By The Salfordian, on May 4th, 2013
An experimental unmanned aircraft flies for three-and-a-half minutes at five times the speed of sound.
An aircraft designed by Boeing has made history by achieving the longest ever hypersonic flight by a jet-fuel powered aircraft.
The X-51A WaveRider flew for three-and-a-half minutes at five times the speed of sound, the US Air . . . → Read More: Boeing Aircraft Sets Hypersonic Flight Record
By The Salfordian, on April 21st, 2013
Two Earth-like planets thought to be covered in water have been discovered orbiting a distant star and may even have the right conditions to support life.
Astronomers believe the two ocean dominated worlds, which are around one and a half times the size of Earth, lie within the so-called Goldilocks zone . . . → Read More: Two Earth-like ‘blue-planets’ discovered orbiting distant star
By The Salfordian, on April 15th, 2013
The Bugatti Veyron remains the world’s fastest production car after an about-turn by the Guinness World Records.
The top speed of the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport production car was limited to 258mph to protect its tyres
The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, which was stripped of its title as the world’s fastest . . . → Read More: Bugatti Veyron gets its ‘fastest car’ title reinstated
By The Salfordian, on April 2nd, 2013
It may sound like a something a Bond villain would propose, but these amazing pictures reveal the secret plans drawn up by the German army to create a mile-wide ‘space gun’ powered by the sun.
The giant mirror could be used to focus the sun on a target – rather like the magnifying glasses . . . → Read More: Secret Nazi plan to blow up cities and boil oceans with a mile-wide ‘SUN GUN’
By The Salfordian, on March 28th, 2013
CyberBunker explains largest cyber-attack
Spamhaus is a major censorship organization only pretending to fight spam, a CyberBunker spokesman said in an exclusive. Sven Olaf Kamphuis claimed that as a constant bully of Internet service providers Spamhaus has only itself to blame for the attack.
In a Skype interview, Kamphuis denied that CyberBunker . . . → Read More: ‘Spamhaus mafia tactics – main threat to Internet freedom’
By The Salfordian, on March 11th, 2013
Little Miss Geek campaigns to get more girls into tech and change the face of the gaming industry.
Lara Croft is back but although her certificate has gone up to an 18, her bra size has gone down.
Some fans have taken to Twitter to voice their disappointment at the new-look Lara . . . → Read More: Girl Gamers Transform Nerd Image
By The Salfordian, on February 6th, 2013
Made completely from artificial parts which can be fitted in the human body, ‘Rex’ can do the walk and talk the talk.
A million-dollar bionic man – complete with artificial organs, synthetic blood and robot limbs – is set to go on display at the Science Museum in central London.
Costing . . . → Read More: One Million Dollar Bionic Man Makes Its Debut
By The Salfordian, on January 23rd, 2013
Many motorists must have dreamed of a car that runs on fresh air as the bill at the petrol pump climbs ever-higher.
Now French car giant PSA Peugeot Citroen has invented new technology that it claims will put one on the road by 2016.
Its scientists say it will knock 45 per cent off . . . → Read More: The car that runs on air: Peugeot Citroen unveil new 117mpg hybrid
By The Salfordian, on January 10th, 2013
Astronomers have found a mysterious ‘zombie’ planet circling a vast debris disc inside the ‘Eye of Sauron’ star system.
The newly released NASA Hubble Space Telescope images of the eye shaped star, officially called Fomalhaut, and a mysterious planet, called Fomalhaut b, may provide forensic evidence of a titanic planetary disruption in the system.
. . . → Read More: The mysterious zombie planet found orbiting the ‘Eye of Sauron’
By The Salfordian, on December 28th, 2012
Reports of crimes involving Facebook and Twitter – such as posting abusive messages, grooming and complaints of stalking – have increased eight-fold in four years.
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In 2008, a total of 556 complaints were made to police, according to the statistics released by 29 police forces in a Freedom . . . → Read More: 5,000 people investigated by fascist state for something they said on Facebook or Twitter
By The Salfordian, on December 8th, 2012
British scientists are about to start work at Lake Ellsworth, where they aim to drill 3km through the ice to uncover its secrets.
British scientists are making final preparations to drill 3km through the Antarctic ice to a lake that has been cut off from the rest of the world for up . . . → Read More: British Scientists To Explore Lost Antarctic Lake
By The Salfordian, on November 30th, 2012
A stealth drone set to be the world’s first unmanned, robot aircraft piloted by artificial intelligence rather than a remote human operator has taken to the sea for tests.
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If the futuristic killer drone completes all its sea trials then it will be first aircraft capable of autonomously landing onto . . . → Read More: U.S. Navy ‘Stealth Drone’ Takes To The Sea
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