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Monday, January 18, 2016
Astronaut snaps selfie during historic spacewalk
Tim Peake is shaping up to be a bit of a folk hero in the UK. The European Space Agency astronaut is currently on board the International Space Station, zipping around Earth in orbit. On Friday, Peake went out on a spacewalk along with NASA astronaut Tim Kopra on a mission to repair a power unit outside the station. Peake took a selfie to commemorate the event.
Peake is the first British ESA astronaut on the ISS and the first astronaut to wear a British flag during a spacewalk. The flag patch was attached to the left shoulder of his spacesuit.Astronaut Michael Foale was born in Britain and conducted a spacewalk back in 1995, but did so under the US flag as a NASA astronaut.
The close-up selfie shows Peake's shoulders and helmet with the blackness of space behind him. The Earth is reflected as a blue globe in his visor. But that's not all. Take a close look and you will see part of the station, Peake's hands, the camera and his fellow astronaut Kopra in the distance. That's quite a lot to pack into a selfie.
Smart guns? Not at these big tech and gun shows
Though you could've seen just about any kind of consumer technology at this year's CES trade show in Las Vegas, there was one thing you'd have been hard-pressed to find.
Among the 3,631 exhibitors hawking smart cars and drones, not to mention alarm clocks that emit smells, this month's extravaganza included just one presenter showing off smart-gun technology, according to the show's organizers. And the Consumer Technology Association, which runs CES, hasn't discussed encouraging more smart guns at future shows.
At the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show, which starts Tuesday in Vegas, it's a similar story.
Smart-gun tech will almost entirely be absent from the list of the 1,600 exhibitors at the self-billed "largest and most comprehensive" annual gun show.
"There might be some people talking about it, but nothing that comes to my attention indicates there will be any such authorized-user technology demonstrations," said Mike Bazinet, a spokesman for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, which runs the SHOT Show.
That's how far smart guns -- which use radio signals or fingerprint scanners to ensure a weapon can be fired only by its owner -- are from the mainstream. They're a no-show at both these major conferences, and they're apparently not much of a topic of conversation among those who might be most interested.
It's not as though the broader public hasn't had guns on the mind. The past year brought a number of high-profile mass shootings, in San Bernardino, California; Charleston, South Carolina; and Roseburg, Oregon, which prompted stirring calls for some sort of response, be it political or technological. President Barack Obama has called for more research into smart-gun technology, helping highlight the handful of small players developing these products.
Proponents say such weapons could cut down on stolen guns, gun accidents and school shootings. But many gun enthusiasts are steadfast against the technology.
"It's not just a question of lack of demand," said Adam Winkler, a UCLA law professor who focuses on the Second Amendment and gun control. "There's very strong opposition to smart-gun tech in the gun world."
That's because a vocal contingent of gun owners see smart guns as a potential form of gun control. They've raised concerns, Winkler said, that if such guns gain a foothold, the technologies behind them could become a requirement for all guns, resulting in a ban on sales of traditional guns. Those fighting against smart guns need only point to a New Jersey law passed in 2002 called the Childproof Handgun Act. It mandates that three years after smart guns become available for sale anywhere in the country, Jersey gun dealers sell only smart guns.
Such concerns led to customer boycotts of gun manufacturers, including Colt and Smith & Wesson, when they pursued smart-gun technology. Gun dealers who have considered selling such firearms have been boycotted too. One Maryland dealereven faced death threats when he attempted to offer smart guns. Currently, there are no US gun dealers who stock smart guns.
Critics of smart guns also point to their potentially unreliable electronic parts, as well as their higher cost when compared with traditional guns.
Despite the blowback, there's evidence the general public is interested in smart guns. In a survey of US consumers last year by researcher Penn Schoen Berland, two-thirds of respondents said they believed dealers should be allowed to sell smart guns, and 40 percent of those who identified themselves as gun owners said they'd consider swapping their firearms for smart guns. Respondents were evenly split on whether all firearms sold should require smart-gun technology.
Though the NSSF, the gun industry's main trade group, and the National Rifle Association say they aren't against smart-gun technology, they've been seen as working to suppress smart guns and fighting against any law that mandates their use, Winkler said. Because of that situation, he added, it would seem a maker of smart-guns would be a rather unwelcome sight at the SHOT Show.
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Star Wars Episode IX director hints at Rey's identity
The Force Awakens may be still tearing up box office charts, but incoming director Colin Trevorrow is already dropping hints about what to expect from 2019's Episode IX.
Although there are three moreStar Wars movies to arrive before his -- Gareth Edwards' Rogue One this year, followed by Rian Johnson'sEpisode VIII in 2017 and the Young Han Solo film, currently untitled, for 2018 -- Trevorrow has the ultimate pressure of bringing this new trilogy to a close and answering a lot of questions.
One of the biggest mysteries posed by the latest Star Wars is the matter of new hero Rey's identity. Fans expecting the answer to be revealed inEpisode VIII may be in for an even longer wait though. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Trevorrow hints that the secret may not be revealed until his turn in the director's chair.
"We're going to make sure that that answer is deeply and profoundly satisfying," Trevorrow said. "Rey is a character that is important in this universe, not just in the context ofThe Force Awakens, but in the entire galaxy. She deserves it. We'll make sure that that answer is something that feels like it was something that happened a long time ago, far away, and we're just telling you what happened."
Fan theories on Rey's lineage range from the obvious -- Luke Skywalker's daughter -- to the more interesting. Fans have posited that she might be Obi Wan Kenobi's daughter or grandaughter, or Han and Leia's daughter, and Kylo Ren's sister, echoing Jacen and Jaina Solo from the discarded Expanded Universe. That last one requires Han and Leia to either be lying to, or simply not recognise their own daughter throughout Episode VII however.
Whoever Rey actually is, Trevorrow does hint that her father, at least is someone viewers have met. "What's interesting is I'm not creating a host of new characters," he said. "I have a lot of characters that people really love that we're going to make sure are all honored. No one's going to be left behind."
While also confirming Luke and Leia will have key roles to play going forward, Trevorrow says his film "is something that needs to honour a story that's been told over a period of 40 years. I don't want to ignore any of it, and I respect all of it. It's something I think the fan base is going to embrace."