Introducing Computer Engineer Barbie

Mattel just unveiled Barbie’s 125th and 126th careers – and by popular demand, Winter 2010 will bring us (along with News Anchor Barbie, much less interesting) Computer Engineer Barbie! The Society of Women Engineers and the National Academy of Engineering worked with Mattel on designing her wardrobe and accessories. It’s a little over-the-top (binary and […]

Card payment verification has “major” security loophole

The card payment industry has rejected claims by British researchers that a system used for validating in-person payments has a major security flaw. Computer scientists at Cambridge University have been investigating the “chip and pin” system. That’s a branding name used in the country for EMV (Europay, Mastercard and Visa), a technology used increasingly around […]

Death Star Destroys Mosquito in Mid-Flight

If once again Bill Gates decides to unleash a swarm of mosquitoes at this year’s TED conference, former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold will be ready for him. Designed from parts obtained on eBay by scientists at Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures Laboratory, this Death Star-like laser gun can track and destroy mosquitoes in mid-flight. The main goal […]

From TED: How Should We Approach the War on Cancer?

By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] Back in April we published “The Cure for Cancer“ and got a fantastic response from our readers.  It seems you folks are really interested in the topics of cancer science and cancer research.  Maybe because, unlike other diseases, cancer eventually effects everyone because it is a “disease of […]