How To Program A Slime Mold To Play Music
The slime mold biocomputer is an unprecedented musical machine built in a research laboratory at Plymouth University based on programmable organisms cultured on circuit boards, and which are capable of growing their own circuits.
February 10, 2015 at 03:50PM
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Before we give doors and toasters sentience, we should decide what we’re comfortable with first
It’s becoming more and more common for everyday appliances to have features we don’t expect, and the implications for privacy and freedom can be surprisingly profound. We should be sure we know what we’re buying into.
February 10, 2015 at 02:00PM
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DARPA Is Developing a Search Engine for the Dark Web
To achieve its goal, the engine will not only scrape content from the millions of regular web pages that get ignored by commercial search engines but will also chronicle thousands of sites on the so-called Dark Web — such as sites like the former Silk Road drug emporium that are part of the TOR network’s Hidden Services.
February 10, 2015 at 02:00PM
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Jeb Bush just dumped emails, home addresses, and social security numbers of Florida residents online
Jeb Bush, a rumored 2016 Republican presidential candidate, just decided to publish hundreds of thousands of emails sent to him during his time as governor of Florida.
February 10, 2015 at 01:07PM
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Europe to test spaceplane in bid for its first reusable space tech
The European Space Agency is due to launch an experimental spaceplane from its spaceport in French Guiana on Wednesday which it hopes will pave the way towards Europe’s first reusable space transportation systems.
February 10, 2015 at 11:49AM
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MacBook Air survives 1000-foot, 125mph fall from plane
A South African pilot appears to have taken the name of his MacBook Air a little too literally, managing to drop it from the light aircraft he was flying when the canopy flew open. The MacBook, along with his flying license and logbook, fell 1000 feet into the fields below — but amazingly survived the experience.
February 10, 2015 at 10:54AM
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Big Dumb Jerk Caught Driving With Headphones, A Cell Phone And His Laptop All Going At Once
This type of person is the reason we need Google to hurry up with their damn car.
February 10, 2015 at 10:29AM
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Invisible Islands
Using offline networks for urban intervention.
February 10, 2015 at 09:49AM
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The creepy beauty of VCR errors
Digital technology can be very boring at times. There’s no room for error.
February 10, 2015 at 09:49AM
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New agency to sniff out threats in cyberspace
The agency is modeled after the National Counterterrorism Center, which was launched in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks amid criticism that the government failed to share intelligence that could have unraveled the al-Qaeda plot.
February 10, 2015 at 07:46AM
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