London Residents May Get Anti-Aircraft Missiles on Their Rooftops to Defend the Olympic Games

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-04/london-residents-may-get-anti-aircraft-missiles-their-rooftops-olympic-games By Clay Dillow Posted 04.30.2012 at 11:51 am   Olympic Park, London, June 2011 BaldBoris via Wikimedia The workaday residents of London are again being asked to participate in the defense of the city. Bow Quarter in East London is a white collar, somewhat pedestrian neighborhood populated by young families and professional types, but […]

Visionary research: Scientists to conduct human trials of a bionic eye that beams images directly to the brain

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2136864/Scientists-conduct-human-trials-bionic-eye.html By Ted Thornhill PUBLISHED: 06:12 EST, 29 April 2012 | UPDATED: 06:20 EST, 29 April 2012 So far ‘bionic eyes’ have only been seen in sci-fi films such as The Terminator. In that movie Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a robot with enhanced vision capable of scanning and analysing its surroundings. Now Australian researchers are set […]

How to hide from Big Brother: Designer’s make-up tips on tricking face-recognition software (and still look good while doing it)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137201/How-hide-Big-Brother-Designers-tips-tricking-face-recognition-software-look-good-doing-it.html By Hugo Gye PUBLISHED: 00:42 EST, 30 April 2012 | UPDATED: 06:34 EST, 30 April 2012 In a world of ever-expanding surveillance, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to escape the clutches of security cameras. But one designer has issued advice on how to keep yourself hidden from the ‘Big Brother’ organisations which now […]

Wind turbine that conjures drinking water out of thin air offers hope to African communities

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2137386/Eole-wind-turbine-generates-drinking-water-air.html By Eddie Wrenn PUBLISHED: 09:40 EST, 30 April 2012 | UPDATED: 09:56 EST, 30 April 2012 Wind turbines could also provide drinking water in humid climates following a breakthrough by a French engineering firm. Eole Water modified your typical electricity-generating turbines to allow them to distill drinking water out of the air in a […]

Not loving it? Young people who know TV fast-food adverts best are TWICE as likely to be obese

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2137186/Adverts-fast-food-make-children-fat-Kids-recognise-chicken-hamburger-TWICE-likely-obese.html Survey of 3,342 young people aged 15 to 23 ‘Exam’ with adverts with brands removed and asked to recognise brand Those who recognised most were TWICE as likely to be obes By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 03:15 EST, 30 April 2012 | UPDATED: 05:59 EST, 30 April 2012 Young people who watch television fast-food adverts […]

Feeling fried? Android app warns how much radiation your phone is blasting into you (but Apple won’t allow it for iPhone)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2137442/Feeling-fried-Android-app-warns-phone-blasts-brain-radiation-Apple-wont-allow-iPhone.html App monitors radiation from Android handsets Warns you of high levels – and says to switch to speakerphone Lets you monitor family radiation levels as well Not allowed on iPhone after personal rejection by Steve Jobs By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 11:48 EST, 30 April 2012 | UPDATED: 13:39 EST, 30 April 2012 Worriers rejoice […]

FDA approves drug to treat and prevent the Plague as the government scrambles to stockpile treatment for the deadly disease

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137172/FDA-approves-Levaquin-treat-Plague.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 22:29 EST, 29 April 2012 | UPDATED: 23:19 EST, 29 April 2012 US regulators have approved use of a powerful Johnson & Johnson antibiotic to treat plague, an extremely rare, sometimes-deadly bacterial infection. The Food and Drug Administration also approved Levaquin, known generically as levofloxacin, to reduce risk of […]

Wind farms make climate change WORSE: Turbines actually heat up local areas

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2137170/Wind-farms-link-rising-temperatures-detrimental-impact-wildlife-weather-say-scientists.html Air temperatures around four of the world’s largest wind farms have increased by 0.72C in a decade Earth’s average temperature has risen by 0.8C since 1900 By Rosie Taylor PUBLISHED: 20:51 EST, 29 April 2012 | UPDATED: 02:48 EST, 30 April 2012 Wind turbines could warm local climates up to ten times faster than […]

How Apple (legally) avoided paying BILLIONS in taxes last year alone despite their record profits

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137374/How-Apple-avoided-paying-BILLIONS-taxes-year-despite-record-profits.html By Daniel Bates PUBLISHED: 10:06 EST, 30 April 2012 | UPDATED: 12:22 EST, 30 April 2012 Apple avoided paying up to $2.4billion in taxes last year through a complex strategy that funnels money to low tax states and foreign countries, according to a report. The technology giant has set up up offices in Nevada, […]

‘Forward’: Obama borrows from Chairman Mao for his new campaign slogan

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137378/Forward-revealed-Obamas-new-campaign-slogan.html Barack Obama has moved on from his 2008 ‘hope and change’ campaign with the message that there is still more work to do going forward Motto has strong similarities to MSNBC’s slogan: ‘Lean Forward’ Critics also point to Chinese Communist leader Chairman Mao’s Great Leap Forward The announcement comes before the president’s re-election rallies […]