Iguana Bites

This gives me the chills!

A video surfaced a couple of years ago where two guys jump off a mountain with their wing suits that make them look like flying squirrels. I am reposting it because it is just freaking awesome! If you want to call it a sport, or if you want to call it a hobby, it does not matter. I have not seen anything more thrilling than this. B.A.S.E. jumping (Buildings, Antennae, Spans, Earth) is a form of sport where parachute gliders jump off a piece of land that is in some form connected to the ground – base. BASE jumping is considered to be more dangerous forms of parachuting because of the short distance/time for landing.

Credits:

Camera & Performers:
Jeannoel Itzstein
Robert Pecnik
Edo Senica
Mirko Schmidt
Jokke Sommer
Halvor Angvik
Luka Fornazaric
Florian
Eliv Ruud
Tom Erik Heiman
LudovicWoerth
Ted Rudd
Dominik Loyen

additional camera by:
Dino Raffault
Michael Theile

editing by Jarno Cordia

Production company, Air Rebels, is behind this and they have an awesome reel as well.

Also, checkout the photo gallery of the flying suit maker, Phoenix Fly.

Google decided to attach their phone to a weather balloon and send it into outer space. They’d monitored phone’s sensors and captured some interesting facts.

Official Google Mobile Blog:

Maximum Speed: 139 mph
Maximum Altitude: 107,375 ft (over 20 miles, over 30 km)
Maximum Ascent Rate: 5.44 m/s
Average Flight Duration: 2 hours, 40 minutes
Average Descent Time: 34 minutes

Here is the video for their preparation:

Here is the video for the time being in space:

via Slashdot.

Call of Duty is one of my favorite games. Freddie Wong went on to recreate it in real life:

American pilot posts videos depicting flaws in the airport security.

News10.net:

The YouTube videos, posted Nov. 28, show what the pilot calls the irony of flight crews being forced to go through TSA screening while ground crew who service the aircraft are able to access secure areas simply by swiping a card.

Following the Julian Asagne’s Wikileaks hype, I would not be surprised if more whistle blowing heroes will show up.

The dramatic shift in the possession of information and the use of it is shifting the balance of power from the state to the people. It will be interesting to see which way it actually swings. Is America willing to keep its Freedom, or is it going to try to hush it out?

We always talk about how technology changing the world, but the true face of the Revolution of the Information Age is coming to light. The factors involved are definitely beyond whistle blowing, and this has only begun. One of the factors that come to mind is Net Neutrality. With the passing of the recent bill, the shaping of the modern society will have consequences. Let’s just wait and see.

I believe that information, like other things, wants to be free. Therefore, once may be crippled, it will reach a certain equilibrium where everyone will have their say and they will be heard.

via Slashdot.