This is not just one article, but the entire site that explains the house that was built by the BASF Corporation to demonstrate energy saving materials and building techniques that will not only be environmentally friendly, but save you money in the long run from all the energy savings...
First it was 10 miles, then 125, then 220, now a Venezeulan man has managed to get a 802.11g signal to travel 238 miles through the use of parabolic dishes to focus the signal...
The article goes into why people like Bill Gates are better at tackling the worlds problems when it comes to dealing with millions of people, whereas 'normal' people top out at about 8 people
RIAA Lied To School Staff To Gain Access to 8 Year-Old
Finally proof that the RIAA is a bunch of slobbering wolves who can't wait to get their hands on whoever they suspect have 'stolen' from them. The girls mother is going to rip the RIAA a new one I hope.
Tanya Andersen, the lady the RIAA were trying to get to settle after accusing her of downloading songs illegally, might be getting her revenge with a counter-suit to find out just how the RIAA is getting their information.
Scientists have finally figured out how to turn us into walking power generators that can charge all of our portable devices... I can't wait to get one of these babies!
When will 'security' companies learn that the real talent for the most part doesn't want to be tied down under the possibility of helping the corporate monster gain even more control over their activites? Leave it to the 'regular' people to help the hackers out unknowingly.
Astrophysicist Replaces Supercomputer with Eight PlayStation 3s
And people always say that video game consoles aren't good for anything. If they're powerful enough to accurately model a blood spray from 19 .50 caliber bullets striking flesh in real-time, why wouldn't they be any good at modeling theoretical wave models in place of a multi-million dollar super computer?!? =)
Software Freedom Law Center Files First U.S. Suit To Uphold GPL
It's about damn time opensource made waves in the news. People try and use it, then close the source, and WHAM!, since you used a GPL protected project, anyone can use your code and improve upon it. It's a beautiful thing really.
The Pedal-to-the-Metal, Totally Illegal, Cross-Country Sprint for Glory
What do you get when you take a totally tricked out BMW, a crazy German, an equally crazy Brit, and tell them to beat the record for crossing the continetal United States? No, it's not the next action-car movie either, it's a real-life trek that two guys made across these 50 states to beat the cannonball run record.
Google Offers $20 Million X Prize to Put Robot on Moon
With the timeline that is proposed by Google, if they don't do it themselves, someone is going to beat all the world governments back to the moon and make some serious history in the process.
It was only a matter of time before virtual lives took on such a heavy usage that a virtual economy becomes a real economy. Making 4 times what you used to in the real world sounds like a dream, but one that I would like to happen for myself.
