A French nun has described her Parkinson’s disease disappearing after she prayed to the late Pope John Paul II. The Vatican has approved the miracle and set a May 1 date for John Paul’s beatification. (Jan. 18)
Continue reading …Bloodhound SuperSonic Car begins construction: 1,000mph on Intel Atom processors (video)
January 18, 2011 No Comment
We saw the mockup back in July and, soon, we’ll be seeing the real thing. Construction of the Bloodhound SSC is underway, with a planned top speed of over 1,000mph courtesy of a jet engine borrowed from a Typhoon jet fighter sitting in the back — and a trio of Intel Atom processors in the cockpit that will run a number of onboard diagnostics and telemetry systems. Sure, they won’t be adding to the overall thrust of the thing but neither will they be putting much of a drain on the electrical system. If all goes according to plan the car will be completed by the end of this year and will start speed runs by the beginning of 2012. Maybe by then Intel will have something a little quicker to slap in there. Continue reading Bloodhound SuperSonic Car begins construction: 1,000mph on Intel Atom processors (video) Bloodhound SuperSonic Car begins construction: 1,000mph on Intel Atom processors (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Scientist Advocates Bugs as Alternative Food – Arnold van Huis, a Dutch scientist, has recommended bugs as a healthy, green, alternative food, saying it is time to break old eating habits. He indicated that insect dishes could be the answer to the global food crisis, shrinking land and water resources and climate-changing carbon emissions. Furthermore Scientist Advocates Bugs as Alternative Food is a post from: Daily World Buzz
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Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have announced that their daughter, Sunday Rose, now has a little sister. They have a second daughter, called Faith Margaret, who has been born through a surrogate. (Jan. 18)
Continue reading …$99 concept NoteSlate tablet does electronic ink in color, but only one at a time
January 18, 2011 No Comment
E-readers could use a little color in their lives — and getting a little cheaper wouldn’t hurt either. The NoteSlate has color, but not certainly not all colors. It’s a touchable slate with a 13-inch diagonal, 750 x 1080 display that’s said to be “eInk” — which may or may not mean ” E Ink ,” the company behind the displays used in the Kindle , Sony Reader , and others. When it’s produced, supposedly by June, you’ll be able to select from the traditional white background and black foreground or go with a black background with white. Other colors, including green, blue, or red text, or a “4 colour edition” that does all of them at once, are due sometime down the road. The tablet works with touch or pen input, will offer 180 hours of battery life, and is to be fully open-source, with the initial software release supporting simple drawing, storing of notes, and MP3 playback. Version 1.5 will add PDF and text viewing, while version 2.0 will be rocking OCR handwriting recognition. The best news? It’s said to be just $99, though surely the multi-color edition will cost more. Right now it exists only as renders but with, a release mere months away and a decidedly attractive price point, we’re intrigued. Skeptical, but intrigued. Gallery: NoteSlate $99 concept NoteSlate tablet does electronic ink in color, but only one at a time originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Rome: Italian opposition parties stepped up calls on Tuesday for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to resign over a probe into allegations he paid for sex with several young women, including a 17-year old nightclub dancer. The head of the largest opposition party led a chorus of calls for his resignation after a report by magistrates that was sent to parliament said a “significant” number of young women prostituted themselves with Berlusconi at his homes. “Since Berlusconi’s private life seems to be so intense, he should return to it,” said Pierluigi Bersani, leader of the Democratic Party. The conservative prime minister has successfully seen off a series of sex scandals in recent years. But…
Continue reading …Sonos recounts its successes, dishes on future plans but not Android support
January 18, 2011 No Comment
Amid the doom and gloom of the economic… whatever it is we’re stuck in at the moment, it’s nice to look at a success story. Sonos is such a tale and GigaOm has taken the time to profile the upstart, which started in 2002 and has gone on to produce a series of high-end docks , networked audio players, and an iOS controller app that ties it all together. Sadly, users of non-Apple devices have been left out in the cold and, while Sonos VP of Sales Tom Cullen wouldn’t say when other versions are coming, he did at least say “We can see a handful of other potential platforms, and we want to see which one has the biggest concentration of music lovers.” We say why choose one? Plenty of music lovers exist on them all. Moving back to hardware, Cullen indicated that a person’s music largely moves with them these days, and so the company is looking to moving into the car and personal audio areas, meaning we could see some Sonos-branded headphones and head units in the not too distant future. This could be in addition to what looked to be a potential move into proper home theater. These are crowded spaces compared to the world of wireless audio that the company currently plays, but another quality option is certainly not a bad thing. Sonos recounts its successes, dishes on future plans but not Android support originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Edith Widder on Mimicking the Glow of Deep Sea Fish to Discover New Species
January 18, 2011 No Comment
The common deep-sea jellyfish Atolla wyvillei as it appears under white light. Photos courtesy of Edith Widder Ever since her fascinating TED Talk during the Mission Blue Voyage , we’ve been in awe of scientist Edith Widder’s work. She’s come up with bright new ways (quite literally) to study life in the deep sea using bioluminescence. By creating a tool that mimics the glowing light from animals like jellies and angler fish, she’s helped marine scientists understand more about these strange creatur… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …As the House prepares to consider a repeal of health care reform, the Obama administration has released a startling statistic: Up to 129 million non-elderly Americans have pre-existing health conditions. That means anywhere from one-fifth to one-half of people under age 65 in the US are at risk of being…
Continue reading …Hu Jintao arrives in Washington today, and President Obama will be rolling out the red carpet in public, even as the gloves come off in private. The Chinese president will have two dinners with Obama—one an intimate affair tonight, followed by a lavish state dinner tomorrow—and a State…
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