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Thursday, June 27, 2019

Bahrain recalls ambassador to Iraq over embassy attack

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Hundreds of Iraqis stormed the Bahraini embassy and torched its flag in anger over the US-sponsored Manama conference.

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The Pentagon Has a Laser That Can Identify People From a Distance By Their Heartbeat

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: A new device, developed for the Pentagon after U.S. Special Forces requested it, can identify people without seeing their face: instead it detects their unique cardiac signature with an infrared laser. While it works at 200 meters (219 yards), longer distances could be possible with a better laser. "I don't want to say you could do it from space," says Steward Remaly, of the Pentagon's Combatting Terrorism Technical Support Office, "but longer ranges should be possible." Contact infrared sensors are often used to automatically record a patient's pulse. They work by detecting the changes in reflection of infrared light caused by blood flow. By contrast, the new device, called Jetson, uses a technique known as laser vibrometry to detect the surface movement caused by the heartbeat. This works though typical clothing like a shirt and a jacket (though not thicker clothing such as a winter coat).

Early Soyuz Spacecraft Had a Peculiar User Interface, Says Developer Charles Simonyi

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Tekla Perry writes: When WYSIWIG pioneer Charles Simonyi went to space, he couldn't but help notice the awkward user interface on the rocket's control panel. It was a case of legacy systems, not wanting to change training and documentation, and an emulator that ran Unix on a 386 chip, he reported during a recent discussion on space software held at the Computer History Museum. "They liked the older chips because of radiation resistance and the feature set," he pointed out, noting how operation of the virtual interface was trickier than it seemed. "There are rows and columns," he said, "and you move the cursor over the button and use another button to push the virtual button." "On the right side," he said, "there are these windows that are numbers you type in by pushing virtual buttons below them. You use the cursor keys to go to the virtual buttons then push an entry button that is virtual." He added: "You can see that even as the technology changes, they want to keep as many things the same as possible."

Bost 7 News

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Bahrain recalls ambassador to Iraq over embassy attack

The Pentagon Has a Laser That Can Identify People From a Distance By Their Heartbeat

Early Soyuz Spacecraft Had a Peculiar User Interface, Says Developer Charles Simonyi

Indonesia tightens security ahead of election dispute verdict

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

With Mueller Inquiry Over, Trump Seeks Fresh Start With Putin at G20

North Korea tells South to stop mediating between North, US

US Democratic debate night one: What did the candidates say?

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