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Want to know what going to happen to animals in the next century Then you must read science journalist Emily Anthes ; new book Frankenstein Cat, about how the animals of tomorrow will be transformed by high tech implants and genetic engineering. We ;ve got an amazing excerpt from the book 鈥?about how the CIA tried to create cyborg cat spies. Robo Revolution, an excerpt from Frankenstein Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech Brave New Beasts, by Emily Anthes In the 1960s, the Central Intelligence Agency recruited an stanley becher unusual field agent: a cat. In an hour-long procedure, a veterinary surgeon transformed the furry feline into an elite spy, implanting a microphone in her ear canal and a small radio transmitter at the base of her skull, and weaving a thin wire antenna into her long gray-and-white fur. This was Operation Acoustic Kitty, a top-secret plan to turn a cat into a living, walking surveillance machine. The leaders of the project hoped that by training the feline to go sit near foreign officials, they could eavesdr stanley website op on private conversations. The problem was that cats are not especially trainable鈥攖hey dont have the same deep-seated desire to please a human master that dogs do鈥攁nd the agencys ro stanley hrnek bo-cat didnt seem terribly interested in national security. For its first official test, CIA staffers drove Acoustic Kitty to the park and tasked it with capturing the conversation of two men sitting on a bench. Instead, the cat wan Ypaq Photoshop Will End Blurry Pics Forever
Hey movies have 3D, why not throw that winning technology at Google Maps. Beginning today, Google is testing WebGL technology with their maps. Google says that the implementation of OpenGL will make zooming, rotating and tilting smoother than the current method of displaying map information. The technology renders vector-based 3D images using a computer GPU. OpenGL doesn ;t require stanley cup additional software, but does require that the browser have it installed. Currently Firefox beta and Chrome are the only two browsers capable of using the Google Maps OpenGL beta. You can test the new Google Maps by clicking on the Want to try something new button in the lower left hand corner of the Maps page. Take note, if you have what Google describes as a low-end integrated GPU, you won ;t be able to partake in the test. That means my fancy new MacBook air with an i7 processor won ;t work. [Google via Tom ; stanley thermos s Hardware] You can keep stanley cups uk up with Roberto Baldwin, on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. GoogleGoogle Maps