StingRay (the brand name) & stingray (generic) devices can trace your mobile (cell) phone by effectively doing a, “man in the middle”, attack on it. Perhaps most surprising is evidence that versions of this technology have been available for over 10 years.
http://www.wired.com/2015/03/feds-admit-stingrays-can-disrupt-cell-service-bystanders// covered his tracks Daniel Rigmaiden arrested FBI filing tax returns dead people collecting refunds authorities FBI foolproof system avoid detection always anonymous Internet used fake IDs prepaid debit cards loopholes exposed cellular broadband modem AirCard his computer connect Internet court access documents pretrial research strangenew investigative techniques cellphone mobile towers device called Stingray U.S. government secretly using Stingray military use law enforcement locate track suspects cellular connections first civilians technology case public knowledge more information about Stingrays IMSI catchers cell-site simulators fake cell towers use devices law enforcement routinely obscured in court records major manufacturer requires police departments never disclose they use devices Department of Justice DOJ agencies FBI U.S. Marshals Service Drug Enforcement Administration DEA Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives ATF routine cases warrant before using Stingray agencies destroy data collected non-suspects targeted suspect located pleaded guilty several counts tax fraud sentenced time served court probation research electronic surveillance consultant Stingray technology use Stingrays commonplace United States all levels of law enforcement widespread surveillance tool never heard Stingray mounted car van law-enforcement agencies intercept your cellphone cell phone mobile phone signal middleman between you nearest cell tower protocols built into cellular networks your phone's location determined telephone calls logged target device located allow text messages phone calls deciphered StingRay brand name Harris Corp. Melbourne Florida IMSI catchers Stingrays 10 years ago StingRay device complete target tracking location solution low-power system designed for vehicular operations The American Civil Liberties UnionACLU FBI DEA Secret Service National Security AgencyNSA U.S. Marshals Service Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE ATF U.S. Army Navy Marine Corps use Stingrays law-enforcement cases IMSI catchers federal agencies technology 9/11 Department of Homeland Security DHS funding programs cost $150,000 affordable state local police forces force DOJ's new law-enforcement agencies federal departments deputy U.S. attorney general DHS Border Patrol Secret Service agency DOJ rules military intelligence agencies NSA CIA state local law-enforcement agencies use Stingrays federal government constitutional use of the devices recent cases U.S. Supreme Court ruled cellphone-tracking methods violated Fourth Amendment warrant Stingray impersonates cellular tower cellphones try connect forward incoming outgoing calls texts legitimate cell tower mobile phone cell phone cellphone users tries to connect cell tower identifies itself track suspect's cellphone any cellular-enabled device within range cellphone signal Stingray's signal find devices vehicles buildings Stingray forces all cellphones range connect broadcasting signal stronger signal transmitted real cell towers telling cellphones signal strongest connected Stingray requests phone identifying serial number serial numbers law-enforcement International Mobile Subscriber Identity IMSI SIM card cell tower electronic serial number ESN mobile equipment identifier MEID device identifier IMSI numbers phones mobile cellular-service providers investigators Stingrays collect IMSI numbers target device located serial numbers suspect's cellphone interrogation send signals response geolocation techniques measuring angle direction signal strength distance signal time of flight distance targeted device identification data innocent civilians' information phones identify themselves leaked documents IMSI catchers IMSI catcher 3G 4G connections unavailable phones downgrade to 2G Hailstorm intercept 4G connections forced downgrade capabilities U.S. cellular carriers Airplane Mode app SnoopSnitch detect Stingray activity Android devices Qualcomm chipsets apps CEO ESD America Cryptophone encrypts detects Stingrays phone's baseband radio stack CryptoPhone remotely control phone malware spyware under attack warning within half a mile IMSI catcher switch SIM cards read phone's International Mobile Station Equipment Identity IMEI number IMEI IMSI SIM cards broadcast ESN MEID search warrant tracking devices shut off users maintain anonymity /
Ninety seven percent of scientists agree that climate change is happening, & human activity is the dominant cause,1,2,3,4 but television debates usually have an equal number of speakers on each side. Last week Tonight with John Oliver was more representative (NSFW):
“Don't re-invent the wheel” – how many times have you heard this advice?
