Lasers do everything better, including (without limitation): the microphones , the kidneys and the electric Audi A2 concept. This latest flight of fancy uses a laser diode as the rear fog lamp, which projects a red triangle on the road to let other drivers know you are there. The German car maker has tricked out the rest of the lighting system of the EV and implementing beam technology matrix using LED and microreflectors – giving high-resolution, glare-beams and smart rear lights that change in intensity depending on weather conditions. Claim other state-of-the-art features such as gesture commands instead of keys, and brake lights shining more the more you press, it seems that it would turn a pretty sweet – if it ever makes it to market. No word on the other, insignificant details (you know, like what actually powers the thing) but there are many more on the lighting system of the car in the PR after the break.

astroengine wrote A vehicle suborbital space experiment developed by Blue Origin, a startup founded by space Amazon.com chief Jeff Bezos, was lost during a test flight last week. During the flight secret, the vehicle reached an altitude of 45,000 feet and reached a speed of Mach 1.2. Soon after, things were really bad. instability led a flight angle of attack that triggered our security system to terminate the broad thrust on the vehicle, said an optimistic Bezos in his statement Friday.

Building 2011 Sub-$ 200 computer

Adeelars links to reflect the recent PC Magazine (update of a similar detailed search last year) to see if one could put together decent PC for under $ 200. It turns out that among some large business an AMD processor and a Linux OS, it can actually be done.

They come away with a decent enough for the money – but omitting an optical drive in a desktop full size seems to build something like cheating.

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First accepted Submitter Mensa babe wrote Oliver Morgan, the original author of the toolkit JavaScript, or simply The Toolbox as he is known in the community, JavaScript, today announced the release of the much anticipated version 1.1.0, with better documentation and added support for function Citing the documentation of the project. [JavaScript] Toolkit provides many built-in methods and utilities to help enrich the library of JavaScript objects JavaScript was originally built for sailors and as such does not have a large number of methods of data utility. with are seen in languages ​​such as Python and Ruby. But times have changed and the JavaScript is used increasingly in server platforms. JS Toolkit aims to fill this gap and give everyone a modern developer needs to produce code fast, secure and tidy quickly and easily. The toolkit fully supports ECMAScript and 5 virtual machines running on the most important that we have today, including Node.JS, V8, Rhino, RingoJS, and many others. It continues to be actively developed .

rtfa-troll writes Bruce Schneier has a good article explaining how the Guardian published the encryption key for cables Wikileaks and destroyed the main protection against the release of personal information whistleblower. Comments in the blog Schneier register the details of exactly how Wikileaks file security protections side were also bypassed. Now the Guardian has an article Assange risk arrest by Australia during the last flight, which includes information about an Australian intelligence agent. They even said, We deplore the decision to publish the Wikileaks cables unredacted State Department, which can put the sources at risk, and move on to state that The decision to publish by Julian Assange was the his, and him alone. Something that seems clearly debunked in the analysis Schneier’s blog.

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Submitter Josnes first time accepted, writes: Today, I discovered that Moonlight Tricorder app, I always install on Android, is over. Google received a DMCA letter to CBS. I think it’s a shame that CBS thinks he needs to kill a free and open source project providing an application add-less. For my part, sent a message to CBS by saying that this app is not supported fan bad, but good for them, and asked them to reconsider. I hope, especially for the author who has spent much time in this app, what they do.

If you already humming the same Angry Birds theme song, then maybe you should check out concert tonight London Philharmonic Orchestra’s tribute game. The band will play over 20 songs made famous by games like Tetris, Zelda, Call of Duty, and of course, Mario Bros., as part of the annual music festival in London. When asked to create the ultimate gaming remix, composer and arranger Andrew Skeet vowed to keep the old school, while giving people the best music. This is not the first time someone has paid tribute to this success and we hope this is not the last. Check the full setlist and video after the break.

HP Tablet ship may have sailed, but at least you can always count on the next outfit for your calculator RPN. True, HP 12c has just hit the big three-oh. The calculator is celebrating its 30th classic midlife crisis in the year of production with a special limited edition number cruncher, featuring a carved façade declaring his pedigree. If 1981 is the coolest computer is not your style, do not worry – HP is also launching a limited edition HP 15c 1982, benefiting from improved hundreds of times in the performance of its predecessor. Retro computing can be yours for $ 80 and $ 100 respectively. Hit the break to see his horn toot own HP Official 30th Anniversary 12c Then and Now video.