Astronaut muscles would wither before they reached Mars

After a trip to Mars, Astronauts would, "barely be able to crawl by the time they got back to Earth with the current exercise regime."

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/08/astronaut-muscle-waste/?utm_source=Contextly&utm_medium=RelatedLinks&utm_campaign=Previous

/ strength tone bedrest studies wasting /

Kelihos botnet, once crippled, now gaining strength

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223885/Kelihos_botnet_once_crippled_now_gaining_strength

/ Kaspersky Lab spamming Kelihos Andrey N. Sabelnikov /

Google Docs for Android now provides offline access

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/02/google-docs-for-android-now-provides-offline-access/

US trade rep & hotel caught lying about confidentiality of secret copyright treaty meeting in Hollywood

http://boingboing.net/2012/02/01/us-trade-rep-and-hotel-caught.html

/ ACTA Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement TPP Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty lie /

High-powered plasma turns garbage into gas

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/01/ff_trashblaster/

/ landfill trash garbage gasification shredded heated syngas /

The ethics of fake Twitter accounts

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/02/learning-cormac-mccarthy-twitter-hoax/48147/

/ impersonate contract truth /

Google+ is growing much faster than Facebook did in the early days

http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-google-is-growing-much-faster-than-facebook-did-in-the-early-days-2012-2

Google's punishment of Chrome drops browser's share, says metrics firm

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223884/Google_s_punishment_of_Chrome_drops_browser_s_share_says_metrics_firm

/ metrics PageRank /

Eight clever uses for your personal domain name

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/02/eight-clever-uses-for-your-personal-domain-name/#more-415182

/ dynamic forwarding /

A sketchy way to manage your money

http://www.credit.com/blog/2012/02/a-sketchy-way-to-manage-your-money

http://www.behaviorgap.com/sketches/

/ Carl Richards /

Alt text: the sinister spawn of SOPA

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/01/alt-text-sons-of-sopa/

How to spot a fake online hotel review

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/02/how-spot-fake-online-hotel-review/48139/

/ authority /

The IM conversation in which 19-year-old Zuckerberg decided to build Facebook

http://www.businessinsider.com/exclusive-the-im-conversation-in-which-19-year-old-zuckerberg-decided-to-build-facebook-this-years-100-billion-ipo-2012-1

/ hindsight dating site /

Sony annual losses soar, now expected to be nearly $3 billion

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223916/Sony_annual_losses_soar_now_expected_to_be_nearly_3_billion

/ Thailand charge Walkman Bravia Vaio /

French court rules that it's illegally anticompetitive for Google to provide free maps

Only good news here is that your eyesight is not defective, nor are you hallucinating. The heading really is that irrational.

Bad news is that the heading is also true.

http://boingboing.net/2012/02/02/french-court-rules-that-its.html

http://mobile.theverge.com/2012/2/2/2766485/google-maps-anti-competitive-fine-france

 

/ damages Bottin Cartographes OpenStreetMaps API /

Why Aussie Galaxy Nexus won’t Get Ice Cream Sandwich updates direct from Google

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/02/why-aussie-galaxy-nexus-wont-get-ice-cream-sandwich-updates-direct-from-google/#more-415263

/ Telstra /

Does it make sense to buy a $100 off-brand Android tablet?

http://www.tested.com/news/does-it-make-sense-to-buy-a-100-off-brand-android-tablet/3530/

Is sugar worse for you than alcohol?

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/02/is-sugar-worse-for-you-than-alcohol/

/ alcohol toxicity processed obesity epidemic /

Holden Commodore EV

In its January 2012 edition, the Australian motoring magazine, Wheels, has a progress report on the EV Engineering consortium project to develop an EV Holden* Commodore.  The consortium consists of Bosch, Continental, Air International & GE.  Holden is providing engineering support & use of its Lang Lang testing facility.  Funding has been provided, in part, by the Australian Federal Government in the sum of $A3.55 million.

• Similar performance to a 6 cylinder Commodore.
• Range 160 km.  Real world 80-140 km.
• Battery in the space previously occupied by the engine, transmission & driveshaft.  In the current fitting, it is bolted from below, although a Better Place compatible quick swap system is in development.
• Electronics replace the fuel tank.
• Motor is attached to a modified rear subframe.  Standard mounting points are retained
• 150 kg added mass, though little change in weight distribution.
• Heating is provided by the standard Commodore heater with the assistance of a small, electric water heater.
• Quite a bit of room remains under the bonnet, although the fuel tank has been removed, so a range extender will be problematic.

Holden is "interested", although a commercial product marketed by them is highly unlikely with the Volt extended range EV planned for release late in 2012.

* Holden is General Motors in Australia.

This Is NASA’s cancer-sniffing mobile phone sensor

Tricorder anybody?

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/02/this-is-nasas-cancer-sniffing-mobile-phone-sensor/

Manage your diabetes with Diabetes Pilot

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/02/01/manage-your-diabetes-with-diabetes-pilot/

/ insulin injection glucose /