Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Anonymous sets its sights on ACTA


/ group Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement ACTA agreement /

Genetically modified E. coli turns seaweed into ethanol


/ bacterium /

Launch of first commercial spacecraft to dock with ISS delayed to March | The Verge

Hand-Drawn Letterpress is stunning

Anonymous attacks FBI, DOJ, MPAA, RIAA & U.S. Copyright Office websites

http://techland.time.com/2012/01/20/10-sites-skewered-by-anonymous-including-fbi-doj-u-s-copyright-office/ / LOIC  megaupload.com dotcom Op Megaupload anonymous attack cannon corporate denial domain government hacktivists ion low orbit public service software tool /

"Star Wars Uncut: Director's Cut" crowdsources Episode IV, 15 seconds at a time


/ shot-for-shot video /

The poor get poorer and the rich get richer with Apple's iPad-based textbooks | ZDNet

Navy debuts first eco-friendly boat: a "mean, green riverine machine'"


/ corvette eco-friendly /

NES controller lets you stomp Koopas, save Princess Peach in capacitive fashion (video)


/ copper /

Inside SpaceX: we visit the company's California headquarters


/ privately owned International Space Station /
 

Find your way when you’re lost, by facing North


/ disorientated /

NASA shuts off Voyager 1's central heating


/ heater conserve spectrometer planets /

Apple battery patent hints at thinness, creativity in iDevice shapes


/ thinnest /

Google, MIT bestow App Inventor to the unwashed masses

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/23/google-mit-bestow-app-inventor-to-the-unwashed-masses/

 / toolset /

Why we won’t see many potests like the SOPA Blackout


/ rational ignorance benefit /