GeoOrbital have rejected that oft-heard advice, & actually have a product that works. Check the video:
http://www.geoo.com// wheel design reinventing the wheel Michael Burtov founder CEO Cambridge-based GeoOrbital project engineering training movie Tron space inside the wheel motorcycle wheel film’s light cycles components empty space create wheel spin around hub orbits around a central mass business background funding engineers Venture Cafe networking event Cambridge Burtov Gideon Coltof GeoOrbital VP product senior engineer experience robotics renewable power program product design management product development Roomba iRobot Department of Defense Dakota Decker chief technology officer experience working US Air Force project leadership Space Exploration Technologies SpaceX first prototype mechanical work Artisan’s Asylum Somerville prototype developed assembled tested pre-production prototype existing models tweaks GeoOrbital’s production model electric wheel turn any bike into an e-bike Coltof battery motor control built into the wheel itself parts that spin rim tire remain static install throttle clamp onto handlebars pedaling front wheel 700c size wheel most popular size bikes 26-inch wheel rim tire tube standard sizes interchangeable e-bikes cheaper retrofitting kit tools low-level electrical engineering GeoOrbital kit standard bike urban commuter GeoOrbital prototypes commute regular bike shower get to work bicycle commuter urban bike commuters damp sweating no sweat /
Track wider than the wheelbase is long, 3 wheels, rear wheel steering, fuel filler pipe running through the passenger compartment, petrol & exhaust fumes leak into the interior ...
If not the worst car ever built, at the very least, a leading contender.
http://jalopnik.com/what-its-like-to-drive-the-worst-car-ever-built-1735448480/ worst car ever built Yugo may as well be a Maybach Hoffmann actual worst car ever built astounding Hoffmann Lane Motor Museum worst cars unanimous vote 1951 Hoffmann wildly interested strange, streamlined zeppelin robotic tortoise odd asymmetrical curves details mis-aligned parts trim shape laws of physics Hoffmann made in Germany war M. Hoffmann real skill beautifully built lots of difficult metalwork fabrication laws of physics mechanics engineer hand-made few identifiable off-the-shelf-parts front axle Kubelwagen front axle lower torsion tube engine ILO 200cc single Hoffmann build-quality design decision absolute worst decision gas filler goes through the inside of the car fume-leaky rubber cuff rear-wheel steering design usable space inside the car awful car almost flips even when parked passenger seat roll fumes little two-stroke pumped terrible chemicals two-stroke oil Hoffmann Mobile Suicide Booth little silver nightmare /
1960s General Motors Holden 327 Monaro performance production car Credit: Shannons
General Motors entered into some markets around the world, by buying up existing, local companies. In Britain, that was Vauxhall, in Germany, Opel. In Australia, they bought up a motor body manufacturer called Holden.
In the 1960s, when GM forbade factory support for motor racing around the world, Holden went racing anyway. Not quite that blatant: they called it the Holden Dealer Racing Team, financed it through advertising, & produced road cars with engines, gearboxes, suspensions & brakes which provided an effective foundation on which to build a circuit racer.
