A Knee Brace You Want to Keep On

If the nuclear powered backpack doesn't work out, there's always going to be knee power.  Imagine flocks of runners with LEDs powered by these.

Taking People Power to a New Level - NY Times - 08 Feb 08

"The generator does not capture the motion throughout the entire stride, since that would subject the user to a dragging feeling with each step. Instead, the gearwork disengages at the beginning of the step and re-engages as the leg swings back from a stride.  This means that the only drag occurs at the tail end of the stride, when muscles are actually working to slow the leg down."

A Knee Brace You Want to Keep On

If the nuclear powered backpack doesn't work out, there's always going to be knee power.  Imagine flocks of runners with LEDs powered by these.

Taking People Power to a New Level - NY Times - 08 Feb 08

"The generator does not capture the motion throughout the entire stride, since that would subject the user to a dragging feeling with each step. Instead, the gearwork disengages at the beginning of the step and re-engages as the leg swings back from a stride.  This means that the only drag occurs at the tail end of the stride, when muscles are actually working to slow the leg down."

Diebold at it Again!

One of those do you laugh or cry stories.  Tip o' the hat to charlies_diary on this one.

Diebold Voting Machine Key Copied from Photo at Company's Own Online Store! - Bradblog.com

"Of course, they'll only sell such keys to 'Diebold account holders' apparently --- or so they claim --- but that's hardly a problem. J. Alex Halderman, one of the folks who worked on the Princeton Hack and tried to keep the design of the key secret for obvious reasons, revealed Tuesday that a friend of his had found the photo of the key on Diebold's website and discovered that was all he needed to create a working copy!"

Diebold at it Again!

One of those do you laugh or cry stories.  Tip o' the hat to charlies_diary on this one.

Diebold Voting Machine Key Copied from Photo at Company's Own Online Store! - Bradblog.com

"Of course, they'll only sell such keys to 'Diebold account holders' apparently --- or so they claim --- but that's hardly a problem. J. Alex Halderman, one of the folks who worked on the Princeton Hack and tried to keep the design of the key secret for obvious reasons, revealed Tuesday that a friend of his had found the photo of the key on Diebold's website and discovered that was all he needed to create a working copy!"