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dplarsonon UW scientists, biotech firm may have cure for colorblindness

The left card has a red circle (left corner) and a purple "x" (right corner), while the right card has a blue-green triangle (lower left corner) and a green-blue circle (lower right corner).

dplarsonon Frequensea: an open source EM spectrum visualizer

The intro video [1] is somewhat long (~33 minutes), but shows some cool examples.

[1] https://youtu.be/u6H1DatxLAc

dplarsonon DigitalGlobe: 30cm satellite imagery

I knew I recognized the name "Planet Labs"; they're the company whose CubeSats (or at least some of them) were accidentally launched [0]. I wonder how the accidental launches impacted their timeline (e.g. were they able to retrieve the CubeSats and re-launch).

[0] http://news.discovery.com/space/space-stations-cubesat-canno...

dplarsonon GPS tracking device found on an activist's car

If only they could send you the device so you do could a proper teardown video :)

dplarsonon “Anthem was the target of a very sophisticated external cyber attack”

For those not aware, Anthem is also the insurance provider for the entire University of California system (http://www.ucop.edu/ucship/).