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Over at Wired's Underwire blog, Angela Watercutter spoke with Bobak Ferdowsi, NASA's supercool mohawked mission to Mars activity lead, about his newly acquired celeb status. Of whether such sudden internet fame was something he'd expected: No! Funny story, actually at work we sometimes – to make things more lively – we make our own memes about some of the things that are going on with our projects. Like, if we find a good photo of the rover where it looks particularly human or whatever else or sad, we'll make it like "Rover Problems," or we'll put some sort of caption on it. They're probably not as funny to the outside world as they are to us. So it's hilarious to be a meme myself. Of how his colleagues are dealing with it: The other day we were sitting in the operations room and we were down-linking images from the orbiters, and we're getting that data down and somebody was like, "We're getting a new picture, let me process it and p...

Jul 23, 2012 9:00 AM   What looks to the layman like a chunky under-the-desk computer power strip is actually a full-fledged hacking tool designed to let white hat hackers (aka the 'good' guys) test the security level of a given computer network, wired or wireless. With Wi-Fi, ethernet, Bluetooth, and an entire suite of hacking software tools built-in, the Power Pwn can let anyone put an office's computer network to the ultimate security test. And with an optional 3G/GSM adapter, they don't have to be anywhere near the facility being compromised. Not surprisingly, the development of the Power Pwn was partly funded by DARPA, which has a vested interest in protecting the government's networks, but with a pre-order price tag of almost $1,300, it might just push some non-government types into a life of hacking crime to afford it. [Pwnie Express via BoingBoing] View the original article here This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org Thi...

Finally, somebody figured out how to make any audio device wireless. Check out the EarTop Flow, a small Bluetooth device that plugs into the 3.5mm cable jack of just about any audio equipment. Pair it up, and suddenly, you’re wireless. The company is showing the EarTop Flow on a pair of Beats headphones at the moment, but it will work on home theater systems, your car if it has an auxiliary input, or any audio device with a 3.5mm input — in case you’re wondering, that’s pretty much the standard audio input on smartphones and other devices these days. Music and volume touch controls are built in, and there’s a couple of noise-canceling mics on board so you can use it with your phone, too. EarTop Flow is now available for preorder for $59.99. View the original article here This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.