1960s General Motors Holden 327 Monaro production racer Credit: bringatrailer.com
These days GM is a bit more relaxed about its cars being raced. One of the contenders for fastest production car in Australia is the Walkinshaw Performance Products W507. This is a Holden Special Vehicles GTS powered by a supercharged 6.2-litre LSA V8 with $8,000 of modifications by Walkinshaw to increase power & torque:
You've seen the videos of Teslas drag racing fast cars from around the world. CarAdvice set out to see how a Tesla Model S P85D compared to a W507 & then they ran it against a modern Holden production racer:
More about these races from CarAdvice: http://www.caradvice.com.au/386305/drag-race-model-s-p85d-v-v8-supercar-v-walkinshaw-w507/?yt_desc/ drag race Model S P85D insane mode P90D ludicrous mode V8 Supercar Walkinshaw W507 Supercheap Auto Racing’s V8 Supercar racer takes on world’s fastest four-door production car drag race motoring journos Supercheap Auto Racing drag race challenge Supercheap Auto Racing team competes V8 Supercars Championship Australia’s premier motorsport category track Victoria Winton Raceway team ace driver Tim Slade 650hp+ Holden Commodore V8 Supercar challenger world’s fastest four-door sedan supercharged turbocharged V8 V10 fully electric Tesla Model S P85D Insane Mode superseded Model S P90D Ludicrous Mode Model S P85D combined 567kW power over 750hp 0-100km/h 3.3 seconds Supercheap Auto Racing V8 Supercar over 480kW power 3.4-seconds V8 Supercar weight advantage 1400kg Model S P85D over 2000kg all-wheel drive 4 wheel drive track-specified V8 Supercar road fastest series-production four-door sedan built in Australia HSV GTS Walkinshaw Performance Walkinshaw Performance W507 tuned HSV GTS 507kW 680hp 6.2-litre supercharged V8 W507 challenge world’s fastest four-door sedan fastest Australian-built four-door sedans drag race Walkinshaw Performance W507 Tesla Model S P85D start line supercharger whine exhaust noise six-speed automatic gearbox throttle 850Nm torque rear tyres tyre smoke ease on the throttle standing 400 metre straight Insane Mode maximum current draw batteries creep off loud pedal torque Tesla Model S P85D 1150Nm torque all four wheels technical advantage off the line race starter drops his hands throttle Model S P85D rockets ahead traction fully-electric Tesla tapers off sprint four car lengths ahead stupendous acceleration off the line Tesla gains traction relentless push starts slowing 100km/h supercharged V8 road car full-blown race car slick tyres Slade warm up laps track noise side exhaust outlets almighty roar gear change naturally-aspirated 5.0-litre V8 engine uses Holden 308 cast iron block control cam shafts aluminium dry sump race seat three pedals gearbox trick six-speed sequential transaxle integrated spool differential triple-plate carbon 7 1/4 inch clutch giant AP Racing brakes 900 degrees Celsius under race conditions car weighs just 1400kg Model S P85D idle race fires up V8 Supercar Model S dead silent revving the car countdown starts vehicle’s launch parameters manual brake engine perfect rev band race-starter releases clutch rocket away from the line hot cold tyres traction off the line Tesla Model S P85D half way marker clear lead V8 Supercar locks full traction reeling in the electric Tesla I scan my rear-vision mirror just metres behind me finish line tight two car lengths hit the brakes travelling at almost 170km/h 47 metres per second V8 Supercar taking the racing line first corner fury and power under the bonnet V8 Supercar loud machine backfires drag race finish line Tesla Model S P85D straight-line speed road car and full-blown race car Supercheap Auto Racing rematch battery LiIon Lithium on charge recharge /
Apparently, Apple is sourcing the A9 processor in its iPhone 6s from two different manufacturers. One is slightly faster, runs cooler & has longer battery life than the other.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/10/iphone-6s-benchmarks-suggests-bad-cpu-can-give-20-lower-battery-life/?utm_source=Gizmodo+Australia&utm_campaign=4c9ad68c72-gizmodo_2015_10_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7a0c493e18-4c9ad68c72-278887065/ release 6S Apple splitting manufacture A9 processor Samsung hated rival business partner TSMC leading chip manufacturing company Asia split 60/40 favor of TSMC chips two firms not identical Chipworks teardowns reverse engineering devices Samsung uses 14nm TSMC uses 16nm TSMC chip a bit larger 104.5 square millimeters vs. 96 square millimeters Samsung chip A9 processor design Apple Samsung smaller chip Reddit user tests pair of 6S Plus phones TSMC chip eight hours of battery life six hours Samsung Reddit iPhone board Chinese site MyDrivers ran series JavaScript tests video playback tasks rates battery depletion Google Translate MyDrivers measurably faster battery drain Samsung powered phone TSMC version tests TSMC chip slightly faster Samsung chip benchmark tests Samsung chip runs hotter packaging phone buying Samsung or a TSMC processor download free app Lirum Device Info Lite app basic device info main page Model N66MAP N71MAP TSMC chip N66AP N71AP short straw Samsung chip 6S quite hot batteryquick to drain slow to charge compared iPhone 6 Mac boards /
