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Security Camera System Busts Homeless Woman Who Lived Undetected in a Man's Closet For a Year

A homeless woman in Japan was recently busted by the police for trespassing after the man who had been unknowingly harboring her began to notice that food was disappearing from his kitchen. To discover the source of the problem, he had security cameras installed that transmitted images to his cellphone. It wasn't long before the cameras captured someone moving in his home, so he called the police who proceeded to thoroughly search the premises. They eventually found a woman cowering in the closet who later revealed that she had been living there for a year. More »

8:00 PM on Fri May 30 2008
By Sean Fallon
32,242 views, 75 comments

Latest by n/a: It makes you wonder about those noises in the night that you dismiss as bugs outside your window or the wind...how many homeless people are among us really? *walks upstairs to check closet* perhaps it's time to invest in an infra red more »

fuzzywuzzymodo

Eagle With Prosthetic Beak Will Be Better, Stronger, Faster

In much the same way that science came to the rescue for a tail-less dolphin, a very dedicated group of volunteers is working hard to develop a robo-beak for one unfortunate eagle. "Beauty" was the victim of a hunter's bullet a number of years ago, leaving her unable to clutch or tear at food. Over the course of the last two years, a crack team composed of mechanical engineers, dentists, and veterinarians has been assembled to design and attach a lightweight nylon-composite beak formed using molds made from computer models. More »

3:00 PM on Mon May 5 2008
By Sean Fallon
12,699 views, 43 comments

Latest by n/a: @colorspace01: Um, first, where did you get the $100 billion + tax burden for Exxon? Doesn't seem to fit. Second, remember that companies do not pay taxes, really. They pass the cost of that right on to you and me and more »

jet car

800 Mph Jet Car Needs Just One Thing More: A Pilot

Think you've got what it takes to out-do Wing Commander Andy Green and the 763 mph land speed World-record set by Thrust SSC? Well, the team at North American Eagle may have a spot behind the controls for you: they've launched an open contest for the driver of their vehicle. The crazy red car looks a shade like an F-104 Starfighter, you say? Well, that's because it actually is one. With wheels. For going along the ground, faster than the speed of sound. More »

8:25 AM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Kit Eaton
10,858 views, 47 comments

Latest by n/a: i saw this one before, the coyote does not make it. todays trivia: the original F-104 had a downward firing ejection seat. makes for great low altitude ejection fun. more »

apple

Apple Sued for Time Machine Patent Infringement

Another day, another patent lawsuit for Apple. This time they're being sued by the firm Mirror Worlds. The patents at issue deal with a "document stream operating system," which means files are stored in a chronologically ordered stream, and whoa, are archived automatically. Sounds like Time Machine, even though the suit doesn't name Time Machine explicitly. In fact the whole suit's rather vague, except they say that Apple knew about their patents back in 2001. But like most patent suits, this one will probably go quietly into the night. [Ars, USPTO]

2:32 PM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By matt buchanan
2,479 views, 23 comments

Latest by Worf: Actually, source code control (which keeps documents in chronological order), has been around nearly from the beginning of UNIX computing - SCCS was one of the first code control systems, and was around in the mid-70s... And I'm sure many companies more »

lego masters

Giant LEGO B-1B Bomber Escorted by Fighters, Hawkeye Aircraft

This stunning 1:36 scale B-1B bomber is made of about 8,000 LEGO blocks, beating the Millennium Falcon's 5,195. Created with no special pieces, it has movable wings and retractable landing gear, just like the rest of its companions: one Russian plane, the SU-27 Flanker, and two classic US aircraft, the E-2C Hawkeye and the now infamous F-15. We talked with Ralph Savelsberg, the LEGO master behind them (you asked for these interviews), about how he builds them. Read the interview after the jump, along with a huge gallery.

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1:00 PM on Thu Feb 14 2008
By Jesus Diaz
62,305 views, 32 comments

Latest by akmarksman: thats cool stuff. more »

crash

F-15 Eagle Literally Breaking Apart


As part of the ongoing investigation on the accident that has nearly one third of the US F-15 Eagle fleet grounded, Boeing Phantom Works has released this simulation reconstructing the "structural failure of a US Air National Guard F-15C, caused by fatigue cracking of a forward fuselage longeron, slowed down to one-fifth the actual speed of the event!" In other words: "ZOMG! The cockpit broke apart!" Fortunately, the pilot survived the extremely violent accident, which is amazing although not as incredible as the Israeli pilot who managed to land his Eagle after a crash ripped off an entire wing:
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4:30 AM on Mon Jan 14 2008
By Jesus Diaz
26,079 views, 60 comments

