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We Won’t Be Happy Until We Have a Deathstar

And as Wired reports, we’re working on it! Boeing is building a laser cannon for the U.S. Army, and the new weapon has now proved it will be as capable at sea as on land. The High Energy Laser Mobile … Continue reading

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Oops

So … Europe’s navigation satellites are in the wrong place. Awkward. The European Space Agency (Esa) says the latest two satellites for Europe’s version of the American GPS satellite navigation system have not gone into the correct orbit. However, it … Continue reading

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Hemp Batteries?

Apparently so! Forget lab-made materials like graphene — natural, old-fashioned hemp may be the ticket to our energy future. Researchers have demonstrated that you can make very efficient carbon electrodes simply by heating hemp bast fibers in a two-stage process. … Continue reading

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Tech Giants Grow a Spine

About time. In a strong display of unity, several large US tech firms have come to the defence of Facebook, as the social network contests a court order which required it to hand over users’ data. Accepting of your spouse … Continue reading

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So … buy Pringles, huh?

Imagine someone listening in to your private conversation by filming the bag of chips sitting on the other side of the room. Oddly specific, I know, but researchers at MIT did just that: They’ve created an algorithm that can reconstruct … Continue reading

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Cyberspy University

The U.K. government just announced that several universities will work with GCHQ to issue Master’s degrees in Cybersecurity. The first universities to fully certify in this degree are Edinburgh Napier, Lancaster, Oxford, and University of London. Moreover, do not expose … Continue reading

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Dark Days for Russian Internet

A new law imposing restrictions on users of social media has come into effect in Russia. It means bloggers with more than 3,000 daily readers must register with the mass media regulator, Roskomnadzor, and conform to the regulations that govern … Continue reading

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Plan B

So, rain and lightning in the area today made me think “Ya know … maybe your original plan to put the battery and inverter inside your weatherproof deck box really WAS the way to go … let’s see how that … Continue reading

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The Imitation Game

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More Power

After some successful experimenting with a portable, folding 14-watt solar panel on the deck, I kicked it up a bit. I’ve added a 100 watt panel that comes as a fold-up kit that fits into a large weatherproof folio, with … Continue reading

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