Hasta La Gadget!

FORT MEADE, Md. — In testimony from what could be the last prosecution witness during the pre-sentencing phase of Bradley Manning’s trial, his one-time supervisor Jihrleah Showman dropped the allegation that the WikiLeaks source once told her that “the flag meant nothing to him.”

Showman is a former Army specialist who supervised Manning when he served as an intelligence analyst in Iraq, and she and Manning had an often-rocky relationship during their brief time in the service together — he once punched her in the face. Smelling an 11th-hour trick, Manning’s defense attorney immediately sought to call into question the veracity of her statement, which she made for the first time in open court on Friday.

Showman said Manning’s comments came during a private counseling session in August 2009, months before they were deployed to Forward Operating Base Hammer in Iraq. After the soldier told her that he had joined the Army to pay for his education, she said, she sought to probe deeper into his reasons for signing up. Tapping the flag on her uniform’s shoulder, she said, she asked Manning what it meant.

Read More…
More on Bradley Manning

San Diego Comic-Con is kicking off right now, and to celebrate, the White House will be hosting a Google+ Hangout called “We the Geeks” today at 12 pm ET, which will feature a panel of innovators that will be discussing “real-life superpowers”, such as invisibility, self-healing electronic skin, and new types of armor.

The Hangout won’t include President Obama, but the discussion will be lead by the White House innovation advisor Tom Kalil. The panel will include five innovators, including James Kakalios (author of The Physics of Superheroes), Nate Ball (of PBS’s Design Squad Nation), and Zhenan Bao (a researcher focusing on synthetic skin), just to name a few.

The live stream will be available on several of the White House’s different pages, including their YouTube channel, Google+ page, and the WhiteHouse.gov website. If you can’t make it at noon ET for the hangout live, the full video will be available for viewing afterwards on the White House’s YouTube channel.

Viewers can send their questions in beforehand by sharing them via Twitter or Google+ using the hashtag #WeTheGeeks. No word on exactly how long the panel session will last, but it’ll most likely go on for at least an hour, so if you’re thinking about getting a bit of viewing in during your lunch break, plan accordingly.

SOURCE: WhiteHouse.gov

IMAGE CREDIT: The White House

White House “We the Geeks” Hangout to discuss “real-life superpowers” is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 – 2013, SlashGear. All right reserved.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of kids go missing. Some are eventually found, while others are never seen or heard from again. Missing kids posters and notices on milk cartons help, but there’s another means to get the word out and it’s got a wider reach because it can get the word out to people all over the globe: Missing Kids stamps.

The project was developed by was developed by ad agency Lowe Roche for the Missing Children’s Network. It essentially builds upon the Canada Post’s existing service that allows people to upload their own images to customize their stamps.

Instead of uploading on of their own pictures, Missing Kids Stamps asks people to upload a picture of missing child instead. The site features a series of kids along with how and when they went missing. It’s a heartbreaking gallery to look at. The service is only available in Canada though, so if you live there, then you can really make a difference… starting with your snail mail.

[via Laughing Squid]

Would you look at that? Seems Leap Motion’s eagerly awaited motion controller has started shipping a few days early — well, a few days before its delayed July 22nd date, but we’ll take it. We’ve received a couple of confirmations from future Leapers that their devices are on the way. Until they actually arrive, however, why not take a look at some of the apps developers have been working on for the system?

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Filed under: Peripherals

Comments

Today, Android published a helpful blog post offering up a list of design tips for developers slaving away over new app icons, encouraging them to use shadows, textures, and micro detail. We’re watching Android grow up into its own distinct visual identity—independent even from Google mothership.

Read more…