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Wednesday, May 07, 2014

drag2share: Symantec declares antivirus 'dead' as it focuses on damage control

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/06/symantec-declares-antivirus-dead/

Themenpaket Computer & Cyberspace: Cyberkriegsfuehrung birgt das Risiko eines Bumerangeffekts

Given how hard antivirus software makers push you to sign up, you'd think that business was booming. Far from it, according to Symantec's Brian Dye. He tells the Wall Street Journal that antivirus tools like his company's Norton suite are effectively "dead." The utilities now catch less than half of all attacks, according to the executive -- to him, the focus is on minimizing the damage whenever there's a successful hack or infection.

To that end, Symantec plans to sell both recovery services and threat briefings to corporate customers. In the long run, it should also have technology that finds malware trying to imitate other apps. However, the developer can't give up its original cash cow just yet. Antivirus packages like Norton still make up more than 40 percent of the company's revenue, and the new services won't safeguard your PC at home. You can still count on security software hanging around, then -- just be aware that you may need extra software (and a healthy dose of caution) to stay safe.

[Image credit: Shutterstock / David Orcea]

Filed under: Internet, Software

Via: The Guardian

Source: Wall Street Journal

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drag2share: Your smartphone may soon double as a hearing aid, thanks to Mimi

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/06/mimi-hearing-test/

Let's face it: we live in a noisy world. If we're not sitting on loud trains or traipsing past construction sites, we're retreating into music with headphones. Alas, this also means hearing loss is a problem that can't be ignored -- that's why a startup called Mimi cooked up an iOS app to help you really figure out how far gone your hearing is.

At flrst blush, it's a little like those old grade school hearing tests: as soon as you hear that telltale pulsating tone, you tap your phone's screen. After two minutes, voila -- you've got your own personal hearing profile which shows you how well your ears respond to different frequencies. Once that's all done, you can experiment with "masks" to experience life through the ears of a middle-aged person or a construction worker (among others). The notion of hearing a pre-recorded message through someone else's ears is a little bizarre, but it does open your eyes (or ears) to what others live with everyday.

Calling Mimi a mere hearing test is technically accurate for now, but the team behind it aspires to greater things. A future version of the app (which co-founder Phillipp Skribanowitz graciously let us play with at TechCrunch Disrupt NY) brings real-time audio enhancement into the mix. That mode (which will eventually cost you) chews on your hearing test data to tune the sound coming in through your headset's microphone for your own ears -- think of it as a software-based hearing aid on your phone. At this stage it's not terribly polished, but I did notice that the preset meant for construction workers did make a brief conversation a little easier to hear. Skribanowitz did say though that the team was more concerned about getting a functional product out the door, and that some of the more valuable stuff will come after the app gets a few coats of polish. Also coming down the pipeline are more traditional physical hearing aids that optimize the world's audio in the same way, though Skribanowitz told TechCrunch that the team's heart really lies in software. The biggest rub? For now, the app is tuned to work best with Apple's stock white EarPods and a pair of Sennheiser HDA 200s.

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drag2share: Titanfall nears 1 million sold in three weeks

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/06/titanfall-sales-numbers/

Many looked at Titanfall as being the first tentpole game for the Xbox One, but how many people actually bought it? It turns out 925,000 units were sold through for the quarter, according to publisher Electronic Arts' latest earnings call. Unfortunately, Chief Operating Officer Peter Moore was citing NPD numbers and those don't include digital or world-wide sales, and thus copies bought via EA's Origin PC service or from the Xbox One's dashboard don't factor into that tally. The Xbox 360 version? It's "off to a great start," but Moore didn't go into specifics. Back in April, the NPD reported that the mech game was a top-seller for March and the second-best performing game for the Xbox One -- seeing hard numbers gives a better picture for how well gaming is doing on the new consoles. While Titanfall's numbers are impressive, it's worth remembering that Infamous: Second Son sold more than that on a s ingle platform globally (Titanfall's numbers combined the PC and Xbox One sales) in nine days both physically and via digitally distributed copies.

