A robotic octopus arm is being built for deep-sea exploration, but the first prototype testing is throwing up unforeseen challenges for such soft-bodied robots
, Italian robotocists have said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
More than 2,000 people are signing up to the organ donor register each week in Scotland.
The number of people on the NHS register rose by almost 7% in 2010, with 113,517 people joining since December 2009 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The whistle-blowing Web site WikiLeaks has not been convicted of a crime. The Justice Department has not even pressed charges over its disclosure of confidential State Department communications. Nonetheless, the financial industry is trying to shut it down — via redwolf.newsvine.com
US sanctions tend to be riddled with exceptions that are neither humanitarian nor democracy-related, a former US sanctions official has said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Biotechnology multinational Monsanto says it will give legal support to a grower of Genetically Modified canola if his neighbour takes legal action over contamination of his organic crops — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A new study has found that changes in a blood protein could be linked to the development of Alzheimer’s disease — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Dresden Dolls singer (and Neil Gaiman inamorata) Amanda Palmer has released a cheeky low-budget reinterpretation of the 1980s cult hit Labyrinth. Palmer plays Jennifer Connelly, sock puppets replace Muppets, and Gaiman assumes David Bowie’s role as Jareth, the Goblin King — via YouTube
Government plans to block pornography at source
are unlikely to prove effective, say ISPs — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A group of British schoolchildren may be the youngest scientists ever to have their work published in a peer-reviewed journal. In a new paper in Biology Letters, 25 8- to 10-year-old children from Blackawton Primary School report that buff-tailed bumblebees can learn to recognize nourishing flowers based on colors and patterns — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The music industry is changing rapidly. On the one hand there are tens of thousands of artists who use the Internet as a distribution channel and share their music online for free, but on the other side of the spectrum Big Music and Apple are tightening the bolts. We discuss the upside of the Internet and the evil ways
of the corporate interests with Benn Jordan, one of the first musicians to embrace BitTorrent and turn free music into a business — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The bankers’ trade association has written to Cambridge University [PDF] asking for the MPhil thesis [PDF] of one of our research students, Omar Choudary, to be taken offline. They complain it contains too much detail of our No-PIN attack on Chip-and-PIN and thus breaches the boundary of responsible disclosure
; they also complain about Omar’s post on the subject to this blog — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The maker of the Power Balance bracelet worn by many athletes has been forced to admit misleading advertising and to refund customers in Australia — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Police are seeking help in recovering nearly half a dozen pieces of art by Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol stolen from a New York City apartment by burglars who who broke through a wall — via redwolf.newsvine.com
I had just finished reading some HP Lovecraft, so his flavor of awesome was still fresh in my mind. Usually when thinking about making these I go through lots of failed ideas before connecting something random to something else that could relate in shape or texture. I landed pretty quickly on Santa’s beard being similar to Cthulhu’s tentacle mouth. After that, I just needed classic scene to befoul, like a child in Santa’s lap — via Scott Brundage
Leawood, Kansas, is a typical mid-ring suburb characterized by modest, well-built homes, a leafy hardwood tree canopy and good public schools that make it an attractive location for young families. Current trends (economic downturn notwithstanding) lean towards tearing down existing homes (arguably historical, with most homes in this part of Leawood having been built in the early 1940’s) and maximizing new designs to allowable build lines and volumes — via ArchDaily
Christmas in Funcom’s upcoming paranormal MMO The Secret World is just as festive and terrifying as it is in the real world — via Kotaku
Contrary to the belief of many scientists (as well as many members of the public), new research confirms that Africa has two — not one — species of elephant. Scientists from Harvard Medical School, the University of Illinois, and the University of York in the United Kingdom used genetic analysis to prove that the African savanna elephant and the smaller African forest elephant have been largely separated for several million years — via redwolf.newsvine.com
British defence company BAE Systems recently unveiled a concept vehicle whose design it says was inspired by the Batmobile (The Tumbler) from Batman Begins
and The Dark Knight
. The world’s second largest defence company is thinking about using the so-called The Raider
design for a small, highly agile autonomous reconnaissance and attack vehicle which can carry a variety of payloads
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
The congregation at Vira First Methodist is very excited to be putting on the Christmas Pageant this year with their new actors. For the first time in 15 years they will finally have a live squidlin to play the part of Baby Jesus. No more plastic baby dolls for them! Kenny is a lovely squidlin and seems to know his role is very important. He hasn’t made a peep except to coo during appropriate times in rehearsals. Please join VFM December 24th at 7pm for the Christmas Pageant and candle light service. Desserts and coffee to follow in the newly refurbished basement! — via Etsy
A Northern Territory woman is spending Christmas behind bars, accused of killing her partner with a pair of scissors — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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