Purple blob animal (video)

Credit: Ocean Exploration Trust/Gawker

Ocean Exploration Trust research ship E/V Nautilus has discovered an animal, which has the appearance of a purple blob, in the Arguello Canyon (1,000 metres, 3,281 feet), off the coast of California.

Despite the suggestion in the video, a scientific name of Blobus purplus, is unlikely to be adopted.

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Google vs spam phone calls

Credit: Alamy/The Guardian

Google has just upgraded spam phone call handling on Nexus & Android One phones running Android 6.0 or above.

The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/26/google-android-app-caller-id-block-spam-nuisance-calls

Google support
https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/3459196

If you don’t have one of the phones listed above, Android has something for you too. After a spam (or other unwanted) phone call:

● go into the Logs screen of the phone app
● select the unwanted phone call
● select the menu icon ( ≡ or ⋮ )
● select Add to Auto reject list
● press back
● menu icon ( ≡ or ⋮ )
● Settings
● Call
● Call rejection
● Auto reject mode

Auto reject numbers 🔘

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Mine Kafon Drone – demining done safer, faster, cheaper (video)

Massoud Hassani’s wind-powered landmine sweeper, funded on Kickstarter in 2013, on display at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
Credit: Rene van der Hulst/Massoud Hassani/Museum of Modern Art, New York

“There are 100 million land mines worldwide. Every day, 10 innocent civilians are killed or maimed by these explosives.” – Massoud Hassani

Conventional demining operations pose a major risk to the people carrying out the process. Partly for this reason, demining is slow & expensive. In many places, landmines prevent farming & other land use, for long periods after conflict has ended, further impoverishing populations whose lives have already been blighted by war.

Born in Afghanistan, Massoud Hassani, learned at an early age, about the dangers of landmines. In 2013, he placed his first mine detonator on Kickstarter. Now he is back with the Mine Kafon Drone, which he claims is 20 times faster, 200 times cheaper, & eliminates the risks of traditional demining methods.

New mine detonator – a drone design



Kickstarter project
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/massoudhassani/mine-kafon-drone?ref=HappeningNewsletterJul2616s2

Original 2013 Mine Kafon



2013 Mine Kafon on Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/massoudhassani/mine-kafon/description / Mine Kafon Drone airborne demining system developed clear all land mines around the world less than 10 years Kickstarter Mine Kafon Drone unmanned airborne demining system uses three step process map detect detonate land mines landmines land mine landmine Mine Kafon Drone 20 times faster currently available technologies Mine Kafon Drone MKD innovative solution land mine landmine removal providing reliable demining system delivers accurate updates information mine clearing operations Mine Kafon drone Queen Maxima Singularity U expo Eindhoven the Netherlands Mine Kafon Drone flies fly dangerous areas map detect detonate landmines from a safe distance drone works autonomously equipped three separate interchangeable robotic extensions three methodologies combined MKD up to 20 times faster traditional demining technologies safer 200 times cheaper mapping drone flies over the whole field aerial 3D mapping system identify dangerous areas GPS way points detection robotic metal detecting arm MKD hovers above ground 4 cm detect mines detected mine geotagged operator's system construct map known mine locations destroying MKD Mine Kafon Drone attached robotic gripping arm places small detonator every detected mine land mine landmine detonated safe distance timer detonation land mines landmines more than 60 countries significant risk communities across globe victims mostly civilians children women elderly tens of thousands of innocent people killed every year many more injured horrific reminder current technologies clearing detecting land mines 1100 years established processes slow dangerous expensive solve the problem in our lifetime MKD crucial advantages demining organisations completely casualty free reduced cost traditional methods modular system enhanced addition sensors tools MKD perform wide variety of tasks map area demining operation information decision-making processes on-going operations planning demining procedures easier scanning process information gathered at-risk areas demining begins data operation collected analysed structured systematic way land mines landmines explosives growing up Kabul Qasaba Afghanistan Massoud Mahmud Hassani Mine Kafon Drone project horrors land mines develop a solution safe smart solution detect clear land mines first successful Kickstarter campaign 2013 backed 4200 backers Mine Kafon Foundation founded Mine Kafon Foundation research and development R&D organisation based the Netherlands raising awareness giving lectures developing new approaches fight land mines landmines crowdsourced engineers designers collaborate volunteer humanitarian project developed several working prototypes Mine Kafon Drone performed tests Dutch Ministry of Defense defence experts demining Mine Kafon Drone pilot study showcasing MKD’s capabilities development production Mine Kafon Drone governments UN NGO MKD works reliable unmanned demining system test different weather conditions environments tests finalize details batch production Mine Kafon Drones save thousands of lives civilians access agriculture water resources education freedom play outdoor sports cannot move freely for fear of mines liberate affected countries Mine Kafon Drone /

