Sony PS3 Robot Companion coming? – “Sony has filed a patent application describing a robot companion for the Sony PS3. The PS3 robot would sport a camera, display, GPS, Gyro sensor and a microphone…”

New Particle Throws Monkeywrench in Particle Physics – “Now, scientists have detected a new, completely untheorized particle that challenges what physicists thought they knew about how quarks combine to form matter. They’re calling it Y(4140), reflecting its measured mass of 4140 Mega-electron volts….”

Google Earth Used For Crimes: Pretend You’re Surprised – “The U.K.’s Telegraph, for example, is reporting that a 27-year-old named Tom Berge stole £100,000 (about $141,000) worth of lead from the roofs of buildings after identifying the structures using Google Earth…”

Questions for Pwn2Own hacker Charlie Miller – “At the CanSecWest security conference here, I got a chance to sit down with Charlie Miller, the researcher who broke into a fully patched MacBook machine using a Safari code execution vulnerability…”

The Big Picture: Explosion – “An undersea volcano erupts sending plumes of steam, ash and smoke up to 100 metres into the air, on 18 March 2009 off the coast of Nuku’Alofa, Tonga…”

AJAC : Car of the year 2009 – “Each fall in Canada it’s not only hunting season. New cars with amazing paint jobs are scattered across full-page ads and billboards. So the common question we all ask ourselves : how good are they really and which ones are the cream of the new crop? To these questions, Canadians car buyers get their questions answered by the announcement of there ‘Best New’ awards. These awards given by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada, better know as AJAC. These prestige awards are based on weeks of testing conducted by the country’s top automotive writers. So here are the 2009 winners by category…”

iPhone 3.0 v. Android feature by feature – “Lifehacker’s Gina Trapani has posted an excellent chart comparing the features of iPhone 2.2.1, iPhone 3.0 and Android…”

Buying two engines for the F-35 wastes billions of dollars – “The F-35 is a single-engine, stealthy fighter being bought in different versions for the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marines. After a series of competitions, the Pratt & Whitney unit of United Technologies (NYSE:UTX) was awarded a contract in 1996 to develop the plane’s propulsion system, which is designated the F135 engine. But in a blatant subsidy to the losing General Electric (NYSE:GE) engine team, the U.S. Congress then directed that a second engine should be developed so that the government could enjoy the benefits of “competition.” “

NASA may send fleet of spacecraft to Venus – “Two high-altitude balloons built to hover in sulphuric acid clouds could be part of a future fleet of spacecraft sent to Venus, a NASA advisory team says…”

New Manufacturing Processes Require Too Much Energy and Materials – “According to the study led by MIT researchers, modern manufacturing techniques are one thousand to one millions times bigger “consumers of energy per pound of output” than conventional industries. Timothy Gutowski, Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, says that we use a whole lot more energy to make microchips than to make a manhole housing. Although these are very different domains of activity, Professor Gutowski says that somebody has to ring the alarm bell in order to optimize modern manufacturing methods in terms of energy and materials use…”

Drones Are Weapons of Choice in Fighting Qaeda – “A missile fired by an American drone killed at least four people late Sunday at the house of a militant commander in northwest Pakistan, the latest use of what intelligence officials have called their most effective weapon against Al Qaeda…”

Abortion Rate Affected by Down Syndrome Test? – “A new prenatal blood test for Down syndrome is being developed that will enable expectant mothers to find out their baby’s Down syndrome risk earlier and more safely than ever before…”

Saving Money…to the Extreme! – “When times are tough, people typically rein in their budgets. While most people cut everyday extravagances like gourmet coffee or premium cable channels, others take frugality to the extreme. Here are some unusual ways people are trying to save money…”

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