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Tech News Flash: Friday -- January 2, 2015

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Headline Scan
SpaceX Seeks to Defy Odds With Ocean-Platform Rocket Landing
New Filter Family Adds Diversity to Instagram Toolset
The Halting Progress of Mind-Controlled Robot Tech
Hackers Give Touch ID the Finger

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Today's Story Highlights

SpaceX Seeks to Defy Odds With Ocean-Platform Rocket Landing
SpaceX next week will try for the first time to land the first stage of
a Falcon 9 rocket on a custom-built ocean platform in the Atlantic
Ocean. The experiment originally was scheduled to take place in mid-
December but was postponed to Jan. 6.The Falcon 9 first stage is some 14
stories tall and will be traveling at a speed of nearly a mile per
second.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81534.html

New Filter Family Adds Diversity to Instagram Toolset
Instagram recently added some new filters -- the first time it has done
so in two years. Each of the filters included in the latest version
allow users to make subtle mood changes to a photo. "Filters are
becoming a competitive advantage for Instagram so I suspect you'll see
it develop more filters as time goes on because that's the real value of
their service," noted IDC Research Director Chris Chute.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81531.html

The Halting Progress of Mind-Controlled Robot Tech
new mind-controlled robotic arm in a project run by the University of
Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Earlier this year, demonstrated her
ability to use her thoughts to move the robot hand into different
positions while controlling the wrist and arm. Mastering four distinct
movements gave Scheuermann control of the hand in 10 dimensions.
However, the school recently closed down the project.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81502.html

Hackers Give Touch ID the Finger
Hacker Jan Krissler, aka "Starbug," this weekend told attendees at the
31st Chaos Computer Club convention that he had replicated the
fingerprints of German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leven using a
standard photo camera and commercially available software. Krissler used
a close-up of a photo of the minister's thumb and other pictures taken
at different angles during a press event in October.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81528.html

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