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Firesheep session hijacking tool makes public Wi-Fi useless

The Firesheep Firefox add-on created by Eric Butler intercepts browser cookies over open Wi-Fi networks to give users access to user accounts on HTTP sites, including Facebook and Twitter.

Mobile Technology

HP Slate 500 Tablet PC targets business users

The HP Slate 500 sports an 8.9-inch multi-touch display, integrated 802.11b/g/n WiFi (but not 3G) and Bluetooth 3.0 for connecting keyboards and other peripherals.

A molecule of fulvalene diruthenium, which changes its configuration when it absorbs heat, and later releases heat when it snaps back to its original shape (Image: Jeffrey Grossman)

Science

Understanding rare molecule could enable “rechargeable heat battery”

In figuring out how a molecule called fulvalene diruthenium works to store and release heat, researchers at MIT may have paved the way for a rechargeable battery that stores heat instead of electricity.

The universal gripper writing with a pen (Image: John Amend, Cornell University)

Robotics

Robotic gripper picks up objects using coffee grounds and a balloon (UPDATED: new video)

A team of researchers has bypassed the traditional human hand and fingers design to create a versatile gripper using everyday coffee grounds and a latex party balloon.

The Rock Lock loops a steel cable through any solid fixture or heavy equipment and then secures a guitar to it courtesy of a locking mechanism around the neck

Music

The Rock Lock helps protect your guitar from thieving hands

The Rock Lock loops a steel cable through any solid fixture or heavy equipment and then secures a guitar to it courtesy of a locking mechanism around the neck

Luxury personal mobility could become infinitely more flexible and without the need for massive capital investment thanks to the BMW scheme

Automotive

BMW pilots online car rental scheme

In a move with major ramifications for the global automotive industry, BMW has begun a pilot scheme renting its vehicles on an hourly basis over the internet.

China has launched its own online mapping service, called Tianditu.cn or "Map World

Science

China launches own online map service, borrows heavily from Google

China has launched its own online mapping service, called Tianditu.cn or "Map World."

Bob Dullam and his Batmobile Tumbler replica

Automotive

Kapow! The home-built Dark Knight Batmobile

A movie props maker has created his own fully-functioning Dark Knight Batmobile from scratch.

The new heliostats being installed to create a solar thermal field at CSIRO's Solar Energy Centre in Newcastle (Image: CSIRO)

Environment

New solar thermal tower power plant being built that requires only sun and air

A new type of solar thermal field, tower and research facility is being built in Australia that requires only air and the sun, making it ideal for parts of the world that receive minimal rainfall.

The Cobra 7750 Platinum navigation unit is designed for truck drivers, it features a large 7" screen, 3D map renderings of difficult intersections and 33,000 trucker points of interest

Automotive

Cobra's 7750 Platinum 7-inch nav unit for truck drivers

The Cobra 7750 Platinum navigator has a 7" screen and 33,000 points of interest for truckers

Both wheels are carbon fiber, while the Renard Grand Tourer's lightweight aircraft aluminum components are designed and modeled in 3D, then milled from a solid block by CNC machines.

Motorcycles

The US$96,000 Carbon Fiber Renard GT

Estonia is not a country known for motorcycles, but the reemergence of a pre-WW2 motorcycle brandname could change all that. Tallinn-based Renard Motorcycles will begin production of its GT next year.

Solar particles interact with Earth's magnetosphere

Astronomy

NASA’s Solar Shield to mitigate damage to power grid from severe solar storms

A new NASA project called “Solar Shield” is working to develop a forecasting system that can mitigate the impacts of severe solar storms on North American power grids.

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