This project sounds amazing!! Guys, if you’re into space and hacking/computers/app design/programming/making/tinkering/zippity-zapping then check out the International Space Apps Challenge, via comaniddy:

International Space Apps Challenge

This week’s Science Rap is different

Remember when I rapped about how NASA’s technology has benefits in outer space as well on Earth? What if you had the opportunity to create that technology? This is what the International Space Apps Challenge is all about.

The Space Apps Challenge is a 2 day contest to improve life in Space and on Earth. The challenges are focused in 4 key areas: hardware, software, visualization, and citizen science.

The event takes place April 20-21 in over 75 cities around the world. There are over 50 challenges and you can participate locally or online.

So do you have what it takes to improve the technology we use in space?

To Register or for more information visit: 
www.SpaceAppsChallenge.org

NYC Residents visit:
www.SpaceAppsNYC.com

Profile pics on social media sites pose privacy risk, researcher warns

At the Black Hat hacking/security conference in Las Vegas last week, a group showed that by running facial recognition software through publicly available Facebook and dating site profile pictures, they were able to identify people’s true identities based on nothing more than a photo.

Even worse? They were able to use Social Security Number patterning studies to determine the first 5 digits of folks’ SSNs with almost 25% accuracy.

Nothing online is private, people.