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Feb 10, 2021

Supply-Chain Hack Breaches 35 Companies, Including PayPal, Microsoft, Apple

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

Ethical hacker Alex Birsan developed a way to inject malicious code into open-source developer tools to exploit dependencies in organizations internal applications.

Feb 10, 2021

Crows Are Even Smarter Than We Thought

Posted by in category: futurism

Alien intelligent life may be bird-like, see.


Could they help us understand intelligent life on other worlds?

Feb 10, 2021

Flip-Flops Made From Plants And Algae Can Help Reduce Plastic Pollution | World Wide Waste

Posted by in categories: business, finance, food, sustainability

Flip flops from plants. 😃


Researchers at the University of California San Diego have figured out how to turn algae into flip flops. They founded a startup to sell the shoe, but face a challenge in getting their invention mass produced: There aren’t enough algae farms to support the startup’s supply chain.

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Feb 10, 2021

Silent Solar Bikes Protect Wildlife

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Solar powered bikes for use in fighting poaching. 😃


What’s even more badass than defending endangered animals from illegal poaching? How about rolling up on a stealthy solar-powered bush bike made specifically to sneak up on poachers and bust their asses? These electric motorcycles are light, nimble, rechargeable and best of all zero-emissions. Get wrecked, poachers!

Feb 10, 2021

NASA’s Perseverance rover is about to attempt a supersonic plunge to Mars, complete with a jetpack landing

Posted by in category: space

NASA’s rover must plow through Mars’ atmosphere at supersonic speeds, deploy a parachute to slow itself, then fly to safety with a jetpack.

Feb 10, 2021

Advanced simulations reveal how air conditioning spreads COVID-19 aerosols

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, supercomputing

The detailed physical processes and pathways involved in the transmission of COVID-19 are still not well understood. Researchers decided to use advanced computational fluid dynamics tools on supercomputers to deepen understanding of transmission and provide a quantitative assessment of how different environmental factors influence transmission pathways and airborne infection risk.

Feb 10, 2021

Chinese spacecraft nearing Mars, world’s 2nd in 2 days

Posted by in category: space

A Chinese spacecraft appears poised to enter orbit around Mars, one day after an orbiter from the United Arab Emirates did so and about a week ahead of an American attempt to put down another spacecraft on the surface of the red planet.

Feb 10, 2021

Fabricating fully functional drones

Posted by in category: drones

From “Star Trek” replicators to Richie Rich’s wishing machine, popular culture has a long history of parading flashy machines that can instantly output any item. While 3D printers have now made it possible to produce a range of objects that include product models, jewelry, and novelty toys, we still lack the ability to fabricate more complex devices that are essentially ready-to-go right out of the printer.

Feb 10, 2021

Next stop Mars: Three spacecraft arriving at Red Planet from tomorrow

Posted by in category: space

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The UAE’s orbiter reaches Mars on Tuesday, followed less than 24 hours later by China’s orbiter-rover combo. NASA’s Perseverance rover is due to land on February 18.

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Feb 10, 2021

3D-Printed Device Converts Air into Water for US Military

Posted by in categories: military, space

Very promising, machines like this one will help in the desert or in drought condions, even in Mars.


GE Research’s atmospheric water extraction device could supply up to 150 soldiers with water.