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Video Of A Terrified Tornado Chaser Screaming His Face Off, Proving To Be An All Around Terrible Copilot

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This is a video of Oklahoma meteorology student and incredibly amateur storm chaser Brandon Sullivan freaking the f*** out in the car after getting too close to a tornado. Mostly he just yells at the driver the whole time and makes himself sound like the worst person to be around ever, particularly in a crisis. I’m not sure storm chasing is really for him. Now yard sale-ing — that seems more his speed.

Hit the jump for the video, but skip to 1:15 and 2:45 if you just want to see dude losing his shit.

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Author: Tyler Evans

Disney puts your face on a 3D-printed Stormtrooper for $99.95

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Author: Mark Jeffries

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Disney’s Hollywood Studios is giving you the opportunity to put your face on a 3D-printed Stormtrooper figurine as part of its Star Wars Weekends annual event. For $ 99.95 and 10 minutes of your time, Disney uses its high quality single-shot technology to capture a three-dimensional representation of your face — creating a 7.5-inch model that will be delivered 7-8 weeks later. The park’s Stormtrooper exhibit will be available on weekends between May 17th and June 9th, alongside its Carbon-Freeze Me experience — which launched last year to freeze park goers in carbonite like Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to eat this one.

Google Play, Apple’s App Store Might Face “Legal Undertakings” In OFT’s Investigation Of Freemium Games For Kids

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Author: Brandon Zimmerman

The freemium kids’ app party that has seen some parents left with hefty bills because of their kids’ use of games could be heading for a sticky end — at least in the U.K. The Office of Fair Trading has announced a six-month investigation into whether children are being “unfairly pressured or encouraged to pay for additional content in ‘free’ web and app-based games”.

The OFT says in a press release that it cannot identify the companies that are subject to investigation but a spokesman confirmed to TechCrunch it is contacting Apple and Google as part of this process — being the proprietors of the two largest app stores: the iTunes App Store and Google Play.

Once the investigation has concluded — and if the OFT is unhappy with what it learns and the discussions it’s had — the spokesman said it “can seek legal undertakings from court”. Companies subsequently ignoring any court directions could face “an unlimited fine”, he added.

The OFT is concerned that developers are designing children’s content to deliberately encourage kids to make payments after the initial free download/access. It’s not citing any examples or naming any problematic apps at this point but it’s not hard to find instances that are likely to have triggered the investigation — such as the five-year-old British boy who accidentally made in-app purchases totalling £1,700 in 15 minutes playing Zombies vs Ninja. Or the British six-year-old girl who amassed a £900 bill in half an hour on the My Little Pony app.

The OFT points out that “direct exhortations” (ie strong encouragement) to children to make purchases themselves, or ask another adult to do something that results in a purchase, are unlawful under the Consumer Protection (from Unfair Trading) Regulations 2008. The sort of in-app purchases that might fall foul of the regulation could include membership, virtual currency/rewards, additional levels, faster gameplay and additional game features, it added.

The OFT said it has written to companies that are offering free web or app-based games asking for information on in-game marketing to children. It is also asking for parents and consumer groups to contact it with information about “potentially misleading or commercially aggressive practices they are aware of in relation to these games”.

The spokesman said the aim of the investigation is to get more “clarity” about the digital market for kids’ games, and the sorts of behaviours/mechanics apps are utilising, by talking to games developers, app stores, parents and consumer groups.

The investigation will also specifically consider whether the full cost of games aimed at children is being made clear when they are downloaded/accessed. ”The information [gathered during the investigation] will be used to understand business practices used in this sector, to establish whether consumer protection regulations are being breached and if so what the consumer harm is,” the OFT said today, adding that it “expects to publish its next steps by October 2013″.

Commenting in a statement, Cavendish Elithorn, OFT Senior Director for Goods and Consumer, added: “The OFT is not seeking to ban in-game purchases, but the games industry must ensure it is complying with the relevant regulations so that children are protected. We are speaking to the industry and will take enforcement action if necessary.”

The spokesman stressed that the OFT hopes to be able to solve any issues uncovered through “conversations” with the various companies involved — including Apple and Google — rather than taking the court route . ”We hope this is going to be resolved by talking to the big companies,” he added.

Google declined to comment on the investigation when contacted by TechCrunch.

At the time of writing Apple had not responded to a request for comment.

