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Comment Still in theaters now ... (Score 1) 367

by nickheart on Monday February 01, 2010 @05:25PM (#30987242) Attached to: Super Strong Metal Foam Discovered

I just saw a really interesting documentary on this over the weekend. They called it Unobtainium, but I'm pretty sure that's just marketing speak. Turns out there's a bunch of it just ready to be harvested about 6 light-years away, but there's a catch ...

Comment Re:Very Tricky but pathbreaking area (Score 4, Insightful) 337

by nickheart on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @11:33PM (#29212005) Attached to: ACLU Sues For Records On Border Laptop Searches

Three cheers! Just because I have nothing to hide doesn't mean I'm not offended when my privacy is offended.

Submission + - Robot unravels mystery of walking (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by manchineel on Thursday July 12, 2007 @12:36PM

manchineel writes: Roboticists are using the lessons of a 1930s human physiologist to build the world's fastest walking robot.

Runbot is a self-learning, dynamic robot, which has been built around the theories of Nikolai Bernstein.

"Getting a robot to walk like a human requires a dynamic machine," said Professor Florentin Woergoetter.

Runbot is a small, biped robot which can move at speeds of more than three leg lengths per second, slightly slower than the fastest walking human.

Bernstein said that animal movement was not under the total control of the brain but rather, "local circuits" did most of the command and control work.

Journal Journal: Allergies: What's Left Won't Kill Me (Not A Guarentee) 3

Journal by robi2106 on Tuesday March 20, 2007 @09:05PM

If I remember way back, I had a bad bout of allergy problems that started all of a sudden. Well I haven't talked about them, but the allergies still are there. In October, after blood testing results, I eliminated all wheat products from my diet. This hurts. I LIKE bread. I LIKE pasta. I LOVE rolls with lots of butter. I LOVE gravy smothering a good stew or mashed potatoes.

TrueCrypt 4.3 Released 285

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 20, 2007 @08:12PM from the windows-only-alas dept.

RedBear writes "A new update to the best open source transparent encryption software has been released. TrueCrypt is (the only?) open source encryption software capable of creating and mounting encrypted virtual disk images that can then be worked with transparently like any other storage drive, with data encrypted and decrypted in real-time. These virtual disks can be created as files, or entire partitions or physical drives can be encrypted and mounted transparently. Sadly there is still no Linux GUI or Mac OS X port in sight. If you are one of the thronging hordes who have been patiently awaiting ubiquitous multi-platform encryption, please consider donating time or money to the cause, and add your voice to the forum." From the site:"Among the new features [are] full compatibility with 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista, support for devices and file systems that use a sector size other than 512 bytes (such as new hard drives, USB flash drives, DVD-RAM, MP3 players, etc.), auto-dismount when a host device (e.g., a USB flash drive) is inadvertently removed, and many more." Read on for more features of TrueCrypt and cached versions of all the links above.

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