Virgin Galactic's new SpaceShipTwo promo (video)

Credit: MarsScientific.com/ Clay Center Observatory/ SlashGear

http://theweek.com/article/index/249358/watch-virgin-galactics-new-spaceshiptwo-promo-sounds-like-a-carnival-cruise-ad / Sir Richard Branson spare $200,000 adventure promo for Virgin Galactic's Galactic sub-orbital sub orbital suborbital orbit pilot thrill rides second time ever SpaceShipTwo broke sound barrier dropped mothership WhiteKnightTwo altitude height 46,000 feet SS2's wing mounted wing-mounted rockets rocket ignited blaze blasting space plane maximum max altitude 69,000 feet the bleeding edge of space video cheesy vacation soundtrack Carnival Cruise space junk /

iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c revealed – available next week

New iPhone(s). As predicted: 5S with fingerprint reader in the home button, multicoloured, lower spec 5C.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/iphone/10300495/Apple-iPhone-5S-and-5C-fingerprint-sensor-and-plastic-make-iPhone-5-debut.html / 5 multicolored specification Apple subcutaneous finger print /

The five most beautiful bikes from Brooklyn's first handmade bike show

Credit: Gizmodo

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/09/the-five-most-beautiful-bikes-from-brooklyns-first-handmade-bike-show/ / two brief days last month hand crafted hand-crafted bike bicycle ever wanted Warsaw Concert Hall Greenpoint Brooklyn inside antique Polish dive bar reps Horse Rosko Coast Ceremony display custom frames cyclists The Bike Cult Show sponsored Core 77 Cane Creek custom frame builders shop showed off latest and greatest custom frames to compete for best in show beautiful level of craftsmanship frame visionaries visionary five frames stood out personal road bike Thomas Callahan Horse Cycles tour shop Brooklyn showroom floor classy pink road bike made by JP Weigle color colour frame accented accent chrome really stand out crowd Ceremony newer builder out of Brooklyn fixie’s beautiful colour scheme company company’s bikes simplicity Rick Jones frame builder from Long Island vibrant green road frame Rosko Cycle’s road bike booth wear and tear race races paint matte red fast highlights Bike Cult Show website /

Tesla Model S takes on Aston Martin Rapide S in the ultimate luxury saloon drag race

Credit: hybridCARS/ Autocar

They couldn't have made it any easier for the Aston Martin:

• started at 30 mph, minimizing or eliminating the Tesla's biggest advantage: massive low speed torque;
• gave the Aston Martin a start; &
• waited 'till the Aston driver put his foot down.

Race starts just after the 2:30 mark.

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NSA's secret campaign to crack, hack, trash, & undermine Internet encryption

You've encrypted it so its secure, right?

Wanna bet?

http://www.propublica.org/article/the-nsas-secret-campaign-to-crack-undermine-internet-encryption / The National Security Agency long running long-running secret war on encryption supercomputer super computer super-computer supercomputers technical trickery order court orders behind-the-scenes persuasion behind the scenes undermine major tools protecting privacy communication communications Internet age newly disclosed documents reported partnership between The New York Times Guardian ProPublica based documents The Guardian James Ball Julian Borger Glenn Greenwald Nicole Perlroth Scott Shane Jeff Larson agency circumvented cracked encryption digital scrambling guards global commerce banking systems protect protects sensitive data trade secrets medical records automatically secures email emails e-mail e-mails Web search searches Internet chats phone calls America Americans documents show users assume been assured Internet companies their data safe prying eyes government NSA N.S.A. agency recent successes deciphering protected information among M most closely guarded secrets restricted cleaeance cleared highly classified program code named code-named Bullrun documents provided Edward J. Snowden former N.S.A. contractor NSA has secretly break many types encryption widely used technology impossible read intercepted communications 2010 British document stated encrypted Internet data exploitable British memo brief briefing briefed foreign tech companies introduce weaknesses commercial encryption products backdoor access data users believe is secure deliberately weakened the international encryption standards adopted developers around globe hack hacker hacking hacked target computers snare messages encrypted influence experienced code maker covertly covert introduce weaknesses encryption standards hardware software developers develop development /

Mechanical wizardry behind the teeny, tiny new Jambox

Credit: Jawbone/ Alex Washburn/ Wired

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/09/mini-jambox/#slideid-221151

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/09/14/jambox-goes-mini-while-the-sound-stays-maxi/ / tireless experimenting CNC bit paths Jawbone settled 5 different patterns balanced costs efficiency cost-effectiveness cost-efficiency cool WIRED Jawbone’s first wireless speaker favorite gizmos were being subsumed smart phone phones smartphones Jambox standalone survivor novel music wirelessly box attractive I-wanna-play-with-one-of-those-things I wanna play with one of those things package designer Yves Behar competition competitors improved one exceeded bested audio quality retained undeniable cool factor visibility increasingly crowded category last year Jawbone expanded line dance party-ready Big Jambox Mini Jambox takes advantage all-new manufacturing cool factor Mini Jambox available for preorder today $179 slimmer sharper version rubber that capped the top and bottom; the new gone device cool metal first impressions exudes superior quality complete reinvention purpose sound size Mini Jambox makes good on its name nearly half the size of the original Jambox volumey look minI does feel mini pocket purse backpack important Behar Hosain Rahman Jawbone’s CEO under an inch of thickness room skinny jeans jacket hoody hoody’s pouch manufacture manufacturer manufactured original Jambox drivers passive resistor Bluetooth antenna other guts were housed sealed plastic enclosure package that thin piece of metal stamped with industrial-grade presses speaker beloved texture creating internal seal essential for good sound outer, stamped piece was largely cosmetic Jambox Remix swap in differently colored grills end caps desired Mini Jambox outside integral to the functioning of the inside new version Jawbone moved from stamping to CNC milling streamline internal design of the speaker Mini’s body single piece of extruded anodized aluminum device’s outer shell sealed box for the sound cavity inside too. /

Sony QX Series add on lens for your phone camera

Credit: Sony/ Gear Hungry

Best camera is the one you have with you. That often means the camera in your phone.

On the other hand, camera phones are quite limited compared to all but the very cheapest of point-&-shoots, with small sensors & no manual focus or optical zoom.

Sony's solution is a peripheral with a large sensor (1 inch, 2.54 cm), manual focus & 10x optical zoom.

http://gearhungry.com/2013/09/sony-qx-series-lens-style-cameras.html / smartphone ultrafast processor massive HD high density display memor optics Sony QX Series clip on clip-on lenses WiFi near field communication NFC lens standalone lenses pair Android iOS device snap quality pics physically connect connecting adjustable adapter physically dissociated phone independent camera cameras QX10 18.2 megapixels 10x optical zoom QX100 large 1″ 20.2 megapixel Exmor RCMOS sensor Cyber-Shot RX100 3.6x optical zoom BIONZ image processor dedicated control ring manual focus zoom adjustment /