Looks like keeping an eye on your keys isn’t enough anymore because some scientists at the University of California have devised a way to duplicate keys with a photograph. By using a proprietary computer program, they’ve successfully duplicated key from photographs taken over 200 feet away.
Makes me wonder if anything is truly secure anymore.
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Although November 4th is still a few days away, and the polls continue dancing between the the potential presidents, it appears as though one candidate has been crowned the Internet president by Google: Barack Obama.
Obama’s Google PageRank
McCain’s Google PageRank
A quick page rank search reveals the strength of the Democrat candidate’s online campaign [...]
Halloween arrives tomorrow with it’s promise of an eventful weekend, candy and, of course, last minute costumes. Dressing up has been a vital part of the Halloween tradition, allowing people to be someone else for a night. Since more things have been discovered to be poison, it might be a good idea to DIY this [...]
2008 is a great time to be a member of the technology elite: they’re smarter, richer, and fitter than the average citiz3n. In addition to the digg-bait studies that explain why computers, video games, and weed make everything better, the Entertainment Software Association of Canada examined Canadian gamers’ lifestyles.
The findings of [...]
MTV, Apple, and Harmonix are releasing a Beatles video game for an undetermined number of console systems. As it’s going to be designed by the ‘Rock Band’ guys, it should be a fun ride!
The only thing that seems to be confirmed about the game, though, is almost nothing…
[Update: It will "not [...]
Soccer Canada has developed a strategic plan for moving their players into the international arena, focusing on both the men’s and women’s teams here in Canada. So far, we’ve tried, and failed, to reach the World Cup, but hopefully a new five year plan will change that. It sounds like they’re really committed to improving [...]
Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame’s home at Exhibition Place was burnt down years ago and our sporting history has sat in storage ever since. However, a $50 million bid by Calgary to create a new hall for Canadian sports won the honour of building a 40,000 square foot area for the project.
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Bernt Aune’s cornea saw amazing things over its 123 life, and has been confirmed to be the oldest living organ in Norway, possibly the world. The previous record holder in the living organ category was Jeanne Calment who was 122 when she died, though her cornea didn’t play a relay with bodies.
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Scientists have devised a way of using drugs to selectively eradicate specific memories by using rats, electic shocks, sound, and lots of drugs. In a paper to be released tomorrow, they hope to use this drug for war veterans returning home or other individuals with traumatic memories. While this could result in a Philip K. [...]
Looks like Pixish is closing. They had a great idea but I guess it just didn’t work out. Derek Powazek posted why he thought it never worked out.
We didn’t describe what we wanted to do clearly enough. When I told people the idea in person, they always really liked it. But when they came to [...]