The first rail gun seems to be basically a really really big gun that shoots really really big ballistic bullets. I’ve heard that this technology could eventually be used to launch satellites though. Get the full story on this prototype here: [Gizmag]
First we used punch cards to talk to computers, then keyboards, then we spoke to them and touched their screens with our fingers. Now it appears that soon we will be able to talk to them with our thoughts alone! Get the full story here: [TGDaily]
New RFID technology which was supposed to make payments much easier and ‘more secure’ now appears to have made it possible (and apparently very easy) for hackers to steal your credit card while it is still safely tucked away in your wallet. They can be using a duplicate of your card in minutes! Checkout the [...]
Scientists are making good progress on making things invisible. They are making progress on stealth technologies using meta materials such as nanometer-sized plasmonic material that scatters light and other electromagnetic waves. Success so far seems to be limited to very small items but could be used to provide a 3dcloak around items that protrude from [...]
How about a flight simulator game that uses live video from your own camera drone? http://ardrone.parrot.com/parrot-ar-drone/usa/
I’m not sure whether this was designed for deer hunting or for all of those ‘off the grid’ nature folks who want their homes to blend in with nature. Check out the inside view here: [mirrorcube.se]
Nano-scale terahertz antenna created, hand-held tricorders incoming? T-rays are capable of penetrating a few millimeters of your skin — this is obviously useful for security applications, but also for medical imaging. Get the story here: [extremetech]
A museum in London is showing a cape woven out of genuine spider silk. Someone with a lot of patience, a lot of money and a WHOLE LOT of spiders spent some serious time on this one. I’m surprised somehow that the Spider Cape isn’t red and blue. See the full story here: http://www.ecouterre.com/worlds-largest-cape-made-from-golden-spider-silk-goes-on-display/
