"Sky News reports that the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) has launched
an orbital telescope on a new generation rocket from the Uchinoura Space
Centre in Kagoshima, in southwestern Japan. The Epsilon rocket uses an onboard AI for autonomous launch checks by the rocket itself (launch video).
A product of renewed focus on reducing costs, the new vehicle required
two laptops and a launch team of eight, compared to the 150 people
needed to launch the previous platform, the M-5. Because of the reduced
launch team and ease of construction, production and launch costs of the Epsilon are roughly half that of the M-5. The payload, a SPRINT-A telescope, is designed for planetary observation."
Napolean Dynamite says, "Idiot."
A Louisiana high school student has been arrested for using a mobile app to simulate shooting his classmates.
The app overlays an FPS-style gun and UI over a real background seen
through the device's camera. The student tried it out and then unwisely
posted a video of it on YouTube. Another student's parent saw the video and reported it to authorities.
Major Wolfe of the local police said, "You can't ignore it. We don't
know at what time that game becomes reality. He said it was a result of
him being frustrated and tired of being bullied. He said that he had no
intentions of hurting anybody. We have to take all threats seriously
and we have no way of knowing that without investigating and getting to
the bottom of it. With all the school shooting we've had in the United
States, it's just not a very good game to be playing at this time." The
boy is now facing criminal charges for terrorizing and interference of
the operation of a school.
I can fly!
"Pandora has been the standard for internet radio since it launched in 2000, and just announced the appointment of new CEO Brian McAndrews.
They claim they're not worried about Apple, but iTunes' massive user
base (575 million), content deals, and cheaper pricing options should
give them legitimate reason for concern. Can Pandora survive iTunes Radio? Do a-la-carte options like Spotify make any internet radio service irrelevant?"
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