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by stevenrace 14y ago
Nor will I. But it's worth acknowledging such programs exist and don't appear to be going away. Beyond the AT&T incident (and following legal ruling dismissing, retroactively, carriers from wrongdoing in wiretapping).... there's also th
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by stevenrace 15y ago
I don't think drones would be any more helpful than well placed static sensors* (say, atop existing lightpoles). Or a tethered mylar baloon w/ a wireless camera. The total time of flight is limited by battery capacity - and adding video tr
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by stevenrace 15y ago
The world of synthetic biology is nothing short of amazing. But isn't this more or less what Craig Ventor [0] has done by stripping a particular bacteria to the least amount of DNA needed to 'boot up' - in order to build variations atop t
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by stevenrace 15y ago
Seems to be available for $150/ea @ http://rcfreelance.com
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by stevenrace 15y ago
>> rewrite the firmware so that the car stereo controls all of a sudden are the only way to actuate the brakes Aside from some minor pulsing of the ABS module, it's a purely mechanical/hydraulic system. You push the pedal in, the m
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by stevenrace 15y ago
There has been a sharp uptick in Helium consumption (He3) and a relatively small amount of reserves (a byproduct of Natural Gas drilling). This price instability can't help things.[0] The US Military, on the other hand, has been increasing
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by stevenrace 16y ago
It's worth noting that Stanford and Audi (an extension of the VW/Stanford work with DARPA) - will be competing in the upcoming Pikes Peak challenge. For those unaware, it's a balls out race up a mountain road. Asphalt, dirt, weather chang
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by stevenrace 16y ago
Great to hear Andreas. I recall following your 3banana posts on lurking about on AWOT/WayOT years ago. Again, best of luck.
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by stevenrace 16y ago
>> first, you do it in non-human primates and show that they can effective control the arm with the implant... Then you show that the implant is stable Uncited, I'm not sure my reply is worth much - but such studies have already tak
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by stevenrace 16y ago
Perhaps I misread the article, but it seems the Patriot Act is still firmly in place - with only three sections expiring: Section 215, 206 and 6001. 'Section 215' seems questionably undoable - in the days of deep packet inspection and tower
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FAA warns DoD tests may disrupt GPS in SouthEast US 1/20-2/11 [pdf](faasafety.gov)
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by stevenrace 16y ago
Quite the understated title - a feat well worth hyperbole. Can you speak upon the origins of the software? Did this stem about from other projects/research (Edu, darpa, lone disillusioned coder..)? I presume one could use dictionaries of th
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by stevenrace 16y ago
Mosaic.
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by stevenrace 16y ago
Benoit speaking on 'Roughness' at MIT (140min): http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/52
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by stevenrace 18y ago
There is actually a 'Google Tech Talk' on detecting cats (versus other shapes) from images: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w72_VwSj6A Is it really that easy? I would think flagging for texture would be difficult, as it's likely ind
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by stevenrace 18y ago
I understand this is likely a PR under the guise of a blog post - but it seems unfair to overlook iTunesU and MIT's already mentioned OpenCourseware. The benefits of viewing lectures within the iTunes/iPhone/Boxee environment shouldn't need
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by stevenrace 18y ago
It seems the tooling/tech required to make cheap glasses has been around for a while (see link below), however is the ability for the end user to adjust his prescription really advantageous in the long run? Will they evaporate easi