The First Android Ever, the HTC G1, Gets ICS Port

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The First Android Ever, the HTC G1, Gets ICS Port

via xda-developers by admin on 11/24/11

Whether you have an Android phone that is old or new, chances are that you can find an Android 4.0 port for it on XDA-Developers. Today we got word that XDA Recognized Developer jcarrz1 has developed a partially-working ICS port for the original HTC G1. While WiFi, Bluetooth, and screen rotation isn't working, everything else seems to be functioning. If you have the original G1 and want to usher it into modern times with the latest version of Android, check out the discussion thread.

 

 

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The sofa is here

The sofa has arrived :D

'Space camouflage' coating claim

 

 

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'Space camouflage' coating claim

via BBC News - Home on 11/22/11

Engineers claim a black carbon nanotube coating could be used to conceal objects in deep space from detection.

 

 

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Alien rats take on prey's role

http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-15738837
The struggle of the alien rats :p
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Europe and crisis for democracy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-15754521
The age of the technocracy. WoD ftw
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South Park Renewed Through Season 20!

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South Park Renewed Through Season 20!

via South Park Studios News on 11/2/11

SOUTH PARK" RENEWED THROUGH SEASON 20!

CREATORS TREY PARKER AND MATT STONE
AGREE TO KEEP THE ICONIC SERIES IN ORIGINAL EPISODES THROUGH 2016
Season 15 Finale Premieres Tonight At 10:00 P.M.

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All-New Season 15 Episodes Available In HD Exclusively On Xbox
LIVE, iTunes, Sony
PlayStation Network, Amazon Video On Demand
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New York, November 16, 2011 - Trey Parker and Matt Stone have reached a new deal with COMEDY CENTRAL to extend cable's longest-running animated series, "South Park," it was announced today by Michele Ganeless, president, COMEDY CENTRAL. The deal for three additional seasons ensures the top-rated Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series will remain in original episodes through 2016 and a milestone 20th season. Parker and Stone will continue to write, direct and edit every episode of "South Park," as they have since the premiere of the series in 1997.

"The collective genius of Matt and Trey knows no bounds," said Ganeless. "Week after week and season after season they continue to surprise and delight 'South Park' fans, and that includes all of us here at COMEDY CENTRAL. We're thrilled that the adventures of Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman will continue through 2016."

"COMEDY CENTRAL has been our home for 15 years and we love working there," said Parker and Stone. "'South Park' is a blast and we can't wait to make more."

Recently voted "The Greatest Animated TV Series" in a poll conducted by Entertainment Weekly, "South Park," which wraps its 15th season tonight, averaged over 3.5 million viewers per episode during its most recent season (most current data), in which it was the #1 show in all of television among Men 18-24 in Wednesday Prime and the #1 show in cable among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Adults 18-24, Men 18-34 and Men 18-24 in Wednesday Prime. The series has also accumulated 35 million fans on Facebook, making it the most-liked series in cable and the #3 series in all of television.

"South Park" launched on August 13, 1997 and premiered its 15th season on April 27, 2011.Co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are executive producers, along with Anne Garefino, of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning "South Park." Frank C. Agnone II is the supervising producer. Eric Stough, Adrien Beard, Bruce Howell and Vernon Chatman are producers. "South Park's" Web site is www.southparkstudios.com. The series airs Wednesday nights at 10:00 p.m. and repeats later that night at midnight (all times ET/PT).

 

 

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Intel outs new single chip capable of teraflop performance

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Intel outs new single chip capable of teraflop performance

via SlashGear by Shane McGlaun on 11/16/11

I've been piddling with tech since I was in grade school. Thinking back to that old Tandy computer I had as a kid and comparing it to the 6-core beast we have on desktops today it's amazing how tech has changed over the decades. I often wonder what sort of tech my kids will be toting around 20 years from now. Intel has a new chip that hits at what the future will be like.

