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A team of Australian scientists and wetsuit designers have developed a pair of anti-shark wetsuits that can camouflage swimmers from the colorblind fish or trick sharks into thinking whoever is in the wetsuit is poisonous. The ant-shark suits retail for about $500, according to The Daily Mail. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86FdOtw9W4U&feature=player_embedded Designers at the company Shark Attack Mitigation Systems (SAMS) and researchers from the University of Western Australia collaborated on the technology behind the project, which resulted in two wetsuit concepts: one with a blue pattern which cannot be seen by colorblind sharks, and another that utilizes a starkly contrasting stripe pattern that mimics the colors of poisonous fish.

Researchers in Switzerland say they have made microchips that  is capable of mimicking the way our brains process information, unlocking some of the mystery around how the world's most efficient computer functions. Scientists at the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, together with colleagues in Germany and the United States, created electronic systems comparable to a human brain both in size, speed and energy consumption, the university said in a statement late Monday. Just like the brain, their so-called neuromorphic chips are capable of processing and reacting to information in real-time, it said. "The challenge is to build something as close as possible to an actual brain," Giacomo Indiveri, a University of Zurich professor of Neuroinformatics and one of the researchers on the project, told AFP. Electronic systems in the past have been designed to react to their environments, as with blinds that automatically close when sunlight hits them. ...

Technology is moving so fast in the sense that new inventions are coming out every day. People are putting their brain to work and some are coming up with unimaginable ideas. Douglas Engelbart died recently at the age of 88. He was a great researcher and had major influence on what is happen in the world of technology today. He was know for his invention of computer mouse. Mr Engelbert invention unveil the eyes of many. His invention that one could move a device and in turn, cause movement on screen was bold and inspirational. His creation opened up new possibilities of how we could express our imagination on that screen in front of us, and his invention became an icon in the computer world. No one ever thought this piece of invention called mouse will ever fade away, as the need for computer started growing rapidly from the late twentieth century. However our era of mouse will soon be forgotten. The new world of mobile devices is fostering a generation that thinks of inter...

a man without self-control is like a city without walls. "Scriptures"   In the 14th century, in the land we now call Belgium, there was a duke by the name of Raynald III.. Raynald was grossly overweight and was commonly called by his Latin nickname, Crassus, which means "Fat." Now, it seems that Raynald had a violent quarrel with his younger brother Edward and Edward was so angry he led a successful revolt against him. But Edward did not kill Raynald. Instead, he built a room around Raynald in the Nieuwkerk castle and he promised his brother he could regain his title and property as soon as he was able to leave the room. The room had no bars on the windows and no lock on the doors. The only problem was that the door was smaller than normal size, and Raynald III could not squeeze through the opening and set himself free. This would not have been difficult for most people since the room had several windows and a door of near normal size, and none was locke...

If you are a fan of Nokia like me, it might interest you to know about some of the mind blowing features of the latest Nokia Lumia 1020: this phone comes with crazy amazing camera. This phone is for those who prizes camera features above all else. The Lumia 1020 features a 41-megapixel sensor. Packed in that bulging silver dollar are Zeiss optics with six physical lenses, plus optical stabilization. There are tiny ball bearings in this phone—you can hear them if you give the phone a jiggle—cushioning the camera and ensuring blur-free photos.