Both Google’s and Apple’s app stores require developers to sign developer agreements in order to successfully submit apps, and both have been known to remove content that violates these developer guidelines — so app stores are already in the app policing business.

Google’s Play Store developer guidelines include the following (vague) stipulation, for instance, that could potentially be used to boot freemium kids’ apps that are misleading about the potential costs:

Developers must not mislead users about the applications they are selling nor about any in-app services, goods, content or functionality they are selling.

Apple does more policing of its store than Google, with iOS developers required to submit apps for approval prior to publication on the store. “We review all apps to ensure they are reliable, perform as expected, and are free of offensive material”, Apple notes on its developer site, warning app makers to: “Before submitting your new or updated apps for review, check out the latest App Store Review Guidelines and Mac App Store Review Guidelines.”

There are also signs that Cupertino has been looking more closely at some of the problems posed by having kids interact with apps. Earlier this month it relocated age ratings from the bottom of app listings on its store, to the top near the title where they are easier for parents to spot.

This change is likely to have been triggered by concerns about apps powered by user-generated content that can contain adult material appearing in the app store where children could find them — such as Twitter’s Vine video app — rather than specifically helping parents prevent kids making in-app purchases.

Here’s the OFT’s summary of the investigation:

Many children’s web- and app-based games are free to sign up to or download. Some of those games give players the opportunity to ‘upgrade’ their free accounts through paid-for membership, providing access to parts of the game not available to non-paying players. Others encourage in-game purchases to speed up gameplay or to give access to extra game features.

The OFT will look into whether those children’s games are in line with the Consumer Protection (from Unfair Trading) Regulations 2008 to ensure that any commercial practices they include are not misleading or aggressive. In particular, the OFT will consider whether children’s web- and app-based games directly encourage children to buy something or to pester their parents or other adults to buy something for them. [see note 1]

The OFT will gather information on this issue for the next six months and is interested to hear from businesses operating in the market and mobile app platform operators. The OFT will also consult with relevant UK and international regulators.

The OFT is also keen to hear about potentially misleading or commercially aggressive practices experienced by parents whose children play these games, and also from consumer groups with an interest in this area.

note 1: The Regulations, under Annex Practice 28, prohibit advertisements from including direct exhortations to children to buy something or to ask their parents or other adults to buy something for them.

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Go Home, Face Recognition Software, You’re Drunk

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Author: Stacey Cook

Face recognition software is basically the drunk, kind of racist uncle of the tech family.

Face recognition software sometimes gets things right. And it's pretty cool.

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But most of the time it's just plain rude!

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Whut, no. This is definitely not Oprah!

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OMG eyes up here, Facebook.

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Go Home, Face Recognition Software, You’re Drunk

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Author: Ian Simpson

Face recognition software is basically the drunk, kind of racist uncle of the tech family.

Face recognition software sometimes gets things right. And it's pretty cool.

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But most of the time it's just plain rude!

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Whut, no. This is definitely not Oprah!

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OMG eyes up here, Facebook.

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Inhabitat’s Week in Green: stair-climbing vacuum cleaner, carbon dioxide diapers and a real 3D-printed face

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Author: Charity Woods

Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green.

Just a few short years ago, 3D printing seemed like science fiction; we could grasp its value, but we didn’t yet have the ability to harness its power and put it to good use. Now, we’re seeing the technology advance every day — and it’s opening up new possibilities in medical science and other fields. This week, we shared the story of one British man who received a new 3D-printed face that gave him a second chance at life. In an equally amazing story, scientists at the University of Notre Dame successfully 3D printed the entire skeleton of a living rat. California-based Signal Snowboards unveiled the world’s first 3D-printed snowboard this week. And desktop 3D printing and scanning is getting cheaper every day — Canadian company Matterform is developing a lightweight 3D scanner called the Photon that’s cheaper than a tablet.

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Google Glass App Identifies People By Clothes, Hints At Tech That Could Counter Face Blindness

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Author: Angela Chin

That problem where you ’ re meeting someone for the first time, maybe to get something you purchased through Craigslist? Google Glass could assist with that. A brand-new app made for Google ’ s upcoming smart-mounted pc will be able to identify individuals based upon what they ’ re putting on. The alleged InSight project(through 9to5Google) is funded in part by Google and established by College of South Caroline and Duke College analysts, and uses a smartphone app to establish a clothing-based digital fingerprint to help identify complete strangers.

