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1. Live Updates from Maker Faire New York
(English/makezine)

Not in New York for Maker Faire? Check back here often for live updates from the ground as we rove the fairegrounds in search of robots, sawdust, bubbles, fire, and magic. SATURDAY: It is early and bright ...

2. Some brave soul volunteered for a completely robotic dental surgery
(English/engadget)

A robot just implanted two 3D-printed teeth into a woman's mouth all on its own. The procedure took place recently in China and the researchers who developed it hope it can help the country's ...

3. EU competition chief says it's up to competitors to approve Google's remedies in shopping search antitrust case (Bloomberg)
(English/Techmeme)

Bloomberg: EU competition chief says it's up to competitors to approve Google's remedies in shopping search antitrust case  —  EU's Vestager says rivals' complaints could trigger new ...

4. Carbon Nanotube Thread Could Generate Electricity From The Bloodstream
(English/ieespectrum)

Researchers have reported an idea to implant nanotube yarns that could draw electricity from flowing blood Read all  ...

5. Restoring My Nonno's 60ish Year Old Table Saw
(English/instructables)

I decided to take on the challenge of restoring my Nonno's Table saw. I searched High and low for information on the saw and eventually found a similar looking one in the 1956 Eaton's Catalogue. This ...

6. Emergency broadcast alert warns TV viewers that the world is going to end on Saturday
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... The Washington Post: David Meade, the self-described “specialist in research and investigations,” has earned a fair amount of publicity online for predicting that catastrophic events would soon befall ...

7. "Bouncer" the Lamp
(English/instructables)

HiI made a lamp from stainless 316 pipe, willow tree (salix caprea) and piece of polycarbonate.Started this project searching suitable lamp shade, i wanted it to be made of glass, found one from the recycling ...

8. Nuclear War Survival Skills (PDF)
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... and dependable, and other life-support equipment. There instructions have been developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory civil defense researchers and others over the past 14 years. and have been field-tested ...

9. European Commission spent 360,000€ on a piracy study, then buried it because they didn't like what it said
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Estimating displacement rates of copyrighted content in the EU is a 360,000€ study commissioned by the European Commission from the Dutch consulting firm Ecorys, whose mandate was to "research the effect ...

10. How to Query Audit Logs Using ausearch Tool on CentOS/RHEL
(English/Linuxtoday)

Tecmint: In this tutorial, we will explain how use ausearch tool to retrieve data from auditd log files on a RHEL and CentOS based Linux distributions. Read all  ...

11. NASA, wait, wait lemme put my drink down... NASA, you need to be searching for vanadium
(English/TheRegister)

Bio-boffins urge Red Planet life search to hunt for weird metal Scientists hoping to discover evidence of life on Mars should search for vanadium, a metallic element, according to a paper published in ...

12. Rainbow Pom Pom Tutu Dress
(English/instructables)

... the skirt. I searched through many youtube videos got few ideas. The skirt is then compilation of... By: Passion Make Continue Reading » Read all  ...

13. EU paid for, then suppressed, study that says piracy doesn't harm sales
(English/Neowin)

After initially commissioning a research firm to evaluate the impact of piracy on the sales of copyrighted material and paying around half a million for it, the EU chose to suppress their findings. Read ...

14. Chinese search giant Baidu announces $1.52B autonomous driving fund to invest in 100 projects over three years (Cate Cadell/Reuters)
(English/Techmeme)

Cate Cadell / Reuters: Chinese search giant Baidu announces $1.52B autonomous driving fund to invest in 100 projects over three years  —  BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese search engine Baidu ...

15. Researchers create a robot that can cling to shark skin underwater
(English/engadget)

Tracking sharks and dolphins in order to study their habits is tough. Doing so requires researchers to attach some sort of sensor or robot to the animal, but it has to be able to stay on underwater and ...

16. What are the real risks we humans could face from a rogue AI superintelligence?
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... unproductive hours you currently waste on sleep, you should definitely give it a listen. You can subscribe to the podcast within any podcast app. Simply use your app's search function (type in "After ...

17. Boring, complex and important: the deadly mix that blew up the open web
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... work, security research, archiving or innovation. (more…) Read all  ...

18. What if the Google-HTC deal is actually about voice assistants?
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The news is out: HTC and Google have finally consummated their ages-long flirtation with each other. In exchange for $1.1 billion in cash, HTC will hand over 2,000 employees to the search giant. These ...

19. Synthetic muscle breakthrough could lead to 'lifelike' robots
(English/engadget)

A breakthrough in soft robotics means scientists are now one step closer to creating lifelike machines. Researchers at Columbia Engineering have developed a 3D printed synthetic tissue that can act as ...

20. Cloud migration is more difficult than cloud adoption
(English/Betanews)

Adopting the cloud is one thing, but migrating to it is a much harder task according to a new report. The study by cloud company Virtustream and research firm Forrester reveals that moving to the cloud ...

21. Security researchers warn that GO Keyboard is spying on millions of Android users
(English/Betanews)

Security researchers from Adguard have issued a warning that the popular GO Keyboard app is spying on users. Produced by Chinese developers GOMO Dev Team, GO Keyboard was found to be transmitting personal ...

22. Researchers claim ISPs are 'complicit' in latest FinSpy snooping rounds
(English/TheRegister)

Dictators' favourite spyware is working at the top, says report A surveillance campaign utilising a new variant of FinFisher, the infamous spyware also known as FinSpy, has been tracked by security researchers.… ...

23. UK lifeboat crew tests drones as search and rescue helpers
(English/engadget)

Drones are becoming an important part of the emergency services. Police are using them to search for missing people, while fire departments test them as a tool to survey dangerous sites. Until now, however, ...

24. Avril Lavigne now the 'most dangerous celebrity' online
(English/Neowin)

A recent study by security firm McAfee regarding celebrities that generate the most dangerous web results reveal Avril Lavigne at the top of the list, which is reportedly caused by free mp3 searches. ...