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Technology

New York State Wants to Put Emergency Alerts in Your Online Games

By Jeremy Hsu Posted on 11.25.2009 12 Comments
Imagine playing a frantic session of the video game Modern Warfare 2 in the virtual ruins of suburban USA, and suddenly seeing a scrolling message that announces a real manmade or natural disaster appear on the TV. Such a meta-experience may soon arrive via your Xbox, PlayStation or Wii, because New York State officials have begun testing a plan for emergency alert broadcasts over online gaming networks.

11.27.2009 at 10:08pm - Comment by BraverThought

how about instead of on our tv's and radio's its in our cell phones. could be less anoying, altho i dont see any need to be warned of an event that has already occured. Not like i can stop an attack thats 10 states away. Scare tactics to kids playing games? who knows. I say leave the gamers alone, Plus useing phones, and phones haveing gps these days, You can warn people remote to the issue instead of everyone in the usa that a ship sank in the ocean.
Cars

Weird-Looking German Supercar Breaks Nürburgring Record

By Mike Spinelli Posted on 8.20.2009 18 Comments
The Gumpert Apollo Speed may be uglier than a naked mole rat (please, don't Google the rat, trust me), but it's also ridiculously fast. So fast, indeed, that the Apollo this week set the fastest lap time of any production car around German's legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife. Why does that matter? It proves some people will never stop manipulating physics for purposes of speed, no matter how much time others spend on fuel efficiency. Twenty-six-year-old racing driver Florian Gruber did the lap in 7:11.57, taking a 10-second bite out of the Dodge Viper's record of 7:22.1.

8.23.2009 at 02:21am - Comment by BraverThought

This car is very aerodynamic. The very design makes it huge the ground so you can take corners at insane speeds. Anyone can design to cut through the air, but its the control that matters.
Science

Creationists Vs. Evolutionists (Round, Like, 1,000)

By Christine Cyr Posted on 3.25.2009 24 Comments
Today, scientists and educators across the country are watching Texas. Why? Because the Texas Board of Education begins a three-day public testimony today to decide whether the phrase “truths and weaknesses” should be included in the state’s science standards when discussing evolution. On Friday, the 15-member board will likely vote on whether this language should be included in textbooks, and their decision could sway how evolution is taught in biology classes around the country.

3.30.2009 at 01:42am - Comment by BraverThought

I would agree with both bdhoro87 and Killer99 here. evolution is just another part of a never ending puzzle. Religions fight and kill over their belief. science can prove evolution. war cant prove who is right.
Science

Creationists Vs. Evolutionists (Round, Like, 1,000)

By Christine Cyr Posted on 3.25.2009 24 Comments
Today, scientists and educators across the country are watching Texas. Why? Because the Texas Board of Education begins a three-day public testimony today to decide whether the phrase “truths and weaknesses” should be included in the state’s science standards when discussing evolution. On Friday, the 15-member board will likely vote on whether this language should be included in textbooks, and their decision could sway how evolution is taught in biology classes around the country.

3.26.2009 at 03:27am - Comment by BraverThought

this argument is about as stupid as having 15 people vote on what millions of kids will be taught. why is it so hard to believe whats in front of our eyes. You can prove it. when you can feel, taste, see, hear. I cant feel, taste, see, or hear anything that would make me think EXISTENCE would only be 10,000 years old. sad thing is, There IS more than one RELIGION, ALL of which date back to different times. most of them date back more than 10,000 years ago. What none scientific proof, proves which is supposedly correct. NONE!! it makes me sick.
Science

What a Difference 200,000 Years Makes

By Molika Ashford Posted on 3.17.2009 7 Comments
Peking Man, a group of Homo erectus discovered in the 1920’s near Beijing (then Peking), China, has been back in the spotlight over the last few days. A new estimate from American and Chinese scientists dates the fossils (and their associated population of Peking men and women) 200,000 years older than earlier measurements. The researchers reported their finding on the cover of last week’s Nature.