Filed under: Gaming, Home Entertainment, HD

Source: Electronic Arts

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drag2share: Crysis 8K resolution hack offers a peek at the next decade of gaming

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/06/crysis-8k-resolution-hack/

Want to know what you'll be playing on your PlayStation 5 or Xbox Two in the next decade? Take a look at K-putt's Crysis 3 resolution hack. His tweak to the first-person shooter's main Windows program file lets the game's visuals run at up to a very wide 8K (specifically, 8,000 x 3,333). That's about 13 times more pixels than you'd see in a 1080p image, folks. The results very nearly speak for themselves -- screenshots look more like paintings, and even tiny objects are full of detail.

Don't think that your hot rod gaming PC can make this playable any time soon. Even a behemoth graphics card like NVIDIA's GeForce GTX Titan is barely good enough for running Crysis on three displays at 5,760 x 1,080; you'd need something with four times the pixel-pushing ability to keep up here. You can't exactly find an 8K screen at the local computer store, either. Technology moves quickly, though, and we wouldn't be shocked if both devices and displays are powerful enough to handle this kind of fidelity within a few years.

Filed under: Gaming, Software

Via: ExtremeTech

Source: K-putt (Flickr), Reddit

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Tuesday, May 06, 2014

drag2share: John Lewis' own-brand smart TVs with webOS launching today from £1,399

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/06/john-lewis-lg-smart-tvs/

The TV section of John Lewis stores, where customers and voyeurs alike come to gawk at the latest sets, will be joined by three new models today that also happen to bear the retailer's name. Its first own-brand TVs, known as the JL9000 series, have been made by LG especially, and thus run the manufacturer's webOS smart TV platform. Self-branded products tend to be at the lower-end of their category, but trust John Lewis to deck out its TVs with 1080p LED IPS panels, integrated 2.2-channel soundbars with extra subwoofers, passive 3D and 8-megapixel webcams. Those bells and whistles come at a cost, of course, so the 49-, 55- and 60-inch models will set you back £1,399, £1,699 and £2,199, respectively (still, a little cheaper than when the range was first teased). In typical John Lewis style, each one comes with a five-year guarantee, meaning you can chase the store directly if something goes wrong -- not that you'd be happy about it when laying down that kind of dosh.

Filed under: Home Entertainment, LG

Source: John Lewis

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drag2share: Lenovo adds its first two consumer Chromebooks: N20 and N20p

Source: http://gigaom.com/2014/05/05/lenovo-adds-its-first-two-consumer-chromebooks-n20-and-n20p/

Following its Chromebooks aimed at the education market, Lenovo added a pair of Chrome OS laptops for consumers on Tuesday. The new devices are very similar to the Chromebooks meant for classrooms and are called the N20 and N20p. The N20 arrives for sale in July for $279 while the N20p launches the following month for $329.

Both share the same Intel Celeron chip that is now becoming fairly standard in Chromebooks save for a few models from Samsung and HP use the same type of processor found in smartphones and tablets. The pair also come with an 11.6-inch display with 1366 x 768 resolution, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, up to 16 GB of internal storage and 100 GB of Google Drive capacity.

The extra $50 for the N20p adds a touchscreen display, capable of 10 simultaneous touch points. That screen also folds back up to 300-degrees, allowing the N20p to be used in a standing mode. If that sounds familiar, it’s because Lenovo’s Yoga 11e Chromebook does the same. In fact, the N20p is essentially a consumer model of that computer while the N20 is similar but lacks the folding display feature.

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drag2share: US to start testing universal internet IDs to combat fraud

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/06/nstic-government-internet-id/

In 2011, the government started concocting a plan to issue Americans one online ID they can use across multiple agencies' websites -- sort of like an OpenID for the government. Now, that plan's wheels are turning, and pilot testing's slated to begin this May in Pennsylvania and Michigan. The initiative, called National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), was originally devised as a means to prevent fraud and make it easier to verify identities quickly. This initial rollout only involves websites for those applying for government assistance, as it's merely meant to test whether the idea's feasible. But the government hopes this universal ID can replace people's logins for various places on the internet in the future. Obviously, not everyone will be thrilled by this development; after all, we're now very much aware of the NSA's love for snooping. Plus, it's risky using just a single log-in for various services like banking and social security. If you're one of those people, then cross your fingers and hope that NSTIC's completely voluntary, like what the government promised during the project's inception.

