Economists have no clue despite all the Big Data at their disposal………
Try this: Compare Microsoft’s Surface to the iPad
Comparing the Surface Pro to the iPad can get pretty ugly. And I’m not even talking about the design…….
Matchstick-Sized Sensor Can Record Your Private Chats Outdoors
wabrandsma sends this story from New Scientist: “A sensor previously used for military operations can now be tuned to secretly locate and record any single conversation on a busy street. [A] Dutch acoustics firm, Microflown Technologies, has developed a matchstick-sized sensor that can pinpoint and record a target’s conversations from a distance. Known as an…
Automatic Translation Without Dictionaries
New submitter physicsphairy writes “Tomas Mikolov and others at Google have developed a simple means of translating between languages using a large corpus of sample texts. Rather than being defined by humans, words are characterized based on their relation to other words. For example, in any language, a word like ‘cat’ will have a particular…
NSA maps some Americans’ social connections, says report
National Security Agency dips into its database of phone and e-mail info to create complex “social graphs” for foreign intelligence purposes, says a report. Some American citizens get swept up in the effort…….
Conan’s new LinkedIn profile needs work
Conan O’Brien decides the one social network where he isn’t dominant is LinkedIn. Did you know he once won an Oscar for best performance by an actress in a supporting role?……
EU Committee Votes To Make All Smartphone Vendors Utilize a Standard Charger
Deathspawner writes “The EU has been known to make a lot of odd decisions when it comes to tech, but one committee’s latest vote is one that most people will likely agree with: Standardized smartphone chargers. If passed, this decision would cut down on never having the right charger handy, but as far as the…
Lego version of the world’s largest ship sets sail
The Maersk Triple-E is the world’s largest ship. Now Lego fans can build their own version of the maritime behemoth…….
Robotic Boat Hits 1,000-Mile Mark In Transatlantic Crossing
toygeek writes “‘Scout,’ a 4-meter-long autonomous boat built by a group of young DIYers, is attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean. It is traveling from Rhode Island, where it launched on 24 August, to Spain, where all being well it will arrive in a few months’ time. Scout has now gone about 1,000 miles (1,600…
First Cases of Flesh-Eating Drug Emerge In the United States
Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes “Having spent the last decade wreaking havoc in Russia, a flesh-eating drug called Krokodil has arrived in Arizona, reports Eliza Gray at Time Magazine. The Banner Poison Control Center has reported the first two users of the drug which makes user’s skin scaly and green before it rots away [Warning:…
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