Why is being a human bird so hard?

Why can't humans fly like a bird?  We're built wrong:

1. Our pectoral muscles are way too small to move wings with enough force.

2. Our pectoral muscles work at the wrong angle.  By comparison with humans, birds have an extension of the sternum (breast bone) which looks like a keel sticking out of the chest.  This allows the pectoral muscles to work at a better angle.

Wired's take:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/humans-with-bird-wings/

Samsung exec: Consumers should be obsessed with Samsung, not Apple

http://m.bgr.com/2012/01/30/samsung-marketing-boss-consumers-should-be-obsessed-with-samsung-not-apple/

So now you know.

Are teens ditching Facebook for Twitter?

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/are-teens-ditching-facebook-for-twitter/8191

How Boeing makes airplanes in the largest building in the world

Amongst the amazing features of this biggest of all buildings, is that it requires no heating or cooling, although it does require an air circulation system to prevent clouds from forming near the ceiling!

http://dvice.com/archives/2012/01/how-boeing-make.php

/ Everett /

LandingZone to ease docking for MacBook Air

Clever, compact, docking system for the MacBook Air.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/01/landingzone-to-ease-docking-for-macbook-air.ars

Google upgrades Earth with better rendering, teaches it to sing in perfect harmony -- Engadget

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/27/google-earth-upgrade/

/  render rendering /

Kindle Fire "defined & dominated" low-end tablet market with 6 million units sold

http://m.bgr.com/2012/01/30/kindle-fire-defined-and-dominated-low-end-tablet-market-with-6-million-units-sold/

Megaupload user data purge could begin Thursday

http://m.bgr.com/2012/01/30/megaupload-user-data-purge-could-begin-thursday/

/ copyrighted postpone /

The Muppets finally respond to Fox News (video)

http://www.slashfilm.com/muppets-finally-respond-fox-news/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+slashfilm+(/Film)&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

/ brainwashing capitalism /

6 deleted scenes from Star Trek movies that would've made them a little less confusing

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2012/01/6_deleted_scenes_from_star_trek_movies_that_wouldv.php

/ Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Spock Saavik Romulan Vulcan Klingon Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Yellow Pages Sulu Nimoy Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Enterprise Kobayashi Maru Starfleet Academy /

The furious dogfights of Lucas' new movie, "Red Tails"

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/digital/visual-effects/the-furious-dogfights-of-george-lucas-red-tails

/ ultrarealistic ultra realistic Ameraican dogfight Tuskegee Airmen aerial epic historical footage negro /

Ex-staffer: Apple assigns new workers to made up projects

http://www.reghardware.com/2012/01/30/apple_keeps_new_workers_in_the_dark/

/ dummy positions secrecy /

Insidious insiders: psychology provides clues in handling invisible threats

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/security/insidious-insiders-psychology-provides-clues-in-handling-invisible-threats/7324?tag=content;selector-fd-river

/ contractors technological behaviour behavior /

HTML5 video on the Web today (video)

http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/01/html5-video-on-the-web-today/

Military masks could "give injured soldiers their faces back"

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/military-biomask/

/ substrate actuators elixir wartime injury Biomask /

Sex Tech: Grindr Hacker, Digital Dating Disrupt, ICANN .XXX Defense, filesharing lawyer: contempt

http://m.zdnet.com/blog/violetblue/sex-tech-grindr-hacker-digital-dating-disrupt-icann-xxx-defense-filesharing-lawyer-contempt/1007

/ Big Porn’s dating /

Print from Your iOS device to any printer with Lantronix xPrintServer

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/01/30/print-from-your-ios-device-to-any-printer-with-lantronix-xprintserver/

/ networked /

Chinese boy with blue eyes has natural night vision like a cat

http://dvice.com/archives/2012/01/chinese-boy-wit.php

/ mutation glow green cat /

Ecotricity's SeaRaser tidal power generator could be the world's cheapest method of producing electricity (video)

http://m.inhabitat.com/ecotricitys-searaser-tidal-power-generator-could-be-the-worlds-cheapest-method-of-producing-electricity/

/ ocean swells buoys coastal reservoir hydro hydropower turbine hydro-electricity hydroelectricity /

Canadian teens with $400 launch the first Legonaut into space

http://dvice.com/archives/2012/01/canadian-teens.php

/ point and shoot /

Pro-government hactivists deface Al Jazeera coverage of Syrian violence

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/pro-government-hactivists-deface-al-jazeera-coverage-of-syrian-violence.ars

/ Bashar al-Assad Syria president Arab League Syrian Electronic Army Syrian Computer Society /

Magsafe data cable to replace Apple’s 30-pin?

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/01/magsafe-data-cable-to-replace-apples-30-pin/#more-509653

/ coded magnets legacy /

Israel announces plans to build national broadband network, increases fiber intake

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/27/israel-announces-plans-to-build-national-broadband-network-incr/

/ fiber to the home FTTH 100Mbps 1Gbps /

IBM lithium-air battery project looks promising

http://www.hybridcars.com/news/ibm-lithium-air-battery-project-looks-promising-35422.html

/ rechargeable density electrolyte positive unstable oxygen /