3.26.2009 at 02:53am - Comment by BraverThought

qlmmb2086 maybe read patrickshaw post again cause he said in quote, "To quote you..." "<-- is a quotation mark... see how this next sentence is beginning and ending with that symbol. "This would be better than coming up with wild theories then teaching them to our kids, perpetuating falsehood." yea, that was the quote. patrickshaw didn't say that genXer was saying anything about "the creationist theories" Anyway, genXer, The article is only giving an estimate with the current technology. "Even with this new date, researchers cage their estimate within a possible margin of 50,000 years in either direction." If you feel that god buried the group "Peking Man" to test our faith, you just go a head and believe that. But that's not something I want taught in schools. And yes SCIENCE will be accurate enough to determine these dates of things someday. Maybe try and do some of your own research about things... like time line of inventions.
Entertainment & Gaming

The Real Danger of Violent Video Games

By Posted on 4.2.2009 22 Comments
Everyone knows Halo gamers don't sleep. But now a group of scientists in Sweden have published new research linking violent video games to increased heart rate variability and sleep disruptions.

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12.8.2008 at 11:46pm - Comment by BraverThought

any activity that makes your mind race, is going to make your heart race. doesn't matter violent or non violent. play golf, it wont race, hit a hole in one and its racing. its how the mind works and this study is nothing but bs if you ask me. Im a gamer proud to be one too. love strategy games, if you want a study, study if games make you smarter. i feel i am better at management because i play games i manage units, income, resources, ext. I enjoy it. thats why its entertainment. cheap entertainment at that. But this forum seems to be havening a better study of the subject than the study it self. And no there isn't an age limit. anyone can enjoy a video game, board game, tv, movie, going fishing or camping, playing some football or what ever. as long as your doing something your brain should be evolving to a better form. unless you do drugs and rot it all away. than its devolving. Open your mind, or you might as well be a wild animal.
Icon A5

By Posted on 11.11.2008 Comments
Intended for novice fliers who have received the FAA’s new, more accessible sport-pilot license, the A5 is a low-cost, seaworthy, easy-to-fly, easy-to-store aircraft that aims to bring personal flight to the masses. This sleek floatplane has folding wings that make it compact enough to tow home and stow in your garage. To make it simple for even the greenest pilots to fly, the A5 uses a sports-car-like instrument panel with GPS navigation and minimal instrumentation. The 100-horsepower engine can run on unleaded gas, so it can refuel at most marinas.

12.8.2008 at 11:38pm - Comment by BraverThought

cant wait to see one of these fly into the airport i work at. It will be interesting to see how many people buy them. And i bet a lot of people will buy one, therefor, hopefully lower the cost so more people could buy one. seeing as how well they designed the icon a5, i cant wait to see how they design some kind of jet propelled aircraft.
Technology

A Silent Electric Plane

By Amanda Schupak Posted on 12.4.2008 26 Comments
In August, at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Randall Fishman’s ElectraFlyer-C made a virtually silent pass over the audience at a mere 200 feet. What they were seeing (but not hearing) might be the world’s first fully electric-powered airplane—representing, said one EAA official, “a groundbreaking technology that would be aviation’s first true alternative to a fossil-fuel engine.”

12.6.2008 at 04:28am - Comment by BraverThought

um, i work at an airport, and if this has an hour of battery, than, 15min to take off. taxi and such. and very unsafe cause sometimes it takes a few times to land with cross winds. If you have to re rout to a dif airport its not going to make it. if you do take a few times to land. each circle could take a good 5 min. this really isnt safe. kinda a good idea but an hour isnt much when it comes to safty. so i would say keep trying.
Gadgets

A House That Walks

By John Brandon Posted on 11.6.2008 19 Comments
Houses are normally fairly stationary objects, and that's not considered a bad thing. But innovation never stands still, and a new prototype house that can walk on six legs has been built . The house is ten feet high, powered by solar panels, and is outfitted with a kitchen, toilet, bed, and wood stove. Last week, the house, a collaboration between MIT and the Danish design collective N55, took a journey through Cambridgeshire in England as part of an art project at the Wysing Art Center. Designed to move at the muscle speed of a human, the house walked at about five kilometers an hour around the 11-acre campus. (See video)

11.27.2008 at 01:48am - Comment by BraverThought

what if your are in the situation that its a bit icy, and your on a slope? how do you stop.