Okay, We Get It, You're a Nerd Hottie

Rosario Dawson has made it clear that she’d like to appear as a sexy Klingon in the Star Trek sequel.

TSA Nudie Cams are Junk Security

The quick response to intelligence [regarding the toner bombs] and targeted security measures could provide a partial template for future action. The next step would be questioning passengers and employing more elaborate sensors when travelers’ behavior or specific threats warrant — instead of making us all get digitally nude.

Kinect Hasn't Been Hacked

“Kinect for Xbox 360 has not been hacked—in any way—as the software and hardware that are part of Kinect for Xbox 360 have not been modified. What has happened is someone has created drivers that allow other devices to interface with the Kinect for Xbox 360,” Microsoft told GameSpot. “The creation of these drivers, and the use of Kinect for Xbox 360 with other devices, is unsupported. We strongly encourage customers to use Kinect for Xbox 360 with their Xbox 360 to get the best experience possible.”

$250k for an Apple 1

What current tech will be worth a grip of cash in the future? What old-school tech would you pay top dollar to have now?

Microsoft Is Not Amused

But Microsoft isn’t taking kindly to the bounty offer. “Microsoft does not condone the modification of its products,” a company spokesperson told CNET. “With Kinect, Microsoft built in numerous hardware and software safeguards designed to reduce the chances of product tampering. Microsoft will continue to make advances in these types of safeguards and work closely with law enforcement and product safety groups to keep Kinect tamper-resistant.”

Wired Magazine & Boobs

Cindy Royal, a Texas professor who writes about the media and technology, wrote an impassioned blog post about the cover image finally pushing her to the edge. She wrote a break-up letter to the magazine:

You’re better than this. You don’t need to treat women in this light to sell magazines. You have the power to influence the ways that women envision their roles with technology. Instead, you’re not helping.

Nancy Miller, the senior Wired editor who conceived and worked on the story said she loved the cover and expected it to be controversial. The magazine piece talks about the success of regenerative technology and the image of healthy breasts seemed appropriate to Miller. “I think the cover image is strong, beautiful, anatomically accurate, and pretty bad ass,” she wrote.

In Conversations wants to know if Royal realizes she’s helping to sell magazines and why there aren’t more women like Miller.

Super Logoff

Why are you using Facebook if you don’t want your profile to exist when you’re offline? You’re probably doing it wrong.

Kokoro recently unveiled itsActroid F telepresence robot, a full sized female humanoid with complex facial movements and realistic appearance. Though it can’t move from its chair, it can blink, shift its eyes and neck, bow, and even breathe.

HULC is allowing paraplegics to walk again.

Lockheed Martin’s HULC system allows soldiers to carry heavier loads over longer distances with less chances of injury.

Raytheon’s XOS 2 exoskeleton aims to be like the Iron Man suit, so much so that they hired Clark Gregg who plays the SHIELD agent in the Iron Man movies.

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Episode 6. Puppets, lists, hats, heights, water, muppets, tomatoes, and Ira Glass.

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Kinect Not Racist, says Consumer Reports

Turns out, low lighting, not skin color, plays the biggest role in facial recognition in Microsoft’s new gaming controller.

Nutt Hates Booze

The former U.K. drug czar has published a study damning alcohol as a more dangerous drug than heroin or crack cocaine and urged governments to radically readjust their targets in the fight on narcotics. Prof. David Nutt, head of the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs, published his comparison in the medical journal, Lancet.

Steam Better Than Disinfectants

Chuanwu Xi, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health at the University of Michigan and his research team found that treated steam from a novel steam disinfection system utilizing TANCS technology rapidly kills highly resistant biofilms with greater than 99.95 % killing efficiency in a 3 second treatment, and to a non-detectable level in a less than 10 second treatment.