The latest chip from Intel is a 1-teraflop beast that has over 50-cores. Intel is testing the processor inside a computer at the SC11 supercomputer conference in Seattle. The little chip that is pushing out so much performance is the size of a matchbook and called Knights Ferry. The architecture of the chip is called many integrated core or MIC.

To put a bit of perspective on the teraflop number, that means that the chip is capable of a trillion floating-point operations per second. The photo above is of a slide from the presentation that sums things up nicely. The Knights Bridge chip needs a single PCIe slot to hit 1TF. Back in 1997 to hit 1TF performance took 9,298 Pentium II Xeon processors and 72 cabinets. How's that for progress?

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Intel 4004, world's first commercial microprocessor, celebrates 40th birthday

 

 

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Intel 4004, world's first commercial microprocessor, celebrates 40th birthday, ages gracefully

via Engadget by Amar Toor on 11/15/11

Pull out the candles and champagne, because the Intel 4004 is celebrating a major birthday today -- the big four-oh. That's right, it's been exactly four decades since Intel unveiled the world's first commercially available CPU, with an Electronic News ad that ran on November 15th, 1971. It all began in 1969, when Japan's Nippon Calculating Machine Corporation asked Intel to create 12 chips for its Busicom 141-PF calculator. With that assignment, engineers Federico Faggin, Ted Hoff and Stanley Mazor set about designing what would prove to be a groundbreaking innovation -- a 4-bit, 16-pin microprocessor with a full 2,300 MOS transistors, and about 740kHZ of horsepower. The 4004's ten micron feature size may seem gargantuan by contemporary standards, but at the time, it was rather remarkable -- especially considering that the processor was constructed from a single piece of silicon. In fact, Faggin was so proud of his creation that he decided to initial its design with "FF," in appropriate recognition of a true work of art. Hit up the coverage links below for more background on the Intel 4004, including a graphic history of the microprocessor, from the Inquirer.

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11/07/11 PHD comic: 'I've looked at it'

 

 

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11/07/11 PHD comic: 'I've looked at it'

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Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham		www.phdcomics.com
title: "I've looked at it" - originally published 11/7/2011 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE!

 

 

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No rhinos remain in West Africa

http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-15663982

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White House denies alien contact

The fact that the US government (it already sounds as a conspiracy) needed a formal declaration rather than a simple dismissal of the issue is proof by itself that it not only has proof for extraterrestrial life, but indication that there has been also contact, treaties and non-disclosure agreements with the aliens.

 

 

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White House denies alien contact

via BBC News - Home on 11/8/11

The US government has formally declared it has no knowledge of the existence of extraterrestrial life, in response to petitions submitted to the White House.

 

 

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Tui prepares for Greek euro exit

I love business continuity :D

Always be prepared

 

 

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Tui prepares for Greek euro exit

via BBC News - Home on 11/6/11

German tour operator Tui asks hotels in Greece to sign new contracts specifying how bills will be paid if Greece leaves the euro.

 

 

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Carmack: Doom 3's engine ready for open-sourcing, awaiting 'OK' from legal

http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/01/carmack-doom-3s-engine-ready-for-open-sourcing-awaiting-ok/
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HTC grabs lead in US smartphone sales

http://feeds.slashgear.com/~r/slashgear/~3/1W4nMvp6_FU/
HTC FTW
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NASA developing tractor beams, no plans for Death Star... yet (video)

 

 

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NASA developing tractor beams, no plans for Death Star... yet (video)

via Engadget by James Trew on 11/1/11

Fully functional LightSabre aside, a tractor beam has to be high on most geek wish-lists; lucky for you NASA has started working on one. Before you drop your sandwich (or whatever that object in your left hand is), this won't be for sucking up star cruisers, but the more modest task of sample and space dust collection. The basic concept has already been proven, but now NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist has given boffins $100,000 to make the dream a reality. Three potential methods are already on the table, which in lay-terms resemble laser tweezers, a light vortex and a conceptual rippling beam. Once developed, it could signal the end of traditional mechanical sample collecting -- and just plain luck -- consigning robotic arms to the history books. Check the video after the break for science-tastic mock up of how it might work.

