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Saturday, 18 October 2014

Nano drone swarm: Advanced tiny quadrotors stabilize mid-air, fly in strict formation (VIDEO)

Source: RT Screenshot from a YouTube video / user Vijay KumarNew and improved tiny quadrotors can now sustain collisions in mid-air and fly in leader-follower formations, protecting the head of the pack, according to a new research video released by University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Lab.Only 0.11 meters in size and weighing just 25 grams, the robots can fly up to six meters per second.New video shows robust collision resistance during flights....

U.S. pretense of humanitarian goals in Syria dropped: by dropping so-called 'Free Syrian Army'

Washington tacitly admits that the FSA or Free Syrian Army really stands for Fictitious Syrian Army. Yet another creation by those in the psychopathic seat of power who'll go to any lengths of chaos to achieve their ends. US President Barack Obama hosted a top-level war council this past week in Washington with the military leaders from 21 countries in attendance - under the official remit of coordinating tactics to defeat the Islamic State extremist...

Excessive Force? Three Colorado cops, one with a boot on his head, hold down and taser a 60 year old man

© Screen Capture The Lakeside Police Department in Colorado is facing scrutiny and backlash after a video of three officers man handling and tasing a 60 year old alleged shop lifter was uploaded online.The incident took place on Friday, after the suspect had fled a Walmart he is accused of stealing from and hid behind a dumpster across the street.Pete Ortega, the witness who recorded the incident, believes the officers used excessive force when...

UK entrepreneur plans first cashless supermarket

Easyjet entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou hopes the store (mock up teacher) will become the UK's leading cashless supermarket. It will sell low-cost unbranded food in cheap locations aimed at people 'on benefits' and in poorly-paid jobs.And, true to its founder's philosophy of offering pared-back, no-frills service, eventually it won't even take cash.EasyJet entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou has unveiled details for his first easyFoodstore budget...

Hurricane Ana floods roadways putting Hawaii's Big Island under Flash Flood Warning

Flash Flood Warning The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a Flash Flood Warning for the Big Island until 12 noon Saturday (Oct 18). At 9 a.m. rain gages at Kulani Cone above Glenwood showed heavy rain falling at two inches per hour. This area of heavy rain was nearly stationary. The heavy rains will continue to stream into the Ka'u and Puna districts over the next two to three hours.The Hawaii Police Department reports that Highway...

Pennsylvania mother charged after 'pulling her daughter's hair so hard it removed scalp from her skull'

Jailed: Brittany Ruck (above) is being held in jail after pulling her 6-year-old daughter's hair so hard that the young girl had her scalp separate from her skull and blood pool in her eyes. A young girl was admitted to the hospital after she allegedly suffered horrific abuse at the hands of her mother.Brittany Ruck, 25, of Conway, Pennsylvania, was so angry with her 6-year-old daughter's inability to count to 12 that she lifted the little girl...

Wales: Gwynedd Council agrees to Israel embargo in wake of bombardment, invasion of Gaza

© Walesnews.org.uk Gwynedd Councillors have agreed not to conduct future trade with Israel in the wake of the recent conflict in the Gaza Strip.In a full council meeting last week, councillor Owen Williams proposed a motion condemning Israel for the bombardment and ground invasion of the Palestinian territory.He said: "Following the latest attacks by the Israeli State on the territory of Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip, this council calls...

Best-ever portrait of Alexander the Great found?

© Greek Ministry of CultureThis is the full mosaic depicting the abduction of Persephone. The imposing mosaic unearthed in the burial mound complex at Amphipolis in northern Greece might contain the best-ever portrait of Alexander the Great as a young man, according to a new interpretation of the stunning artwork, which depicts the abduction of Persephone.It might also confirm previous speculation that the tomb belongs to Olympias, the mother of...

Idaho SWAT team storms community yard sale in front of customers, children

© Adam Worthington/KTVBThe Ada Metro SWAT team during the arrest of Troy Wheeler at a yard sale. Meridian - A SWAT team swarmed into a charity-based community yard sale pointing weapons and "scaring the heck out of" bystanders.The raid took place at the "Neighborhood Angel" yard sale in Meridian, Idaho, which annually sells donated items to benefit a young girl suffering from cancer. When a 39-year-old man arrived on a motorcycle to browse the tables...

Guantánamo force-feeding manual reveals gruesome practices

© John Moore / Getty ImagesA U.S. Navy doctor shows off a display of feeding tubes for detainees at the hospital in the Guantanamo Bay detention center, Cuba. Last week the U.S. government submitted to the District Court in Washington, D.C., the most recent standard operating procedures (SOPs) for force-feeding in the Guantánamo Bay detention facility. What remains of the documents, after redactions, is a shameful exercise in doublespeak that attempts...

Dozens of Bangladeshi 'slaves' rescued from jungle in Thailand

© BBC News Thai authorities have rescued dozens of Bangladeshis from a jungle, says the BBC.A BBC report said that they had been abducted and taken to Thailand to be sold as 'slaves'.The men were promised well-paid jobs, before being drugged, bound and kidnapped, the report said.The government in Thailand say they are trying to fight the slave trade, but have been accused of "dragging their heels" on the issue.The report, however, did not disclose...

80% of Bermuda without power as Hurricane Gonzalo hits

© Nicola Muirhead/ReutersBermuda's south shore is battered by heavy winds from Hurricane Gonzalo, which pounded the British territory Friday evening. Hurricane Gonzalo has hit Bermuda, cutting power to many residents.The category 2 hurricane caused flooding, felled trees, knocked down power lines and damaged buildings, including the island's main hospital.Wind speeds of up to 175km/h (110mph) were reported, making it the strongest storm to hit the...

Senior NSA official moonlighting for private cybersecurity firm

© Felix Clay/The GuardianThe National Security Agency has developed close ties with certain private cybersecurity businesses. The former director of the National Security Agency has enlisted the US surveillance giant's current chief technology officer for his lucrative cybersecurity business venture, an unusual arrangement undercutting Keith Alexander's assurances he will not profit from his connections to the secretive, technologically sophisticated...

At least 10 civilians, including children killed by U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria

© AP Photo/ U.S. Air Force, Shawn Nickel, FileIn this Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 file photo released by the US Air Force, a US Navy F-18E Super Hornet fighter jet receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over northern Iraq after conducting airstrikes in Syria as part of US-led coalition airstrikes on the Islamic State group and other targets in Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced Saturday that at least 10 Syrian civilians, among...

No consequences: Israel's moral hazard in the Gaza Strip

The passage in the British House of Commons of a resolution favoring recognition of a Palestinian state, coming on the heels of the Swedish government's announcement of its intention to extend such recognition, is the latest indicator of European disgust with Israeli policies. Recognizing a Palestinian state is, of course, an empty gesture as long as no such state exists on the ground, and the ground that would constitute such a state is under another...

Ebola - The true vaccine is knowledge of current state of affairs

© Sott.net reader There is no ethical way to conduct a study of anti-Ebola virus vaccines and drugs in humans. You can't intentionally inject individuals with a deadly virus and then give an inactive placebo pill to half of those who agree to participate as they do in most controlled human clinical studies. [Guardian UK Oct 10, 2014] An article published in Scientific American asked: "How do you test a human Ebola vaccine that works?" The answer:...
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