Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Google releases tool to show government censorship requests | Technology | The Guardian

Google releases tool to show government censorship requests | Technology | The Guardian:


"'Chinese officials consider censorship demands as state secrets, so we cannot disclose that information at this time.'"


There should be no 'state secrets' in any country. Whatever they are hiding is probably wrong.

DARPA announces plans for self-piloted flying car

DARPA announces plans for self-piloted flying car:

"And it should be built and ready for testing by 2015."

The CAD files of all designs made with public money should be publicly posted throughout the development process.

The $1000 Genome: Coming Soon?

The $1000 Genome: Coming Soon?


“We intend to introduce another instrument in 2014 capable of sequencing an entire human genome in a matter of 15 minutes for $100,”