Source: http://gizmodo.com/quantum-research-shows-d-waves-computers-are-probably-1550992502
D-Wave's quantum computers have certainly demonstrated that they're capable
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Source: http://gizmodo.com/android-smartphones-can-finally-get-predator-vision-too-1550525260
Earlier in the year, FLIR got us all hot and bothered
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Source: http://gizmodo.com/new-light-emitting-solar-cells-could-be-used-as-smartph-1550586553
In the future, the glass that coats our skyscrapers could also serve as the power plant that keeps the lights on. This is not news
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This isn't exactly killing Android, but it's still fun to look at. Apple's latest iteration of iPhone software is on 85% of iPhones, according to Mixpanel data. The latest version of Android, on the other hand, is only on 8.24% of Android phones. Chart via Statista.
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/24/google-now-officially-lands-in-chrome/
If you're the adventurous type, you've probably been enjoying Now notifications in Chrome for a little while now. But starting today, those running the stable version of Google's browser will be able to enjoy the benefits of Now's preemptive search and virtual assistant. The desktop version works more or less the same as it does on mobile, except that the cards pop up from the system tray or notification area in your OS. You'll get access to voice search, reminders for events flights etc... and you'll even get some location-based cards like commute times. Interestingly, some of those alerts are based on the location of your phone, not your laptop or desktop. All you need to do to start using Google Now on your computer is make sure you're signed into Chrome with the same account you use on your mobile phone. If you're not seeing it just yet, don't panic. As is the case with most of Mountain View's products, it'll be rolling out gradually over the next several weeks.
Source: Google Chrome (Google+), Google
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It's also drawn attention to the looming payment card security overhaul that's coming to the U.S. over the next five years, called EMV, or the "chip card" standard. For consumers, EMV will be most recognizable as a chip on credit and debit cards that works as an embedded microprocessor.
Created by Europay, Visa, and MasterCard, the payments security standard has already been implemented in most of the developed world and contributed to overall reductions in fraud.
For the U.S. to adopt the standard, banks, processors, and merchants will have to upgrade their systems to accept and process chip card transactions. It's not a small task and could end up being an enormous financial burden.
Source: http://gizmodo.com/blackmail-ddos-attack-takes-out-major-online-chat-servi-1550323656
The popular group chat system Campfire is currently being nailed with a DDoS attack. Turns out some blackmailing hackers are trying to extort money from the provider. They're refusing to negotiate.
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Photowall for Chromecast is one of those rare official Google apps that makes its debut on iOS instead of Android. In fact, we can't even say for sure it'll be coming to Mountain View's mobile OS, but there's no reason to assume it won't. The app itself is pretty simple: one or more people are able to beam photos from their iDevice to a Chromecast creating a collage of memories. If you want, you can even doodle on your images before putting them up for all to see. While you'll need the app to actually send the Photowall to your TV, not everyone needs the app to add photos to the collection. There's a simple web app for uploading pics to share. Oh, and when you're done, you have the option of exporting the montage to a YouTube clip for passing around between friends. You can download Photowall for Chromecast for free at the source link.
FireChat sounds fairly conventional from the get-go. It's a new iPhone app that lets you chat and share photos with nearby users — anonymously, if you so choose. But instead of relying on global positioning or cell tower triangulation to plot you and others on a map, FireChat relies on Bluetooth ...
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NASA is continuing to work on one of its most ambitious projects to date, and it is now offering money to companies, universities, and organizations to help find answers to the biggest technical hurdles that lie ahead. The mission itself sounds like it's ripped from the pages of a science-fiction...
http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/21/5534544/nasa-accepting-proposals-for-asteroid-capture-mission
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Could Netflix change its video streaming service to use a P2P architecture, in order to save money on content delivery and sidestep peering conflicts with ISPs like Comcast? That’s a possibility raised by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings in a blog post Thursday, which urged the FCC to make peering part ...
http://gigaom.com/2014/03/21/what-if-netflix-switched-to-p2p-for-video-streaming/
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Essentially the Garage Band of coding, smart iPad coding editor Codea has received a major update. Adding a new iOS 7 interface and full 64-bit support for the iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display, Codea 2.0 also includes “a brand new unified asset system that supports sounds, music, images...
http://www.cultofmac.com/271336/codea-adds-revamped-code-editor-64-bit-support/
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/24/mit-pioneers-living-materials-for-self-aware-chairs/
If Moya, Species 8472 and the White Star are any indication, then science fiction has always had a love affair with the idea of living spaceships crafted from genetically engineered material. We're not at that point yet, but a team at MIT has harnessed E. coli's natural ability to produce biofilms -- the pink slime you find in the shower if you're not too good at cleaning -- in order to build primitive structures. Even better, is that when the team added gold nanoparticles to the mix, the cells formed rows of nanowires that are capable of conducting electricity. The point of all this, of course, is to develop objects that react to their environment and regulate their activity accordingly. Researcher Timothy Lu told The Register that he was hoping the tech could be used to construct a living chair that adapts to your posture -- although the more we think about it, the more creeped out we are by the idea.
Via: The Register
Source: bioRxiv (PDF), MIT
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A table with a hole that will suck all your mahjong pieces and returns them perfectly stacked, ready to play. Obviously, it's powered by SORCERY...
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Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/first-world-problems-are-no-joke-2014-3
People jokingly describe things like lines at Starbucks as first world problems.
Actually, first world problems are serious, involving things like elevated risk of death related to high blood pressure, tobacco, high blood sugar, obesity, and more.
Although low-income countries face so-called modern risks as well, wealthy countries are more at risk given greater opportunity for indolence and consumption of too much food, notably junk food, as well as cigarettes and alcohol.
The World Health Organization described this as a risk transition in a 2009 report:
Modern risks, which are nearly as deadly as traditional risks used to be, include high blood pressure (responsible for 13% of deaths globally), tobacco use (9%), high blood glucose (6%), physical inactivity (6%), overweight and obesity (5%), and more.
The following chart shows how high-income countries (15% of the global population at the time) face disproportionately high mortality rates associated with these risks.
And some more detail on how first-world problems compare to third-world problems:
SEE ALSO: 13 nutrition lies that made the world fat and sick
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