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Greece PM faces party rebellion

The Clan's are marching 'gainst the Law
Bagpipers play the tunes of war
Death or glory I will find
Rebellion on my mind
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Greece PM faces party rebellion

via BBC News - Home on 11/1/11

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou should resign, say six leading members of his party, as one MP defects and the opposition calls for early elections.

 

 

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10/31/11 PHD comic: 'Division of Labor'

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10/31/11 PHD comic: 'Division of Labor'

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title: "Division of Labor" - originally published 10/31/2011 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE!

 

 

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Russian clocks stay on summertime

http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-15512177
Who needs daylight either ways.. it's overrated.
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What is the definition of the credit (or debit) card in C/C++?

typedef Money * creditCard;

Eurozone: Now for the hard work

The eurozone as a superstate..
I really like the idea of Greece being the analogue of Florida (a.k.a. the sunshine state), when comparing the two countries (i.e. the US and the EU :P).
Greece ain't got something like Cape Canaveral, but it has an impressive history.

 

 

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Eurozone: Now for the hard work

via BBC News - Home on 10/27/11

Eurozone leaders have delivered a rescue package with more detail than investors feared it would, but which is less ambitious than they would ideally like to see.

 

 

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Asus Transformer Prime tablet snapped with new keyboard dock in tow

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Asus Transformer Prime tablet snapped with new keyboard dock in tow

via SlashGear by Shane McGlaun on 10/27/11

Like many geeks today, we have a soft spot for tablets. Not just any tablet mind you, only tablets that are cool. The new Asus Transformer Prime tablet is certainly cool and the tablet has turned up in some new pictures. The new pics show the tablet with a new keyboard dock. We don't have all the details on the Transformer Prime at this point, but we do have a bunch of rumors about what the tablet will have inside.

The Prime is expected to sport a quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 chip inside and run the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS. The tablet has an aluminum frame and the big feature is the keyboard dock that turns the tablet into a notebook so you can type faster and more comfortably. The keyboard the dock uses appears to be your standard Asus fare with chicklet keys and an irritatingly small right shift key.

Other things about the tablet include a 10-inch screen, audio ports, micro-HDMI output and a microSD card slot. The official announcement and full specs of the machine are expected on November 9. I hope the tablet lives up to the rumors and doesn't cost a fortune, it looks pretty cool.

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NASUM Is Back!

http://www.metalreviews.com/news/article.php4?id=2351
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Τα 45 σχολεία που θα λειτουργήσουν ως πρότυπα ανακοίνωσε το υπουργείο Παιδείας

Ανάβρυτα FTW \m/

 

 

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Τα 45 σχολεία που θα λειτουργήσουν ως πρότυπα ανακοίνωσε το υπουργείο Παιδείας

via In.gr Νέα: Ελλάδα on 10/25/11

Πέντε μήνες μετά την ψήφιση του σχετικού νόμου, το υπουργείο Παιδείας έδωσε στη δημοσιότητα τη λίστα με τα 45 σχολεία που θα λειτουργήσουν ως πρότυπα. Η σχετική επιλογή έγινε από τη Διοικούσα Επιτροπή Πρότυπων Πειραματικών Σχολείων. Πρόκειται για 15 ολοήμερα δημοτικά, 15 γυμνάσια και 15 λύκεια σε όλη τη χώρα.

 

 

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Windows XP turns 10, enjoys its golden years and slow transition into retire...

Happy birthday XP :P

 

 

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Windows XP turns 10, enjoys its golden years and slow transition into retirement

via Engadget by Terrence O'Brien on 10/25/11

It's hard to believe that it was ten years ago today that Windows XP first hit retail shelves. It's even more astonishing when you realize that it was still the most popular operating system in the world until the beginning of this month. The sun may finally be setting on the stalwart OS that has powered countless home and business PCs (it crossed the 400 million mark way back in 2006), but it's still number two -- right behind it's youngest brother Windows 7 and well ahead of the black sheep, Vista. Sure, our relationship with Microsoft's OS has had its ups and downs, but it's clear we've developed an attachment to the ol' bird. After all, consumer demand kept it shipping on PCs until late 2010 and Redmond has pledged to support it until April 8th of 2014. If nothing else, XP will be remembered for its incredible resilience.

