists.

Between 1952 and 1958 all the young monkeys learned to wash the sandy sweet potatoes to make them more palatable.
Only the adults who imitated their children learned this social improvement. Other adults kept eating the dirty sweet potatoes.
Then something startling took place. In the autumn of 1958, a certain number of Koshima monkeys were washing sweet potatoes -- the exact number is not known.
Let us suppose that when the sun rose one morning there were 99 monkeys on Koshima Island who had learned to wash their sweet potatoes.
Let's further suppose that later that morning, the hundredth monkey learned to wash potatoes.

THEN IT HAPPENED!

By that evening almost everyone in the tribe was washing sweet potatoes before eating them.

The added energy of this hundredth monkey somehow created an ideological breakthrough!

But notice.

A most surprising thing observed by these scientists was that the habit of washing sweet potatoes then jumped over the sea --
Colonies of monkeys on other islands and the mainland troop of monkeys at Takasakiyama began washing their sweet potatoes.
Thus, when a certain critical number achieves an awareness, this new awareness may be communicated from mind to mind.
Although the exact number may vary, this Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon means that when only a limited number of people know of a new way, it may remain the conscious property of these people.

But there is a point at which if only one more person tunes-in to a new awareness, a field is strengthened so that this awareness is picked up by almost everyone!

The secret life of plants

There is much more to learn about biology, the mind and it's abilities than "just" thinking, feeling and communicating plants. This video should provide you with the necessary inspiration to start searching for other documented facts people some how forgot to share with you.

Smoking pot doesn't hurt lung capacity, study shows

Periodically smoking marijuana doesn't appear to hurt lung capacity, the largest study ever conducted on pot smokers has found.

Even though most marijuana smokers tend to inhale deeply and hold the smoke in for as long as they can before exhaling, the lung capacity didn't deteriorate even among those who smoked a joint a day for seven years or once a week for 20 years, according to the study published Tuesday in JAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association.

http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/10/10098412-smoking-pot-doesnt-hurt-lung-capacity-study-shows

Albert Einstein : Spooky Action at a Distance Effect

How DNA samples change alongside the original DNA, instantaneously even at the other side of the world.

http://youtu.be/TFZZagLRPes

The reason for historic Voodoo and twin's feeling each other's pain?

Hundreds Threaten Suicide At Microsoft Supplier Plant In China

SEATTLE, Wash. (CBS Seattle) – Some 300 Chinese Foxconn employees who manufacture X-box 360 machines said they would throw themselves from their Wuhan, China, plant if demands for lost wages were not met.

China Jasmine Revolution, an activist revolutionary organization with a name borrowed from the Tunisian revolt that set off the Middle East unrest, reported that employees made their demands for a wage increase for 100 employees on Jan. 2.

http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2012/01/10/hundreds-threaten-suicide-at-microsoft-supplier-plant-in-china/

Hundreds of North Carolina women sterilized against their will each set to receive $50k compensation

People sterilized against their will under a discredited North Carolina state programme should each be paid $50,000, a task force voted today.

This would mark the first time a state has moved to compensate victims of a once-common public health practice called eugenics.

The panel recommended that the money go to verified, living victims, including those who are alive now but may die before the lawmakers approve any compensation.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2084873/North-Carolina-women-sterilized-set-receive-50k-compensation.html#ixzz1jAjOFddh

Polish prosecutor 'shoots self after news conference'

A Polish military prosecutor has shot himself in the head after cutting short a news conference in his office, officials and media reports say.

Col Mikolaj Przybyl was defending a military investigation into media leaks related to the air crash that killed the Polish president in 2010.

He asked reporters to leave so that he could take "a break".

Upon hearing a loud thud, the reporters returned to find him on the floor with a pool of blood around his head.

Read more:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16466522

'If you don't take a job as a prostitute, we can stop your benefits'

A 25-year-old waitress who turned down a job providing "sexual services'' at a brothel in Berlin faces possible cuts to her unemployment benefit under laws introduced this year.

Prostitution was legalised in Germany just over two years ago and brothel owners – who must pay tax and employee health insurance – were granted access to official databases of jobseekers.

The waitress, an unemployed information technology professional, had said that she was willing to work in a bar at night and had worked in a cafe.

She received a letter from the job centre telling her that an employer was interested in her "profile'' and that she should ring them. Only on doing so did the woman, who has not been identified for legal reasons, realise that she was calling a brothel.

Under Germany's welfare reforms, any woman under 55 who has been out of work for more than a year can be forced to take an available job – including in the sex industry – or lose her unemployment benefit. Last month German unemployment rose for the 11th consecutive month to 4.5 million, taking the number out of work to its highest since reunification in 1990.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/1482371/If-you-dont-take-a-job-as-a-prostitute-we-can-stop-your-benefits.html