Filed under: Internet

Via: TechDirt

Source: GCN

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Monday, May 05, 2014

drag2share: How Facebook Connect (And Other Social Logins) Can Expose You To Hackers

Source: http://readwrite.com/2014/05/04/social-login-covert-redirect-openid-oauth-facebook-google-amazon

Be careful if you're signing in to Web services or apps that let you log in using an ID from Facebook, Twitter, or Google. A flaw in widely-used open-source systems known as OAuth 2.0 and OpenID could enable an attacker to covertly redirect you to a malicious site and get access to your data and private information.

Chinese doctoral student Jing Wang publicized the “covert redirect” vulnerability Friday morning. The vulnerability has been known for some time, but fresh attention could make attacks more common—and might also intensify pressure for a fix.

The vulnerability stems from a flaw in OAuth 2.0 and OpenID technology that lets you use your login from Facebook, Google, or Amazon (among others) to access other sites and services. Because of the flaw, an attacker can trick a user into thinking he or she is signing in via Facebook or Google and then redirect them to a malicious website. From there, depending on the level of access granted, it can expose your personal information, your contacts, your friends list, or in the case of Google Apps, stored data.

"This is often the result of a website's overconfidence in its partners," Wang wrote.

Not The Next Heartbleed

"It's not the next Heartbleed, it's not the end of the world, but at the same time, it's something that should be paid attention to," said Kevin O'Brien, director of product marketing for CloudLock. "What's new about it is the socialization," he added, referring to Wang's public campaign to draw attention to the flaw. Once a vulnerability is widely exposed, attacks frequently follow.

Wang discovered the flaw in February, he said via email. "I am not sure whether someone has used the vulnerability or not."

Social login services appeal to developers for several reasons. Amazon, for instance, describes its "Login with Amazon" service to developers as an opportunity to “securely connect with millions of Amazon customers and personalize their experience.” Social logins easy to integrate with Web services or Android and iOS apps, in turn making it simple for customers to sign into their accounts using their Amazon credentials.

The idea here, of course, is that if you trust Amazon, you can trust third parties that use its login system. That lets developers focus on what they do best, quickly, without having to build their own authorization system. Instead, they leave the security to the open source-developed secure OAuth 2.0 protocol.

Yet Another Shortcut Turns Into A Security Flaw

Which isn't an unreasonable thing to do. It just turns out that the problem here isn't merely the vulnerability in OAuth itself; it's also how companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon have implemented it.

Facebook, for instance, recommends developers use a whitelist that would effectively close the OAuth loophole by limiting redirections to safe and secure URLs. But Facebook doesn't require a whitelist, and as a result, many developers don't use one.

When Wang reported the problem to Facebook, the company said it understood the risks with OAuth 2.0. "However, short of forcing every single application on the platform to use a whitelist, [fixing the vulnerability] isn’t something that can be accomplished in the short term,” he wrote.

Wang also reported the vulnerability to Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Yahoo, PayPal, Weibo, Taobao, GitHub, and QQ, he said via email. Here are some of their responses:

Google said "[they] are aware of the problem and are tracking it at the moment."

LinkedIn [has] "have published a blog post on how [they] intend to address [the problem]." (Blog address: https://developer.linkedin.com/blog/register-your-oauth-2-redirect-urls)

Microsoft answered after they did an investigation and concluded that the vulnerability exists in the domain of a third-party, different from the one reported by me (login.live.com). They recommended me to report the issue to the third-party instead.

Weibo said that they thought this vulnerability was serious and would ask their developers to deal with this situation.

Taobao just closed my report without giving any reason.

Yahoo and Paypal did not reply me months after my report.

I did not contact VK.com, Mail.Ru and so on because I do not know their email address related to security.

Until there’s a fix, be careful when a site or application asks you to connect via Facebook, Twitter, Google, or other sites that use OAuth 2.0. Pay attention, O'Brien said. If you're looking at a site and get a sudden request for your social-login information when you're not expecting one, "that's the time to step back," he said.