[Thanks, Jacob]

Windows XP turns 10, enjoys its golden years and slow transition into retirement originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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John McCarthy Dies, Age 84

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Nuclear-powered aircraft so large other aircraft can land on them

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Nuclear-powered aircraft so large other aircraft can land on them in our future?

via SlashGear by Shane McGlaun on 10/25/11

This is a very wild idea to me and I don't think that many people would get behind the idea of an aircraft powered by a conventional nuclear reactor. However, if it were a new kind of nuclear energy that produces little radiation the support for a massive aircraft powered by a reactor using low energy nuclear reaction or LENR technology might make such an aircraft possible. LENR has been researched for decades and according to NASA Langley energy expert Joe Zawodny experimental evidence has proven LENR might be an extremely clean energy source.

The hope is that a LENR reactor might be fitted inside an extremely large aircraft that would stay in flight on a semi-permanent basis. The aircraft would fly using its LENR power plant with a normal chemical fuel reservoir for backup energy. The aircraft in the concept drawing above has two landing strips on its back. The flying machine has such a massive size that other normally sized aircraft could take off from the ground, land on the back of the giant LENR aircraft and then fly close to their destination.

Once near their destination the conventional aircraft could take back off from the back of the giant LENR machine and then land on the ground. The thought is that an air transport scheme like this could save 40% of the fuel required for a conventional flight on a 1000km route and on a longer 10,000km route; the savings could be as high as 85-90%. That sounds pretty good to me, but we have a long way to go before a LENR aircraft can prowl the skies. The main problem is that so far no LENR device has been demonstrated that can be turned on and off at will.

[via Aviationweek]

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Cellphones are dangerous / not dangerous: Danish study tilts toward the latter

 

 

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Cellphones are dangerous / not dangerous: Danish study tilts toward the latter

via Engadget by Amar Toor on 10/25/11

Chalk one up for the chatterboxes. In a study spanning 18 years and more than 350,000 test subjects, researchers in Denmark have found no connection between cellphone usage and brain cancer. The landmark project, carried out by Denmark's Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, was published online last week in the British Medical Journal, and is just the latest in a series of similarly optimistic studies. Of the 358,403 cellphone owners examined, only 356 were found to have a brain tumor, while 856 were diagnosed with cancer of the central nervous system -- percentages that are comparable to those seen among non-mobile users. Even among long-term cellphone owners (13 years or more), incidence rates were not significantly higher than those observed among the general population. Hazel Nunn, head of evidence and health information at Cancer Research UK, described the study as "the strongest evidence yet that using a mobile phone does not seem to increase the risk of cancers of the brain or central nervous system in adults." The study's authors, however, acknowledge some shortcomings in their work, including the exclusion of "corporate subscriptions" -- people who use their mobile devices for work, and who probably use them more heavily than the average consumer. They also recognized the need for longer-term research and for more child-specific studies. You can check out the article in full, at the coverage link below.

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Supernote lets you take some pretty super notes on your ASUS tablet (video)

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Supernote lets you take some pretty super notes on your ASUS tablet (video)

via Engadget by Amar Toor on 10/24/11

Sit back and take notes while we... talk about Supernote. This note-taking app quietly debuted on the Eee Pad Transformer and Slider earlier this month, when ASUS rolled out an OTA update to Android 3.2.1, but the company has now provided substantially more details on the feature, which promises to "revolutionize the way you take notes in class." With Supernote onboard, students can write or scribble using either the keyboard or their own fingers. That isn't exactly enthralling, in and of itself, but what's cool is the fact that Supernote will convert each hand-drawn item into an image, allowing users to seamlessly modify or delete their own characters as if they were typed text. The tool also makes it easy to insert graphs or charts, thanks to an "Add Annotation" option that integrates diagrams directly into your lecture notes. And, perhaps best of all, the app will even let you insert photos, meaning you can just take a shot of your professor's blackboard and worry about understanding it later. Intrigued? Check out a demo video, after the break.

