Jul 26
Felix Baumgartner teamed up with Red Bull to create “Red Bull Stratos” – a mission with the goal to break the record for the world’s highest skydive, dubbed the “space jump”. Though unable to get to that point quite yet, Felix has taken been working his way up toward the incredible feat.
Yesterday he jumped out of a custom-built capsule at 96,640 feet. He hit a top speed of 536 mph and fell for a total of 3 minutes and 48 seconds. He broke a total of 4 records and is still planning to attempt a jump at 125,000 feet in the coming months. The video filmed to promote the project, though edited to add a nice cinematic feel to the adventure, definitely shows that Baumgartner does not take this challenge lightly:
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With all the news of password hacking recently, privacy has become a major concern for internet users everywhere. Thankfully, a team of cryptographers and neuroscientists have created a password method that uses implicit learning to ingrain the password in your mind. The thing about implicit learning is that you don’t even realize what exactly you’re memorizing, like riding a bike. You know how to do it when faced with the task, but it’s nearly impossible to describe to someone else. Because of this phenomenon, a person’s password is safe even if they are threatened with bodily harm, there’s simply no way to describe it. 