The app would let individuals like sellers on Craigslist, or members of online dating websites, or anybody meeting someone for the first time produce a profile of themselves utilizing their smartphone camera, and shots from numerous angles. Understanding would then reconstruct a virtual profile of that individual based on exactly what they ’ re putting on, which could then be used by Google Glass to make a favorable ID when that individual comes within range of its visual sensors. It ’ s very sci-fi, it ’ s very cool, and finest of all, it ’ s very precise: in tests up until now the analysts behind the job have actually had the ability to get a favorable match 93 percent of the time.

The system uses garments due to the fact that it offers more aesthetic signals at a distance to assist with identification, as well as since it keeps a user ’ s identity more or less private, since all they have to do is change clothing in order to not be determined by the same individual ’ s Google Glass application in the future. However it can be fine-tuned to assist with prosopagnosia, otherwise referred to as face blindness, and that ’ s where Google Glass ’ s therapeutic potential really begins to emerge.

Prosopagnosia might have an effect on up to 2.5 percent of the world ’ s population to varying degrees, according to a recent study, so while unusual a system that fixes it might still have a considerable effect. Idea, or modern technology like it, might help by determining individuals based on their facial characteristics and trying to keep a saved data source of individuals understand to the Google Glass individual, so that they can ‘ acknowledge ’ deals with thanks to info offered with their heads up screen.

The same kind of tech might likewise help with aesthetic agnosia, a disorder causing by strokes that could render a patient incapable of identifying daily items. And for more quotidian uses, it could possibly work in tandem with language learning software to help students identify the globe around them in their target tongue.

Google Glass might not be something customers could buy quite yet, however it ’ s currently showing that it could have lots of applications past just working as an extension of your smartphone.

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Google Glass App Identifies People By Clothes, Hints At Tech That Could Counter Face Blindness

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Author: Angela Chin

That problem where you’re meeting someone for the first time, maybe to pick up something you bought through Craigslist? Google Glass can help with that. A new app designed for Google’s upcoming smart-mounted computer will be able to identify people based on what they’re wearing. The so-called InSight project (via 9to5Google) is funded in part by Google and developed by University of South Caroline and Duke University researchers, and uses a smartphone app to develop a clothing-based digital fingerprint to help identify strangers.

The app would let users like sellers on Craigslist, or members of online dating sites, or anyone meeting someone for the first time create a profile of themselves using their smartphone camera, and shots from various angles. InSight would then piece together a virtual profile of that person based on what they’re wearing, which could then be used by Google Glass to make a positive ID when that person comes within range of its visual sensors. It’s very sci-fi, it’s very cool, and best of all, it’s very accurate: in tests so far the researchers behind the project have been able to get a positive match 93 percent of the time.

The system uses clothes because it provides more visual signals at a distance to help with identification, and also because it keeps a user’s identity more or less private, since all they have to do is change clothes in order to not be identified by the same person’s Google Glass application in the future. But it could be refined to help with prosopagnosia, otherwise known as face blindness, and that’s where Google Glass’s therapeutic potential really starts to become apparent.

Prosopagnosia may affect up to 2.5 percent of the world’s population to varying degrees, according to a recent study, so while rare a system that corrects it could still have a significant impact. InSight, or technology like it, could help by identifying people based on their facial characteristics and keeping a stored database of people know to the Google Glass wearer, so that they can ‘recognize’ faces thanks to information provided through their heads up display.

The same kind of tech could also help with visual agnosia, a disorder resulting from strokes that can render a patient incapable of identifying everyday objects. And for more quotidian uses, it could work in tandem with language learning software to help learners identify the world around them in their target tongue.

Google Glass may not be something consumers can buy quite yet, but it’s already showing that it could have plenty of applications beyond just acting as an extension of your smartphone.

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Beauty Salon ‘Ghost Face In The Mirror’ Prank (With BONUS Real-Life Backwards Crawling Creepy Girl)

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Author: Alexander McQueen

WARNING: F-bombs and other choice words.

This is a prank from some beauty parlor where patrons see a ghost face in the mirror in front of them (an actual person behind a two-way mirror) when they’re getting their hair did. Plus there’s a scary movie playing on the TV. Then, the real kicker — the demon girl actually comes out and starts backwards-crawling around the place. I — wow — I would have stabbed her with a pair of scissors and demanded a free blowout for exorcising the salon.

Hit the jump for the video, it’s pretty good.

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