Bridgestone goes airless in tire concept for Tokyo show
(PhysOrg.com) — Visitors to the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show are to witness a new breed of airless tires from Bridgestone. Interest in the general press is already humming because of the material, design, and features of the Bridgestone debut on show. The concept tires use recycled thermoplastic, outside tread included. Fittingly colored green, the tires are being promoted for their green advantage of being completely recyclable.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-bridgestone-airless-concept-tokyo.html
Court denies Apple’s motion for preliminary injunction against Samsung products
In April of 2011, Apple kicked off what would soon become a global and complex series of litigation disputes when it sued Samsung in the US claiming that its line of Galaxy smartphones and tablets infringed upon Apple’s intellectual property and were nothing more than “slavish” copies. As part of its suit, Apple requested a preliminary injunction that would bar Samsung from selling said products in the US.
This past Friday, Judge Lucy Koh denied Apple’s motion for a preliminary injunction.
Physicists propose search for fourth neutrino
(PhysOrg.com) — Physicists know that neutrinos (and antineutrinos) come in three flavors: electron, muon, and tau. In several experiments, researchers have detected each of the neutrino flavors and even watched them “oscillate” back and forth between flavors. But starting in the early ‘90s, some experiments have also revealed a nagging anomaly: muon antineutrinos oscillate into electron antineutrinos at a 3% higher rate than predicted. Physicists can reconcile this discrepancy by adding a fourth neutrino with a specific mass, although such a move would require modifying the Standard Model, the theory of subatomic particles that has taken decades to build. In a new study, a team of physicists thinks it’s time to put the question of the fourth neutrino’s existence to the test.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-physicists-fourth-neutrino.html
HP slams ‘sensational’ reports about LaserJet printer hack vulnerability
(PhysOrg.com) — Columbia University researchers have demonstrated how hackers can use printers not only to infect computer systems and steal information but to set printers on fire. Their claims were made this week in a demo at Columbia University’s Intrusion Detection Systems Laboratory for msnbc. They report a security flaw in Hewlett-Packard (HP) printers open for exploit. While their experiments were only on HP printers, they said that they are just starting to sample other manufacturers’ printers too.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-hp-slams-sensational-laserjet-printers.html
A year-long time-lapse study of the sky by Ken Murphy.
http://www.notcot.org/post/44711/
Nanosail-D ‘Sails’ Home — Mission Complete
After spending more than 240 days “sailing” around the Earth, NASA’s NanoSail-D — a nanosatellite that deployed NASA’s first-ever solar sail in low-Earth orbit — has successfully completed its Earth orbiting mission.
