First Ever Underwater Digital Camera Now Available in U.S.
The Che-ez H20 2-megapixel underwater digital camera used to be available only in Japan. But now you can buy one in the U.S. thanks to Dynamism.com. The lightweight (.039 lbs.) USB camera sports 16 megabytes of internal memory, but has an SD slot.
Why? Batteries make up 1/9th of the 92 pounds of gear carried by soldiers in Iraq and the Pentagon wants to lighten the load. The Army has given almost $100,000 to Konarka Technologies to create a fabric that collects usable energy from both sunlight and fluorescent light. The material could be used in clothing and backpacks.
The Outlawed Falun Gong spiritual movement commandeered China's main television satellite twice this week, the Chinese government said Friday. SinoSat, was "taken over by illegal TV signals" transmitted by Falun Gong at 9:05pm Tuesday and at 8:23pm Wednesday, the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry said.
The Pentagon is testing robots that can scale walls, infiltrate a building through the plumbing and scamper across ceilings. Resistance is futile, etc.
CelebrityDeathBeeper.com sends you an e-mail immediately as soon as any major celebrity dies. Why anyone can't wait for this information, I have no idea.
Arkon Resourcesn released LavNav, a $30 "lavatory-navigation light" that detects a person approaching a toilet in the darkness and lights up, using green and red to identify if the lid is down or up, respectively.
Companies Reveal Sensitive Info Deep Inside Public Word Docs
It's baaaak. Microsoft Word is in the news again for retaining data the owner thought deleted. AT&T Labs conducted a systematic study and found all kinds of digital dirty laundry.
3,500,000,000 - The number of dollars Ferris Research says businesses may pay each year to cope with spam "false positives" - emails wrongly identified as spam.
DNA Freak Show: Chinese Scientists Create Human/Rabbit Hybrid Embryos
Scientists in China have used cloning techniques to create more than 100 hybrid embryos that contain a mix of DNA from both humans and rabbits. If allowed to come to term, some believe the new species -- furry, intelligent, buck-toothed primates that would hump like bunnies -- would quickly take over the world.
Sandia National Laboratories, which is part of the U.S. Department of Energy, has created "cognitive machines" that can "infer" what you plan to do and remember interactions with users. The goal of the project is to create a "synthetic human" because real humans sleep and demand pay.
The Mobile Data Association says sales of ringtones is expected to rise 60% this year. The increase will provide a much-needed boost for the music industry, as ringtones are more profitable to record companies than singles, according to the BBC.
New Sony Security Cam Gets Electricity Via Ethernet
Sony will debut an IEEE802.3af-compliant network camera in October. The IEEE802.3af spec defines how both electric power and data are delivered over existing twisted-pair Ethernet cable. The camera also sports a handy PCMCIA card for a wireless LAN card to make the camera wireless. They're still working on how to deliver electricity via Wi-Fi.
The worm, dubbed LoveSan, Blaster, or MSBlaster, exploits a vulnerability in the Distributed Component Object service that is hosted by a Remote Procedure Call feature in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. (Personal note: I got it. It's really annoying.)
I/OMagic Corp. announced an $80 internal CD-RW drive with an embedded 7-n-1 Media Card Reader. The device burns and plays CD, CD-R and CD-RW and reads Compact Flash, IBM Micro Drive, Multimedia Card, Secure Digital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, and Smart Media.
UMIST Scientists in Manchester, UK, have invented a video camera that can see through fog, heavy rain and haze. They have launched a company called Dmist Technologies to develop and sell products based on the technology. The device works by "taking out the light scattered by water particles so the picture can be recovered in colour, as if it were being shot on a clear day."
Three Microsoft millionaires have purchased the dying Professional Bowlers Association men's tour, and are now moving it toward profitability. Call the Justice Department!
A Michigan lawmaker has introduced a bill designed to slow loss of white-collar jobs heading overseas. The ban would make it illegal for state government to award contracts to companies with tech workers in India and elsewhere.
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