2020 has been an exciting year so far for SETI – the search for extraterrestrial life – in terms of new technological developments and strategies. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/seti-breakthrough-listen-new-technologies-and-strategies…
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Uber Officially Bans Drivers From Carrying Firearms, But Company’s Business Model Prevents Enforcement
Iwastheone shares a report from The Atlantic, written by Sidney Fussell: Uber has banned guns in cars, for both drivers and passengers, since 2015. But over email and Facebook Messenger, four current and four former drivers told me they carry firearms on the job. In explaining why, they each cited the same self-determinalist rhetoric Uber has slapped on subway ads to…
20 US States Want to Stop the Posting of Blueprints For 3D-Printed Guns
An anonymous reader quotes the Associated Press:
Attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging a federal regulation that could allow blueprints for making guns on 3D printers to be posted on the internet. New York Attorney General Tish James, who helped lead the coalition of state attorneys general, argued that posting the blueprints would…
Iran Curbs Internet Before Possible New Protests
Iran’s authorities have restricted mobile internet access in several provinces, an Iranian news agency reported on Wednesday, a day before new protests were expected to kick off following calls for demonstrations on social media. Reuters: Social media posts, along with some relatives of people killed in unrest last month, have called for renewed protests and for ceremonies to commemorate the dead…
How Do Bullets Work in Video Games?
FPS (first-person shooter) games have been a staple in the video game industry ever since the explosion of Wolfenstein 3D back in 1992. Since then, the genre has been evolving with graphical upgrades, huge budgets, and an eSports ecosystem. But what about its core, the shooting mechanics? How have we progressed on that front? Why do some guns feel like it’s…
Turkey is getting military drones armed with machine guns
Many countries and groups already use military drones, but Turkey is about to be the first to have a military drone armed with a machine gun Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2227168-turkey-is-getting-military-drones-armed-with-machine-guns/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
‘Doom’ Creator John Romero Explains What’s Wrong With Today’s Shooter Games
An anonymous reader quotes the Guardian: “Give us more guns!” is a common battle-cry among players of first-person shooters, the videogame industry’s bloodiest genre. Doom co-creator John Romero has a rather different opinion. “I would rather have fewer things with more meaning, than a million things you don’t identify with,” he says, sitting in a Berlin bar mocked up to resemble…
Giant Plasma Guns Could Be the Answer to Limitless Fusion Power
Los Alamos physicists want to combine two fusion-power techniques and finally harness the energy source that powers the sun. Source: https://www.livescience.com/fusion-power-new-method-plasma-guns.html
Russia to give cosmonauts guns to fend off animals on landing
Russia is testing a gun that returning cosmonauts could use to fend off wild animals when landing in remote areas, the head of the Russian space agency said Wednesday. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-09-russia-cosmonauts-guns-fend-animals.html…
One of America’s Biggest Markets for AI-Powered Security Cameras: Schools
New video analytics systems can “identify people, suspicious behavior and guns” in real-time, and the technology is being used by Fortune 500 companies, stadiums, retailers, and police departments, reports the Los Angeles Times. But schools are “among the most enthusiastic adopters,” they note, citing an interview with Paul Hildreth, the “emergency operations coordinator” at an Atlanta school district A year after…