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Mesa Robotics' mini-tank is perfectly happy on point (video)

So freaking cool :D

The titles music of the "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" playing at the beginning of the video could be prophetic. Either way, 2029 is not too far :P

 

 

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Mesa Robotics' mini-tank is perfectly happy on point (video)

via Engadget by Sharif Sakr on 10/22/11

The Acer ground-bot from Mesa Robotics does way more than your average 4,500-pound semi-autonomous mule. In addition to carrying kit and providing that extra bit of ballistic steel-deflecting cover, it also scans for IEDs using ground-penetrating radar and then autonomously switches into "flail" mode when it finds one -- digging up and detonating that critter with barely a break in its 6MPH stride. Did we mention it also acts as a landing pad for small drones? No? That's because the video after the break says it all. Cue obligatory guitars, game controllers and armchair gung-ho.

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Jobs vowed to 'destroy' Android

http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-15400984
And then he died.
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Disgraced scientist clones coyote

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A twist in the coyote-beep beep plot :P
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Dennis Ritchie, pioneer of C programming language and Unix, reported dead

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Dennis Ritchie, pioneer of C programming language and Unix, reported dead at age 70

via Engadget by Amar Toor on 10/13/11

We're getting reports today that Dennis Ritchie, the man who created the C programming language and spearheaded the development of Unix, has died at the age of 70. The sad news was first reported by Rob Pike, a Google engineer and former colleague of Ritchie's, who confirmed via Google+ that the computer scientist passed away over the weekend, after a long battle with an unspecified illness. Ritchie's illustrious career began in 1967, when he joined Bell Labs just one year before receiving a PhD in physics from Harvard University. It didn't take long, however, for the Bronxville, NY native to have a major impact upon computer science. In 1969, he helped develop the Unix operating system alongside Ken Thompson, Brian Kernighan and other Bell colleagues. At around the same time, he began laying the groundwork for what would become the C programming language -- a framework he and co-author Thompson would later explain in their seminal 1978 book, The C Programming Language. Ritchie went on to earn several awards on the strength of these accomplishments, including the Turing Award in 1983, election to the National Academy of Engineering in 1988, and the National Medal of Technology in 1999. The precise circumstances surrounding his death are unclear at the moment, though news of his passing has already elicited an outpouring of tributes and remembrance for the man known to many as dmr (his e-mail address at Bell Labs). "He was a quiet and mostly private man," Pike wrote his brief post, "but he was also my friend, colleague, and collaborator, and the world has lost a truly great mind."

Dennis Ritchie, pioneer of C programming language and Unix, reported dead at age 70 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Giant tablet lets commanders control war with the swipe of a finger

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Giant tablet lets commanders control war with the swipe of a finger

via Engadget by Michael Gorman on 10/13/11

America's armed forces have added some major tech to their arsenal lately, from smartphones for soldiers to giant surveillance blimps. And now, AAI has unveiled a new tool for battlefield commanders in the form of giant touchscreen tablet. Its screen is three feet by two feet and employs surveillance information to give those in charge an overhead view of a war zone that shows the position of both good guys and bad. Icons represent troops, air support, and spy drones, which are then deployed by tapping and dragging them on the touchscreen. Such input doesn't actually control battlefield assets, but it does send orders to the appropriate personnel so they can be executed, and soldiers confirm receipt of the order via instant message. The company's still trying to sell the system to the Army, but we'd imagine that such drag and drop warfare will appeal to Uncle Sam. Who knows, perhaps all those hours spent honing your Starcraft skills can soon be put to good use defending the country.

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