I've seen the future and it is math less and it is awesome and it is this PhotoMath app that solves math problems just by pointing your phone's camera at them. It's like a cross between a text reading camera, a supremely sophisticated calculator and well, the future. Point and solve and never do math again.
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/21/graphene-brain-sensor/
Neural activity maps frequently present an incomplete picture of how a brain works; you can measure electrical activity, stimulate it or visualize the anatomy, but you can't do all three. DARPA and the University of Wisconsin might just pull off that seemingly impossible feat, however. They recently built a hybrid brain sensor that combines both electrical and optical techniques to present a vivid picture of what's happening inside the mind. The sensor is primarily made of ultra-thin graphene (just four atoms thick) that both conducts electricity and lets light through. By putting this device on top of neural tissue, you can simultaneously create brain activity and monitor virtually every aspect of it. Graphene is safe for your body, too, so you shouldn't face the same risks you see with metal alloys.
It's still early days for the project, so you won't be getting graphene-based implants in the near future. However, a finished version might do wonders for medicine. Doctors and scientists could see tighter correlations between activity in certain parts of the brain and related behavior, which could help them study and hopefully treat diseases that previously remained a mystery.
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Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/mujis-vertical-house-for-crowded-cities-2014-10
But Muji, the Japanese retail company known for it's minimalistic products, has designed a spacious home specifically for urban dwellers living in tight spaces — by building up. 
It will be available in Japan in seven different variations for about 20 million yen ($180,116), according to Quartz.
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Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/hp-sprout-computer-3d-2014-10
HP is preparing to release a new computer with a built-in projector and 3-D scanner, according to Re/code's Arik Hesseldahl.
The computer will be called Sprout, and HP is reportedly planning to unveil it at an event on Oct. 29. Based on Re/code's description, it doesn't seem like the Sprout will look like an ordinary laptop or desktop computer.
The Sprout is said to include three primary parts: a flat touch-enabled surface, a large flat screen display similar to HP's line of Pavilion desktops, and an overhead assembly that includes a 3D scanner and projector. It doesn't sound like the Sprout has a traditional keyboard.
The projector would display images on the flat surface, which users would be able to interact with. Specifically, Re/code says users will be able to manipulate whatever is being shown on the touch surface with either their hands or a stylus. This includes resizing elements of the user interface and moving things around.
What's potentially more interesting, however, is the Sprout's 3D scanner. Once and object is scanned, users will be able to place the 3D rendering of that object in whatever he or she is working on.
The Sprout will run on Windows at launch, but could eventually support Google's Chrome OS, Re/code's sources said. HP is likely to market the Sprout to businesses, but it may also try to target high-end consumers that may need it for professional purposes.
We expect to learn more about the Sprout next week. The news also comes after HP announced that it will be splitting its printer and personal computer segment from its corporate hardware and services business.
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Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/were-not-losing-the-war-on-hacking-2014-10
Not so, says cybersecurity expert Michael Ricotta of Blue Fountain Media Development. We're just bad at using the security measures already at our disposal to protect our data, he says.
"Many of the hacks that are happening are the result of being too careless," Ricotta told Business Insider. "Hacking is not something that is done by some guy wearing a cloaked hoodie hiding in some corner who knows more than anyone else in the world … There are people who have an understanding of how computers work and are able to find where people who don't know how computers work are improperly handling their own system."
One way people make themselves vulnerable is by having a weak password. Some hacks are group-force attacks that use publicly available data to hit servers with different password possibilities. People who use obvious passwords are "basically leaving the key to their front door under the doormat," Ricotta said.
Hacks that target debit and credit card data look for other vulnerabilities.
In some cases, big companies provide access to their systems to third-party contractors who might not have the proper security systems in place. This could compromise customer data from that company.
That's what happened in the case of the Target hack. The retailer traced the hack back to network credentials stolen! from a third-party refrigeration, heating, and air conditioning subcontractor, according to security blogger Brian Krebs at KrebsonSecurity.com.
Once the Target hackers had the company's network credentials, they could access Target's payment system and upload software that would lift card information.
"[Companies] are providing access to their systems to unskilled employees who may not have the proper protocols and the proper security systems to actually secure their own environment," Ricotta said.
Sometimes, putting the right security protocols into place involves restructuring the way people do things within a company or organization. That could be costly and take time.
"The protocols are there. Are they being followed, are they sufficient? I would say they're sufficient and I would say they're not being followed," Ricotta said. "The difficulty is how do we straddle that dynamic and decide which way to go."
What people and companies should take from these recent high-profile hacks is that everyone should be diligent in protecting their personal information and the information of their customers.
"You have to very much take into account the same sort of mantra, which is I am responsible for myself and the information I provide the world," Ricotta said. "We really have become a society where dating is done online, your groceries are done online, everything is done online. You're releasing more information out there and there are more vulnerabilities."
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