Electroactive Polymers (EAPs) have had relatively little exposure compared to other developments in the sceintific world. Basically they are malleable materials that respond to electrical stimilus in much the same way as muscles do. This referenced article discusses the challenge issued by a NASA engineer to anyone who could beat his EPA-based arm in an… Read More »Really Strong Plastic
Well Arnie is in and personnally I think he will do a great job over there in CA. His first press conference went really well and he’s handling the burning issues pretty good. His first major statement is that he won’t raise taxes (clich�?) and he’ll also repeal car tax. It will be interesting to… Read More »Well He Did Say He’d Be Back
Just picked up this snippet on Virtual Hurricanes or rather the new found ability using super computing to simulate extreme weather conditions such as hurricanes. I think that we will start to see a lot more of these chaotic simulation efforts as the research into GRID computing gains more momentum. At the moment such interest… Read More »Virtual Hurricanes
Just an observation but in recent times there has been several increases in the cost of ESB supply to residential and industrial clients. However, around the country and currently in Waterford for the last number of weeks, the street lights have been on constantly day and night. It’s not happening right across the city but… Read More »Perpetual Light
Well d’uh! It seems as though the operators have finally confessed to a bug in the GPRS system that allows mallicious attackers to discover users IP addresses and send them service content resulting in large bills for no reason. I’m just surprised that it has taken this long to surface. The model is fundamentally flawed… Read More »GPRS Exploit
In what one can only assume to be a direct reaction to the recent RIAA legal battle with illegal music sharing on the internet, the developers of peer-to-peer software are seeking copyright reform. I cannot really gather what reform they are seeking from this incrediby vague article but please give me a trackback or comment… Read More »P2P – To Be or not To Be