Latest by whiteknight89: @middy: I don't think anyone else mentioned this, but Marx wasn't a communist in the way China and Russia were communist. His ideas were so different, that he even said that he was not a Marxist. Look it up, we more »

security

Raytheon's 360-Degree Image Sensor Provides Unswerving All-Around View

In like very single movie, the ninja outsmarts the security system by waiting until the motorized camera pans the other way. Well what if, asks Raytheon, what if the camera didn't have to swerve? Parabolic mirrors and other devices have been used to create 360-degree cameras before. (I once shot footage on one in Grand Central Terminal back in 1999, and used software to de-distort the shot into a nice pannable interactive movie.) But the Eagle-300 takes it further: the sensor itself can see in all directions, for better resolution at longer ranges. Right now, this thing is only coveted by border security firms run by people with (seriously not made-up) names like Harry "Skipper" Darlington IV, but how soon until this breakthrough can give us that 360-degree cameraphone we truly deserve? [Raytheon; Hydra image source]

11:07 AM on Wed Dec 19 2007
By Wilson Rothman
3,020 views, 4 comments

Latest by tblain: it's not a camera, it's a sensor. Which means it's an advanced RADAR that can detect locate and track objects. I think the confusion comes from the DVR reference. It just records the data and can be "rewound" in more »

legal eagle

Justice Department Says $222,000 Damages Awarded to RIAA in File-Sharing Suit Not "Obviously Unreasonable"

The Department of Justice says that the $222,000 verdict—over $9,000 a song—Jammie Thomas got slapped with for file-sharing when she (somewhat feebly via her weak evidence) went up against the recording industry lawsuit machine is not unconstitutionally excessive. More »

6:20 PM on Tue Dec 4 2007
By Matt Buchanan
7,471 views, 52 comments

legal eagle

Microsoft Cries Uncle in Europe, Will Give Up Code to Competitors

After nine years of back and forth and a small country's GDP in fines for antitrust violations, Microsoft's finally caving to EU antitrust regulators by giving code to competitors it's fought to keep to itself after a 2004 European Commission directive to hand it over. A ruling last month by the EU's second-highest court affirmed the EU's right to force powerhouse companies to share intellectual property with competitors in order to level the playing field, which purportedly led Ballmer to fly to Europe to cut the deal. More »

4:00 PM on Mon Oct 22 2007
By Matt Buchanan
2,903 views, 35 comments

Latest by n/a: @clarkjw: Yeah, Microsoft doesn't have to sell their software to the EU. They should just stop selling the software if the EU has a problem with it. This will probably increase piracy, but there are still people that will more »

legal eagle

Verizon Hit With Lawsuit Hammer for Overstating FiOS TV Subscribers

It seems the FiOS TV subscriber numbers in the NYC region haven't quite hit what Verizon has hoped—or has even said. An ad company's suing Verizon for publishing allegedly inflated numbers of FiOS TV subscribers that lump in "pending" customers with current subscribers, allowing it to boost ad rates. More »

3:50 PM on Thu Oct 4 2007
By Matt Buchanan
2,821 views, 14 comments

beauty product

The Loit Eagle Audio System with CD Player Looks Gorgeous, May be Art

Russian design-meister Art Lebedev has got something to do with this audio system, which consists of a high-end CD player sitting atop a triangular, uber-minimalist amplifier. More pics, including one of the classiest remotes I've ever seen, below. More »

9:21 AM on Mon Sep 10 2007
By AddyDugdale
8,088 views, 21 comments

Latest by mstolfe: i want to touch it, lick it, and groupe it just as i did with the iPod touch. more »

The former head of allofmp3.com was acquitted in a Russian court, avoiding both fat fines and jailtime. Of course, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (repping EMI, NBC and Time Warner in the case) is planning to appeal. [CNN]

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Circuit City is irked about seeing their weekly ads up on Cheap Ass Gamer and DVD Talk before they hit the Sunday papers, especially the one that revealed the PS3 price drop—they've subpoenaed both sites for info about the leaker. [Kotaku]

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gps camera of death

Black Eagle GPS Video Logs Car Crashes

When the Korea-only Black Eagle GPS detects a deceleration of 1.1G or more, it assumes you've plowed into a tree or car, and saves an 18-second video clip of the collision. (12 seconds before, pulled from a cache, and 6 seconds after.) It also has sensors for lane changes. I'm not sure I'd want this incriminating AV evidence on my dash, which also reports your speed before impact. More »

9:10 PM on Wed Jul 18 2007
By Brian Lam
3,981 views, 10 comments

gadgets

Lego Weapons: Realistic Enough to Hold Up a Liquor Store

You can create just about anything with Legos, but now we direct your attention to a subset of the Lego-building posse: These guys make guns. The one pictured on the left could even be kinda dangerous, shooting what its maker calls "very strong rubber bands," albeit one at a time. More »

8:01 AM on Fri Jan 26 2007
By Charlie White
11,100 views, 16 comments