Random links - dose #2 for the day
- Humanity fights jellyfish invasion with hunter-killer robots
- "Developed by KAIST Civil and Environmental Engineering Department's Hyeon Myeong, the JEROS bots are basically floating shredders. They have underwater propellers that chop up the jellies, which have no means of escape. But what makes them more than just meat grinders is the fact they can work in formation "as a cooperative group to efficiently exterminate jellyfish," KAIST says."
- The Numbers Don't Lie: Gamers Want Dead or Alive Bikinis
- "'With the DOA series, the bathing suits seem to have been popular with Japanese gamers while overseas a lot of people say 'give us male character costumes!' However, once we release the game, it turns out the bathing suits sell quite a lot overseas as well.' Hayashi added with a laugh, 'Everyone is just trying to save face, but the numbers are honest.'"
- NSA director admits to misleading public on terror plots
- "The administration has been amping up stats about foiled plots to bolster support for mass surveillance"
- Scientists discover possible cure for noise-induced hearing loss
- "Until now, it has been regarded as impossible to restore the sensory hair cells responsible for hearing once they have been lost ... However, a drug codenamed LY411575 brings about the regeneration of the crucial sensory hair cells and in tests was able to restore hearing to mice that had been deafened by loud noise."