How to make money out of Pokémon Go

Credit: Osah Otak

Method 1

Some want a to have a lot of Pokémon without all of that tiresome game play. So:

a. install Pokémon Go on your device

b. create an account

c. play the game obsessively – just like everyone else – except your future customers

d. capture a lot of Pokémon

e. sell the account – i.e. login details – on eBay

f. repeat until you are rich – or the craze dies

http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/blog/2016/07/how-some-players-are-making-a-career-out-of-pokemon-go/?referer=N_2016_07_26_Nonda_iHere_MAIN&utm_source=Mobile%20Fun&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1415592_2016_07_26_Nonda_iHere_MAIN_58729&utm_content=pokemon&dm_i=2A2X,UCA0,2ARWZ3,2885Z,1

Method 2

a. establish a Pokémon Lure Module at your retail outlet

b. sell stuff to players who come in chasing Pokémon

http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2016/07/22/how-to-ride-the-pokemon-wave-to-business-success/#716b8f6b2063

http://nextshark.com/pokemon-go-making-small-businesses-ridiculous-amount-money/

Method 3

One of the aims of Pokémon is to get players outside & moving. Some are keen on the game, but not so keen on, “outside & moving”. Offer to walk or drive players' phones – for a fee. PokéWalk is one such service.

PokéWalk on Twitter

https://twitter.com/trypokewalk

More

https://www.inverse.com/article/18152-pokewalk-says-that-it-s-lyft-for-pokmon-go

Method 4

There is a store inside the game, which charges real money for enhancements to game play. This method only works for the rights holders of Pokémon Go.

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How Finland overhauled their education system (video)

And it’s not what you think!

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CT Band turns your existing watch into a smartwatch

CT Band SimpliCT Silicone
Credit: byrifft.com

Not the first, but the CT Band adds smartwatch functionality to your existing watch. Display is a small OLED panel built into the band itself. Functions include the usual – notifications of incoming calls, emails, SMSs, exercise tracking etc. Bands include leather & silicone versions in a range of colours.

Possibly the least popular aspect of the CT Band is an Apple-Watch-like requirement to be charged daily, or at best, every other day.

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2016/07/21/ct-band-turns-your-rolex-or-timex-into-a-smartwatch/#comments

Pre-order it here:
https://www.ct-band.com/

Or here:
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3D print of a murdered man's fingers to unlock his phone

Credit: Planet Biometrics

Using a fingerprint in place of a PIN or password to secure your phone is not a way to improve security.

This has been emphasised by news that Professor Anil Jain of Michigan State University is producing 3D prints of a murdered man’s fingers, as an aid to police unlocking the victim’s phone. Police hope that information in the phone may help them in identifying the murderer.

http://gizmodo.com/police-want-to-3d-print-a-dead-mans-fingers-to-unlock-h-1784102211 / Apple help break in to hack iPhone police 3D print fingers dead man fingerprints unlock phone Michigan State University professor Anil Jain six U.S. patents fingerprint recognition police laboratory ask for help catching murderer ongoing investigation scans victim’s fingerprints previous arrest unlocking his phone make model provide clues killed PhD student Sunpreet Arora printed all 10 digits scans coated them layer metallic particles mimic conducive skin easier read final 3D-printed fingers aren’t finished ready for police try many phones biometric data require PIN entered used two days fingerprint unlock legality case further proof fingerprints not really safest way securing private data dead man judge ruled suspects required unlock phone fingerprint Fifth Amendment protects right avoid self-incrimination illegal force give out passcode biometric indicators fingerprints not covered Fifth Amendment ruling PIN
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