New smartphone app looks inside objects, shows what else is in there

A new app from Fraunhofer development engineers looks directly inside objects and displays specific constituents. It has numerous uses: For instance, apples can be scanned for pesticide residues. Applications will be added successively following the Wikipedia principle. […] Such scans usually require a special hyperspectral camera: It adjusts to different colored light each time and Read more about New smartphone app looks inside objects, shows what else is in there[…]

Blueprint for a microwave trapped ion quantum computer released

The availability of a universal quantum computer may have a fundamental impact on a vast number of research fields and on society as a whole. An increasingly large scientific and industrial community is working toward the realization of such a device. An arbitrarily large quantum computer may best be constructed using a modular approach. We Read more about Blueprint for a microwave trapped ion quantum computer released[…]

Cisco’s Prime Home lets hackers hijack people’s routers, from one single point at the ISP

“An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending API commands via HTTP to a particular URL without prior authentication,” Cisco said today. “An exploit could allow the attacker to perform any actions in Cisco Prime Home with administrator privileges.” Note that “administrator” was italicized by the networking giant. Super serious. Cisco pitches Prime Home as Read more about Cisco’s Prime Home lets hackers hijack people’s routers, from one single point at the ISP[…]

Our galaxy is being pushed towards Shapley attractor from Dipole repeller by gravity flows

The presence of a large underdensity, the dipole repeller, is predicted based on a study of the velocity field of our Local Group of galaxies. The combined effects of this super-void and the Shapley concentration control the local cosmic flow. […] Our Local Group of galaxies is moving with respect to the cosmic microwave background Read more about Our galaxy is being pushed towards Shapley attractor from Dipole repeller by gravity flows[…]