The password of the Central Bank of France was: 123456

There was a time when the password was something I did not pay much attention. Visitors simply did not have much knowledge about half what they were driving and were not aware of the importance of a hard to guess password. However, this does not happen today, less serious if we talk about large companies and organizations. Really? It seems that it is not, at least in all cases.

It turns out that a French citizen almost inadvertently broke the security of the Central Bank of France in the most absurd possible. This man tried to access a website where data are collected from people who have had problems in paying their loans, basically a file of defaulters.

When encountering a typical login screen asking you to enter a password. At this point not think of anything else to write the typical '123456 ', probably thinking it would not work because how to use a bank a password easy to guess?

The surprise was that this man was that the password was correct and could be accessed without problems. The second surprise is that he has been accused of hacking the central bank.

One wonders what other similar organizations have security systems so low that even the passwords are safe.

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Scientists learn to erase the fear of the human mind

We've all read stories ever style 'John without fear' or, in the world of comics, superheroes like Daredevil, a fictional character whose main weapon is their lack of sense of fear.

Indeed, one could argue that fear is good, because thanks to him we know that should not be approached in a reckless manner on the edge of a cliff on a windy day. However, scientists diabolical not seem to agree with this idea and are developing a special technique that would be able to eliminate that feeling fearful mind.
The idea of this technique, researchers from the University of Uppala , Sweden, and is based on the functioning of the human brain itself and how memories are fixed in the mind.
According to these scientists, your mind does not remember events that occurred before literally, instead what is fixed in the memory is the last time that you thought about it.
Therefore, if you delete the consolidation process that occurs after a traumatic event, which is fixed in your mind is a memory that is not associated with any feeling.
The idea behind this invention is to avoid negative feelings and emotions that are fixed in the mind after someone has suffered an accident or theft, to name a few examples. Other potential 'Utilities' (with quotes) would get a battalion of soldiers was a reckless battle.
However, it could be said that basically is just another step designed to dehumanize the human mind, especially if the method also works to eliminate or positive emotions, coming to an end, any kind of emotion. Disturbing.

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GPS units placed KitKat chocolate bars to reach you

Surely you know the story of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' where the eccentric factory owner puts into circulation five golden tickets in five chocolate bars. Those who ended up buying these chocolates were taking a prize.

In the XXI century is that Kit-Kat has redesigned the idea and has been converted to current times. Instead of golden tickets, which was installed in five chocolates are small GPS units similar to those you find in phones and tablets.
Can you imagine that nowadays you do not need to present the prize at the offices of Kit-Kat, but is the company that finds you.
Once you've broken the seal on the candy wrapper, the GPS is activated and notifies the company, not only that you are a winner, but also on where you are.
The prize is not bad, the company claims that the winners will be contacted within 24 hours and give them to hand a check for 10,000 pounds, 14,000 euros. That is, theoretically, after one of these chocolates eat someone knock on the door of your house with a check in hand.
Obviously, this is a marketing campaign that probably also become viral across the Internet, but if you have interested to buy chocolates not run because today is a contest for the UK. If successful finish probably also in your country, it's actually quite likely that the idea will end up being used by other companies to fill their products with GPS units.

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Apple maps could have legal problems affecting public safety

A new feature of the new operating system Apple iOS 6 has been the removal of Google Maps that has been replaced by a mapping application from Apple itself. By now you may already know this and also have also read that Apple maps are full of errors in several areas of the world to the point that buildings and roads appear disfigured.

At first, this error on Google maps became fun, many social network users have posted pictures showing these visual bugs but it seems that the issue will move on to something more serious. For now, the Irish Government has been the first to jump asking Apple to quickly solve the problem as a matter of public safety.

 

 
Specifically, the case of Ireland focuses on a site in south Dublin which is installed in a park. This park has the curious name of 'Airfield Park' and it seems that this name containing the word 'Air' has led to confusion in the application of maps marked Apple because it appears as an airport. Quite worrying if a plane or plane ever come to think that here is an airport where there are only families picnicking on the grass and children playing on swings.
These errors are scattered map areas affecting cities around the world where roads are not even really exist. It seems that Apple could have serious problems if there is some kind of incident maps. Would this happen if Jobs was still in charge of Apple?

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The iPhone 5 that takes panoramic photos in one shot

 

The launch of the iPhone 5 has been controversial, as every time Apple launches a new product or update. Many say it's great, others say it's just an improvement that adds nothing new compared to previous models and others say it is as bad as the previous ones and also has bugs everywhere (Apple Maps).

The thing could have been better or worse and there who satirizes the issue by proposing a version of iPhone 800% longer maintaining the same thickness and width. Obviously, this is only a video lampooning the Apple product but I recommend you, whether you're a fan of Apple as if you're anti-fan, do not miss it. The video is in English, but do not understand the language but the fact is that quite clearly shows its characteristics. A little humor for Saturday.

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The refrigerator that has no doors and only when you have something inside cools

 

The world of home refrigerators or refrigerator seems to have had a significant evolution since the first manufactured, but occasionally appears an idea that seems to point to what could be this type of appliances in a few years.
This is precisely one of the refrigerators futuristic designs that I found curious for two reasons. One is that it has no doors, only the second is what cools you entered inside. If you have not saved anything into not spending power.
The concept comes from a student at Massey University who presented a project for the Electrolux Design Lab Award, a worldwide contest organized by the multinational appliance looking ideas.
The fridge is composed of several blocks placed in hexagonal mosaic as a honeycomb. Each of these blocks can be pressed inwards to save a can of soda as you can see in the picture above. The hexagonal design means you can store objects in vertical or diagonal as milk cartons or juice would occupy two or three of these blocks. The refrigerator cools only those blocks that have been refilled, so it is also energy efficient.
Looking at the front of the appliance can have an overview of all you have saved. The only problem I find is that not everything that you usually have in the fridge is the same size, but the idea seems interesting to store bottles, cans, tetra-brick and the like. Maybe someday start seeing TV commercials announcing fridges like this.

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Interesting robot moves to sunny places plants

Anyone with a plant in your home will know that most of them need both water and light to grow, but sometimes the problem is to find a sunny spot suitable for our plant. To solve this small problem, the Belgian sculptor Stephen Verstraete has created an interesting robot.
This robot, which seems not to be named, is responsible for transporting the plant automatically to a place with sunlight. The robot is made from a recycled toy electric car and you have placed a photo-sensitive transistor, a pair of ICs and some more goodies totaling approximately $ 10, which is certainly cheap enough.
If you want to build your own, I suggest you visit the site Verstraete.

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Atom Launcher, an interesting launcher for Android

The launchers are gaining popularity among users of Android handsets enabling them to customize your mobile the way they like. Atom launcher Launcher is a relatively new and very promising.
Like all launcher, this app is responsible for replacing the home screen of our Android and allows us to customize the way we want more. It has a good amount of themes to choose from and also have a lot of icons for use with popular applications.
Note that Atom Launcher is available only for phones with Android 4.0 or higher. We can get him for free in the Google Play Store.

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