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drag2share: Zipcar Is About To Get A Lot More Convenient

Source: http://jalopnik.com/zipcar-is-about-to-get-a-lot-more-convenient-1571811769/+ericlimer

Zipcar Is About To Get A Lot More Convenient

Zipcar, the rent-by-the-hour car sharing service of choice for broke urban Millennials, has one hugely glaring and annoying flaw: after you check out a Zipcar, you have to put it back where you found it. Now they're about to unveil a new program that will fix that.

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drag2share: Google Now has got a fancy new trick.

Source: http://gizmodo.com/google-now-has-got-a-fancy-new-trick-if-you-walk-past-1572084895

Google Now has got a fancy new trick. If you walk past a store that caries a product you've been researching online, it'll let you know. Talk about instant shipping. Hopefully it's just a little more spot-on than those targeted ads that are always showing you the thing you just bought.

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drag2share: AMD plays both sides of the CPU wars with chips that use the same socket

source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/05/amd-project-skybridge/?utm_source=Feed_Classic_Full&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget&?ncid=rss_full

AMD Project Skybridge

Typically, you can't reuse many parts when you switch processor technologies; if you change chips, you change the entire motherboard at the same time. That won't be true for AMD in the future, though. It's working on a common chip framework, Project Skybridge, that will let 2015-era ARM and x86 system-on-chip processors share the same pin layout. In other words, a basic motherboard design could handle both CPU types.

This doesn't mean that you'd get to walk into a computer store, buy a motherboard and use your choice of ARM or x86 hardware in your new desktop. Rather, Project Skybridge would be for mobile and embedded gadgets -- neither AMD nor device makers will have to reinvent the wheel just because they're thinking of building x86-based Android tablets or ARM-based industrial gear. It's also a hedge against obsolescence. AMD sees the computing world shifting toward ARM, and it doesn't want to be stuck supporting only Intel's x86 technology in the long run.

That's just the start of the semiconductor firm's expanded ARM plans, too. A 2016 core, K12, will be AMD's first 64-bit ARM design. Most of its details are a mystery, but AMD says that the new processor focuses on high frequencies (clock speeds) and expanding ARM's sphere of influence. That suggests that K12 will target heavy-duty tasks. It may not wind up in your pocket, then, but it could handle more duties that were previously reserved for desktops.

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drag2share: Forget flexible: stretchy electronics will make devices truly wearable

Source: http://gigaom.com/2014/05/05/forget-flexible-stretchy-electronics-will-make-devices-truly-wearable/

Flexible electronics are all the rage these days, as their development could boost a generation of devices that can be worn on our wrists or embedded in our clothes. But a laboratory at the University of California, San Diego wants to move beyond flexible electronics into devices that are actually stretchable, allowing them to conform to almost any shape instead of just bending.

UC San Diego nanoengineering professor Darren Lipomi likened flexible electronics to folding a piece of paper around a basketball. Stretchable electronics, on the other hand, are more akin to wrapping rubber around the ball; they conform perfectly with no wrinkles.

Stretchy materials would also have the benefit of being far less breakable. If you dropped a heavy object on your current phone, you would probably worry about the screen breaking. But a stretchy device would just bend around the object instead of breaking. As a result, the lab’s flexible materials could be used to create objects like solar cells that are less vulnerable to damage.

“I am personally excited by the potential for molecularly stretchable electronics because the most sophisticated devices that we know of–that is, biological organisms–are soft and compliant,” Lipomi said. “Our interest in compliant and fracture-proof solar cells excites me and many of my students because we want to contribute in a unique way to the production of clean energy.”

The team’s work will compliment other early forays into stretchable electronics. Cambridge-based startup MC10 is already commercializing a group of stretchable devices that includes skin patches that can monitor the human body. Graphene and carbon nanotubes, both emerging materials renowned for their impressive electrical and physical properties, are also inherently stretchable. Large companies like Samsung are pushing to integrate them into devices.

