Topic: PHOTO - on October 1, 2008 at 12:03:00 PM CEST
Fujifilm's Real 3-D Camera Is Just the Beginning
Camera makers are jumping into the 3-D photo market more than 20 years after the format was laughed out of town and ended up as Michael Jackson's sidekick in Captain Eo.
Recently, Fujifilm announced a two-lensed camera that takes images and movies in 3-D and captures wide-angle photos of single scenes simultaneously. As a result, we've heard some rumbling in the wires about other camera manufacturers coming out with their own version in the next year or so.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 1, 2008 at 11:59:00 AM CEST
High Times Presents World Stoner Games 2008
High Times presents the first annual World Stoner Games on October, 4th in Toronto.
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Topic: POLITIK - on October 1, 2008 at 11:54:00 AM CEST
The World According to Palin-McCain
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Topic: SCIENCE - on October 1, 2008 at 11:50:00 AM CEST
"Hubble" sendet keine Daten mehr
Sorge um den Star der Astronomie: Das "Hubble"-Weltraumteleskop hat plötzlich aufgehört, Daten zur Erde zu funken. Das Problem ist offenbar so ernst, dass die Nasa die für Mitte Oktober geplante Reparaturmission aufs nächste Jahr verschoben hat.
Möglicherweise hatte die Nasa diesmal sogar Glück im Unglück. Ursprünglich sollte die Raumfähre "Atlantis" am 10. Oktober zum "Hubble"-Teleskop fliegen, um dringend benötigte Wartungsarbeiten durchzuführen. Dann wurde der Termin auf den 14. Oktober verschoben. Nun hat sich ein neues, unerwartetes Problem ergeben: Seit der Nacht zum Sonntag schickt das Weltraumobservatorium keine Daten mehr zur Erde. Im günstigsten Fall kann sich die Nasa vor dem Reparaturflug auf die neue Situation einstellen.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on October 1, 2008 at 11:44:00 AM CEST
The amazing dirt-powered lamp
Microbial fuel cells, which use electrodes in dirt to power a small motor, have long been more or less a laboratory curiosity. Because they generate such a small amount of power, developing them to charge devices would not be practical in places where electricity is readily available. However, Lebônê Solutions, a startup based in Cambridge, MA, aims to use microbial fuel cells to provide power to Africans who are off the grid. In some parts of Africa, a small amount of energy is enough for a few hours of lamp light in the evening, or for powering the ubiquitous cell phones--something that some residents will walk five hours to a generator to do, says Aviva Presser, a cofounder of Lebônê. The company is made up largely of Harvard University alumni and current Harvard students originally from African countries.
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Topic: SECURITY - on October 1, 2008 at 11:40:00 AM CEST
Counting Every Vote
California's secretary of state says open-source software is needed to safeguard electronic voting systems.
California's secretary of state, Debra Bowen, believes that open-source software should be used in elections involving electronic voting machines, to protect against error and fraud.
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Topic: SECURITY - on October 1, 2008 at 11:34:00 AM CEST
Elvis has left the border: ePassport faking guide unleashed
The Hacker's Choice (THC) has released details of a procedure that allows you to "create a backup of your own passport chip(s)" - or, if you were that way inclined, use a modified chip to build a fake ePassport that will not be detected by at least some passport readers.
THC offers a video of "Elvis's" passport being approved by a reader at Amsterdam airport. Note that the reader is a public verification terminal, not one at a border check, so there's no illegal act being committed, nor does the video prove that a fake ePassport could get through a border.
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Topic: SECURITY - on October 1, 2008 at 11:32:00 AM CEST
‘Fakeproof’ e-passport is cloned in minutes
New microchipped passports designed to be foolproof against identity theft can be cloned and manipulated in minutes and accepted as genuine by the computer software recommended for use at international airports.
Tests for The Times exposed security flaws in the microchips introduced to protect against terrorism and organised crime. The flaws also undermine claims that 3,000 blank passports stolen last week were worthless because they could not be forged.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on October 1, 2008 at 11:30:00 AM CEST
Indizien gegen Terrorverdächtige bröckeln
Nach der spektakulären Festnahme von zwei Terrorverdächtigen am Flughafen Köln-Bonn kommen Zweifel an der Aktion auf. Offenbar kam der Einsatz zu früh - und der entscheidende Hinweis war möglicherweise nur ein hysterischer Liebesbrief.
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Topic: e-bay - on October 1, 2008 at 11:29:00 AM CEST
Student ersteigert Kamera mit Fotos von mutmaßlichen Terroristen
Peinliche Panne in Großbritannien: Ein Student hat bei Ebay eine Digitalkamera ersteigert, auf der Fotos von mutmaßlichen Terroristen sowie Bilder von Raketenwerfern gespeichert waren. Er ging zur Polizei. Tage später suchten ihn Geheimdienstbeamte auf und beschlagnahmten die Kamera.
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