First accepted Submitter alPillan Quince wrote The bacteria behind the Black Death was a very unusual story. His ancestor was a soil bacterium unpretentious and current strains of Yersinia pestis infects even thousands of people every year, but no longer causes result of horrible symptoms associated with medieval plagues. The radical differences, in fact, had led some to suggest that we were wrong to blame the bacteria. Now, the researchers obtained DNA from some of the victims of the plague in London , and confirmed that Y. pestis seems to be to blame. But the sequences also suggest that strains of bacteria that we see today may differ from those that are raging across Europe.

The last time we saw Ben Wu, he was busy hammering Quantum Phantom – a prototype program that allows users to manipulate their desktop with a simple webcam. Now the engineer has expanded the concept to smartphones, as well, with a system that effectively turns any handset device with a wireless mouse. To achieve this, Wu plugged his phone Android on their PC via WiFi and Webcam IP application used to create a streaming video server. The results of the admission of Mr. Wu, are not exactly elegant (due to a configuration process heavy and low-resolution camera), but he managed to use his creation to sketch a face on the screen smiley . Look for yourself in the video demonstration after the break.

Barobo iMobot of modular robotic system has been launched earlier this year, and the people behind it just started shipping the first kits last month. It turns out they were on hand here in Aarhus NEXT with a demo in good faith, and we could not resist a quick demonstration. The kit is real peddled mainly to universities – we are told that $ 2,000 each robot can be programmed to do anything, and if you fill up a couple, you can produce full of humanoids, rescue camera snake-toting or something else that will definitely conquer the world in just a few centuries. Each room is equipped with WiFi and Bluetooth robotics, and apart from the mount points used to connect family members, there are a couple of ports that allow sensors and telemetry modules to be stacked near the well .

The real show, however, happened when long-lost cousin Elmo made an appearance. We are told that the creature is strictly a prototype using miniaturized versions of robotic parts that are on sale now. Those minis are not an issue in itself, but cut the check right could you land with more than a smile. As you will see in the video after the break, the software written for the Bears allowed him to learn movements have been dictated by the required human, and once the last joy was burned as a cotton-filled brain, a Press play simple things so fantastic. Take a look. You will not be disappointed.

MrSeb writing with a nail in the coffin masterful optical disk, Microsoft announced that its new operating system will natively mount ISO disk images. On the side a little more enterprisesque of the equation, VHD files will also be supported by Windows 8. The two new features will be seamlessly integrated into Windows Explorer 8 menus tape, and mounting ISO or VHD is as simple as double-clicking the file This is obviously an important addition to being available on Windows 8 tablets and -. in a year or two, he wouldn ‘t be surprising if all software is available as a standard ISO on a USB key that can be read by PCs and tablet together.

An anonymous reader writes Vasco, the owner of CA DigiNotar involved in MITM attacks on users of Google Iran responded to their issues a certificate issued fraudulent press release reads:. On July 19, 2011, DigiNotar detected intrusion into its certification authority (CA) infrastructure, which resulted in the fraudulent issuing of public key certificate requests for a number of areas, including Google.com. Once it has detected the intrusion, DigiNotar acted in accordance with all rules and procedures. At that time, an external security audit has concluded that all certificates issued illegally were dismissed. More recently, it was discovered that at least one false certificate was not revoked at the time. After being notified by the Dutch government organization Govcert, DigiNotar took immediate action and dismissed the fraudulent certificate. It is not clear if the certificate is used in Iran, or if d Other certificates are still at large. I guess the removal of the root certificate from browsers is the correct answer.

Huawei handsets can not get the high-profile, equipment stateside attention to other subject, but that’s no reason for us to turn a blind eye to the efforts of the company. Spotted in the wild with a spec list accompanying the honor (or U8860) for packages with a 1.4GHz processor allegedly FWVGA 4-inch LCD screen, 5 megapixel rear-facing camera capable of 720p video, a thickness of 9.9 mm and an unknown number of Android version 2.3. Judging from Europe and Asia UMTS phones only 900MHz / 2100MHz bands, it is very likely that we will not have the honor
of seeing rumors the company’s flagship device by North American shores. We will keep an eye and let you know if we catch him slipping through the FCC arms .

Sharp 7 inch tablet Android 3.2 ? Yeah, it’s taking its sweet time arriving in the United States, but our friends in Japan can get the Galapagos A01SH now for a starting price of … $ 1 (100 yen). There is more than a little fine print, of course, that says you have to sign with a provider to partition that deal – an odd promotion as it is a slate WiFi only (carriers that bundle it with a mobile hotspot). Those who love their tabs footloose can pick one for 44.800 yen ($ 583). For those of you mumble something about how we need another two Tegra-powered tablet Android as we need a hole in the head, remember that this is one of the few in the 7 – inchers Android 3.2 – a space currently occupied by the Acer Iconia Tab A100 , ViewSonic ViewPad 7x and future MediaPad Huawei and Samsung Galaxy tab 7.7 . So if you’re dead-set on a 7-inch tab, as Honeycomb and are lucky enough to be wandering the streets of Nippon, have it, people.

mikejuk wrote When Cornell Lab Creative Machines chatbot got two to settle for a short interaction the result was surreal, to say the least. Is one of them the future winner of the $ 100,000 Loebner price or television host next show? From the article:. ‘This year Loebner Prize is October 19th and as a kind of curious to long activity Cornell Lab Machines Creative has two chatbot, Cleverbots to them and let them talk you can hear and see the result in the video and it is both hilarious and some how very disturbing. It presents the future of AI? It’s funny how quickly they become aggressive towards each other and claims that the male instead of a bot is invaluable.