But creating perfectly stretchy electronics involves diving down to their molecular structure and optimizing every single material that goes into them for stretchability and electronic properties. In a paper published in the journal Chemistry of Materials (subscription required), Lipomi’s team weighed different methods for creating flexible materials. The group found that there are already several combinations that could be suitable for personal devices or solar cells, though future work could further improve their properties. Lipomi noted the prototypes his lab has made (pictured above) are not quite ready to jump from the lab to our personal devices just yet:

“Barriers that remain before this technology can be commercialized involve protecting the sensitive stretchable semiconductors from oxygen and water vapor, which degrade the properties of the devices,” Lipomi said. “So, we need barriers in the literal sense: stretchable, transparent films that exclude water and oxygen.”

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drag2share: 15 Emerging Agriculture Technologies That Will Change The World

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/15-emerging-agriculture-technologies-2014-4

Policy Horizons Canada worked with futurist and data visualizer Michell Zappa of Envisioning to produce a report called MetaScan 3: Emerging Technologies and accompanying infographics. We are reproducing the summary for emerging agriculture technologies.

robotic farm swarms Below are technologies related to agricultural and natural manufacturing under four key areas of accelerating change: Sensors, Food, Automation and Engineering.

Sensors help agriculture by enabling real-time traceability and diagnosis of crop, livestock and farm machine states.

Food may benefit directly from genetic tailoring and potentially from producing meat directly in a lab.

Automation will help agriculture via large-scale robotic and microrobots to check and maintain crops at the plant level.

Engineering involves technologies that extend the reach of agriculture to new means, new places and new areas of the economy. Of particular interest will be synthetic biology, which allows efficiently reprogramming unicellular life to make fuels, byproducts accessible from organic chemistry and smart devices.

cattle We have included predictions based on consultation with experts of when each technology will be scientifically viable (the kind of stuff that Google, governmen! ts, and universities develop), mainstream (when VCs and startups widely invest in it), and financially viable (when the technology is generally available on Kickstarter).

Sensors

Air & soil sensors: Fundamental additions to the automated farm, these sensors would enable a real time understanding of current farm, forest or body of water conditions.

Scientifically viable in 2013; mainstream and financially viable in 2015.

Equipment telematics: Allows mechanical devices such as tractors to warn mechanics that a failure is likely to occur soon. Intra-tractor communication can be used as a rudimentary "farm swarm" platform.

Scientifically viable in 2013; mainstream in 2016; and financially viable in 2017.

Livestock biometrics: Collars with GPS, RFID and biometrics can automatically identify and relay vital information about the livestock in real time.

Scientifically viable in 2017; mainstream and financially viable in 2020.

Crop sensors: Instead of prescribing field fertilization before application, high-resolution crop sensors inform application equipment of correct amounts needed. Optical sensors or drones are able to identify crop health across the field (for example, by using infra-red light).

Scientifically viable in 2015; mainstream in 2018; and financially viable in 2019.

Infrastructural health sensors: Can be used for monitoring vibrations and material conditions in buildings, bridges, factories, farms and other infrastructure. Coupled with an intelligent network, such sensors could feed crucial information back to maintenance crews or robots.

Scientifically viable in 2021; mainstream in 2025; and financially viable in 2027.

Food

Genetically designed food: The creation of entirely new strains of food animals and plants in order to better address biological and physiological needs. A departure from genetically modified food, genetically designed food would be engineered from the ground up.

Scientifically viable in 2016; mainstream in 2021; and financially viable in 2022.

In vitro meat: Also known as cultured meat or tubesteak, it is a flesh product that has never been part of a complete, living animal. Several current research projects are growing in vitro meat experimentally, although no meat has yet been produced for public consumption.

Scientifically viable in 2017; mainstream in 2024; and financially viable in 2027.

Automation

Variable rate swath control: Building on existing geolocation technologies, future swath control could save on seed, minerals, fertilizer and herbicides by reducing overlapping inputs. By pre-computing the shape of the field where the inputs are to be used, and by understanding the relative productivity of different areas of the field, tractors or agbots can procedurally apply inputs at variable rates throughout the field.

Scientifically viable in 2013; mainstream in 2014; and financially viable in 2016.

