New self-steering laser guided Bullet by US weapons experts

A self-guiding bullet that can steer itself towards its target is being developed for use by the US military.

The bullet uses tiny fins to correct the course of its flight allowing it to hit laser-illuminated targets.

It is designed to be capable of hitting objects at distances of about 2km (1.24 miles). Work on a prototype suggests that accuracy is best at longer ranges.

A think tank says the tech is well-suited to snipers, but worries about it being marketed to the public.

Work on the project is being carried out by an Albuquerque-based subsidiary of defence contractor Lockheed Martin on behalf of the US government.

The current prototype involves a 4in (10cm) bullet which includes an optical sensor in its nose to detect the laser. This information is then processed and used to move motors within the bullet which steer tiny fins, altering the ammunition's path.

"We can make corrections 30 times per second," said researcher Red Jones.

"That means we can over-correct, so we don't have to be as precise each time."

[BBC News]

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World's largest medicated gumball

Heavy smokers may sympathize with Barry Chappell, who chewed through piece after piece of Nicorette gum while on a long flight in 2006.

Chappell rolled his first piece of nicotine-infused comfort into a little ball. As the plane made its way from Los Angeles, Calif., to France, he added another layer, then another layer, and another.

By the time he arrived at his destination, Chappell joked that he had the makings of the world's largest gumball.

Six years and 95,200 pieces of gum later, it turns out his ball really is in a league of its own, as Ripley's Believe It Or Not! prepares to hand him the record for the World's Largest Chewed Gumball. He's also received the record for world's largest ball of medicated gum.

"What started out as kind of a joke between my daughter and me has turned into a really fun project over the last few years," said Chappell, who really does have something to show for his painstaking efforts to quit smoking.

The outlandish sculpture weighs roughly 79 kilograms and measures about 157 centimeters in circumference. A warning to anyone hoping to beat the record: There's more to it than meets the eye.

Chappell said challengers would need five things to outchew him: a "complete and utter" addiction to nicotine, around $30,000 US to spend on Nicorette Gum over a six-year period, a sauna, a spray water bottle and a hairdryer.

The confident record holder even shared his method step-by-step:

1. Warm up the smaller chewed pieces of gum in a sauna.

2. Liberally spray with water to keep it malleable.

3. Pick up the goop and play with it.

4. Take the semi-melted gum and carry it to the kitchen.

5. Just like Play-Doh ... start blending with the rest of the mass.

6. Keep it warm and pliable with a hairdryer.

7. Enjoy the fruits of your labours?

[CBC News]

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How to fix GameGuard error?

I don't know with other cases. But in my case, i just go to the game folder, (example: c:\\program files\M U Online), and search for GameGuard folder. Delete the folder, and restart the game. It will automatically creates a new and fresh GameGuard folder. That's all. I hope this will help, all the best :)

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Baby in Australia born without stomach

It took three Australian hospitals over three days tofind out that little Breanna Arkinstall was born without a stomach.

Minutes after Breanna was born at Milton Hospital on the New South Wales south coast, she started turning blue.

"They couldn't work out what was wrong with her," her mum Jasmine, 28, said.

"By the following afternoon they decided they needed to send her to another hospital."

"They transferred us via ambulance to Nowra Hospital and when we arrived the special care nurses were waiting for us."

Tired and stressed having had no sleep for more than 24 hours, Arkinstall was told Breanna had to go on to The Children's Hospital at Westmead.

"The doctors had done a chest X-ray and they found her stomach hadn't developed which meant she couldn't feed," she said.

[dailytelegraph.com.au]

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