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<title><![CDATA[Affordable single-person rocket launched]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 07:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Heat 1X during a 2010 test. (Credit:Thomas Pedersen)Some machines are perfect for just one person. A Formula 1car, for example. Or a Heat-1X rocket.You haven't heard of the Heat-1X I feel you might be missing out on something rather special. For this is a rocket built by a Danish nonprofit called Copenhagen Suborbitals. It's a rocket built for one.You might be wondering if something of this sort might ever get off the ground.So below I present video evidence of a test launch of the Heat-1X. The New Scientist tells me it cost about $69,000 to build, which is cheerily less than what it takes to buy one of the larger BMWs.The economics of this project might sound a trifle idealistic. Indeed, last year, a launch went somewhat awry when a hairdryer malfunctioned. This would be a hairdryer that was being used to provide heat inside the rocket.However, Friday presented us with empirical evidence that the Heat-1X could really fly.The creators seemed overjoyed. They talked of &quot;going supersonic.&quot; They talked of history. However, the test flight wasn't entirely perfect.There seems to have been a little snag with the parachutes, which seemed a little like the sheets with which prisoners hang themselves.Moreover, the rocket didn't go too far into the sky. The New Scientist reports that it managed to go only 2 kilometers, which would be 14 kilometers less than was hoped.However, Kristian von Bengtson of Copenhagen Suborbitals told the New Scientist that he used his remote control to shut down the rocket, as it began to show signs of veering away from the designated test area.You might wonder what position a human would take up inside this thing.Well, unlike one of those NASA contraptions, in which the astronauts are on their backs, the idea here is that the one-man flyer would be standing up all the way. Which, I imagine, might feel like the ultimate Elevator to Heaven.One can surely only applaud this attempt to send ordinary human beings into space on a budget. With the world's economies wafting into further storms, this surely gives hope to all of those normal mortals who are still capable of dreaming.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[RIM says it will pull drunken-driving apps]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Following yesterday's letter from four U.S. senators that asked Apple, Google, and Research In Motion to remove applications that could help drunken drivers evade police checkpoints and other law enforcement efforts, RIM has agreed to the request, saying such applications will soon be removed from its BlackBerry App World.&quot;RIM's decision to remove these apps from their online store proves that when it comes to drunk driving, there should not be an app for that,&quot; Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a statement this morning. Schumer had been joined in the effort by fellow Sens. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), and Tom Udall (D-N.M.).The group didn't name specific apps in its letter, which was addressed to Google CEO Eric Schmidt' Scott Forstall, Apple's senior VP ofiPhone software' and James L. Balsillie and Michael Lazaridis, co-CEOs of RIM. It did, however, cite an application with a database of DUI (driving under the influence) checkpoints, and one that crowdsourced finding those same checkpoints and sharing them with a user base of &quot;more than 10 million.&quot; Each of the three mobile-application marketplaces has its own set of rules and guidelines. Apple formally introduced its guidelines in September, following criticism that its approval process did not clearly spell out what application makers were and were not allowed to include, short of the code itself. RIM's rules are viewable here, and they prohibit anything &quot;that is illegal (e.g., against any criminal, civil, or statutory law or regulation).&quot; As for Google, its Android Market policies take a similar stance to RIM's, putting the kibosh on apps that engage in the &quot;promotion of dangerous and illegal activities.&quot; Google denies such apps and can also terminate the creator's publishing account.A Google spokesperson told CNET that it would remove apps that violate its Android content policies, but that the note from the senators had not named specific applications. However based on the description of functionality alone, the company said that the apps do not appear to violate those policies.Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the original letter.According to the announcement by Schumer's office, the apps in question--which remain unnamed--will be removed by RIM within the next day or so. What's unclear is if the application developers have been given a heads-up or a chance to remove features prior to any action. CNET has not yet heard back from RIM about whether that's the case. Updated at 2:34 p.m. with comment from Google.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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