Rapid iteration selective breeding: The next generation of selective breeding where the end-result is analyzed quantitatively and improvements are suggested algorithmically.

Scientifically viable in 2014; mainstream and financially viable in 2017.

Agricultural robots: Also known as agbots, these are used to automate agricultural processes, such as harvesting, fruit picking, ploughing, soil maintenance, weeding, planting, irrigation, etc.

Scientifically via! ble in 2 018; mainstream in 2020; and financially viable in 2021.

Precision agriculture: Farming management based on observing (and responding to) intra-field variations. With satellite imagery and advanced sensors, farmers can optimize returns on inputs while preserving resources at ever larger scales. Further understanding of crop variability, geolocated weather data and precise sensors should allow improved automated decision-making and complementary planting techniques.

Scientifically viable in 2019; mainstream in 2023; and financially viable in 2024.

Robotic farm swarms: The hypothetical combination of dozens or hundreds of agricultural robots with thousands of microscopic sensors, which together would monitor, predict, cultivate and extract crops from the land with practically no human intervention. Small-scale implementations are already on the horizon.

Scientifically viable in 2023; mainstream and financially viable in 2026.

Engineering

Closed ecological systems: Ecosystems that do not rely on matter exchange outside the system. Such closed ecosystems would theoretically transform waste products into oxygen, food and water in order to support life-forms inhabiting the system. Such systems already exist in small scales, but existing technological limitations prevent them from scaling.

Scientifically viable in 2015; mainstream in 2020; and financially viable in 2021.

Synthetic biology: Synthetic biology is about programming biology using standardized parts as one programs computers using standardized libraries today. Includes the broad redefinition and expansion of biotechnology, with the ultimate goals of being able to design, build and remediate engineered biological systems that process information, manipulate chemicals, fabricate materials and structures, produce energy, provide food, and maintain and enhance human health and our environment.

Scientifically viable in 2013;! mainstr eam in 2023; and financially viable in 2024.

Vertical farming: A natural extension of urban agriculture, vertical farms would cultivate plant or animal life within dedicated or mixed-use skyscrapers in urban settings. Using techniques similar to glass houses, vertical farms could augment natural light using energy-efficient lighting. The advantages are numerous, including year-round crop production, protection from weather, support urban food autonomy and reduced transport costs.

Scientifically viable in 2023; mainstream and financially viable in 2027.

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drag2share: Meet the Teenage Engineering PO-12: a $49 card-sized drum machine

source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/05/teenage-engineering-po-12-drum-machine/?utm_source=Feed_Classic_Full&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget&?ncid=rss_full

Tucked neatly into a panel discussion at last week's Moogfest, Teenage Engineering outed its latest synthesizer effort. The unit, labeled the PO-12, was intended to be a giveaway during the festivities ("moogfest special" is printed on the built-in hang tag), but the units got caught up in a customs delay, so we're left with details nabbed by attendee Robert Pluma. Here's a quick rundown of some of the reported specs: a Silicon Labs 32-bit ARM microcontroller, wire stand that doubles as a pitch bender, 23 switches, two optimization knobs, beats-per-minute LED and 1/8-inch audio jacks. There also appears to be options for hip-hop, disco and techno on the gadget that's said to be priced at $49. While Teenage Engineering isn't confirming the details, it did tell Synthtopia that Pluma "more or less nailed it regarding the details of this product." The folks at Create Digital Music report that the device will also harness parameter lock, just like the original Machinedrum. We'll have to wait a bit longer for formal availability info, but this tease is certainly enough to whet the ol' appetite... for now.

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drag2share: This Tiny Metal Pill Is the Smallest Pacemaker Ever Implanted

Source: http://gizmodo.com/this-tiny-metal-pill-is-the-smallest-pacemaker-ever-imp-1571945295

This Tiny Metal Pill Is the Smallest Pacemaker Ever Implanted

The world is one step closer to a future where tiny ship-like vessels travel through our veins and fix our health problems. Recently, doctors across the United States implanted the world's smallest pacemaker into cardiac patients. The device is roughly the size of a large vitamin and is attached directly to the heart without invasive surgery.

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