A man has been warned after he dialled 999 to complain about a prostitute’s looks after meeting her. West Midlands Police said they were contacted by the caller who said he “wished to report her for breaching the Sale of Goods Act”. The force said the call was received at about 19:30 BST on Tuesday complaining that the woman was not as attractive as she had claimed. Officers have now sent the man a letter warning him about wasting police time. West Midlands Police said the man had claimed he met the woman in a hotel car park. “The caller claimed that the woman had made out she was better looking than she actually was and he wished to report her for breaching the Sale of Goods Act,” a spokesperson for the force said.
Patch offers needle-free injections
Patch offers needle-free injections http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22882446
TED debates controls for drones
TED debates controls for drones http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22863447
This newly advanced prosthetic limb is the result of a collaboration between the University of Pittsburgh and Johns Hopkins University. The arm has the ability to accurately detect vibration,temperature, contact with objects and degree of pressure. It also has up to 27 degrees of freedom of moment, making it far more than a cosmetic addition.
But the biggest attribute of the arm is its ability to be controlled by thought, the one feature viewed as the last hurdle to truly functional mechanical replacement limbs.
(via emergentfutures)
Google has offered a few more details about how it shares user data with the government, including in response to national security requests.
As The New York Times reported on Tuesday, when Google is legally required to hand over data about its users, it usually delivers it using a file-transferring technology called secure FTP, David Drummond, Google’s chief legal officer, said in an interview on British television.
FTP is a simple way to upload and download files sent between parties — like an online file folder. Either party can operate the FTP server that the files flow through. In an interview on PBS NewsHour, Mr. Drummond indicated that the FTP server is on the government’s machines and not on Google’s.
Japan tests 4K TV over the internet
Japan tests 4K TV over the internet http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22872891
HMRC ‘must fully investigate’ Google
HMRC ‘must fully investigate’ Google http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22878460
Guardian Reporter Glenn Greenwald: We Have List of NSA Targets
I’m certain Glenn Greenwald is rubbing some people the wrong way, but I can’t help delight in the way he admonishes TV talking head “reporters” for focusing on insignificant facts and drawing stupid conclusions. How often do we get to see bad journalists verbally abused by good ones on national television? This is way more entertaining than The Newsroom.
(by XRepublicTV)
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As online education companies track students’ behavior and experiment with different delivery methods, assumptions about effectiveness are being challenged.
(Source: emergentfutures)
For $1,650 a month, subscribers will soon be able to fly as much as they want between four California cities, NPR’s Wendy Kaufman reports. Members (not “customers”) will be able to board as many times as they want to travel between San Francisco, Monterey, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles
Smart Lenses on the horizon - Rabbit Wears Contact Lenses With Light-Emitting Diode
via Science Daily:
New Class of Transparent, Stretchable Electrodes — Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology (UNIST) has demonstrated that a live rabbit could wear contact lenses fitted with inorganic light-emitting diode with no side effects. This new class of hybrid transparent and stretchable electrode paves the way for flexible displays, solar cells, and electronics. […]
[read more @Science Daily, @io9 and @Researchsea] [UNIST] [paper] [Image by UNIST]
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Famed designer Jony Ive stepped in to lead the product’s visual design, and rumor has it that iOS will receive its first major visual refresh since it launched six years ago.
Photoshop Live - Street Retouch Prank
One Photoshop magician, one bus stop and lots of hidden cameras.
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