FlyNano Water Plane, Flying without a Pilot's License

Don't have a pilot's license but want to fly? It may come true with FlyNano. It's a light weight water plane that doesn't really qualify as an airplane. Aviation rules require a pilot's license when flying an airplane. So if it's not technically a plane then you can actually fly it even without a pilot's license. Cool yet dangerous.

The FlyNano water plane was unveiled at the Aero 2011 at Friedrichshafen in Germany. The aircraft was invented by Pilot Aki Suokas. It has a super lightweight body made from carbon fiber, measuring 3.5 meters with wingspan of 5 meters. It weighs under 70 kilograms and can carry only one person. It can reach speeds over 140 kph and a height of 3 kilometers. Which is pretty high.

It will soon be made available to the market to you better save up. It will roughly costs around $36,000 - $39,000. The company offers three models to choose from: electric, petrol and a racing version. Yet to see an actual flight video or photo.

Source: edition.cnn.com 

New Nintendo Wii 2 will be in High Definition (HD)

Nintendo is rumored to release its HD version of Wii. Nintendo Wii has been the best selling console in years but is starting to lose its grip to that title. According to sources, Nintendo plans to unveil the new Nintendo Wii HD in the E3 conference in Los Angeles this June. There are no solid information yet about the rumored new console. This comes after Nintendo announced that it will be cutting the Wii's price to $150 from $200. It is said that Nintendo has been loosing sales and profits with its Wii and DS. The new price cuts will be effective May 15 said Nintendo. So better not buy that Nintendo Wii just yet.

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You Can Cheat PayPal, Amazon and Google Payment Systems

Indiana University doctoral student Rui Wang and Associate professor XiaoFeng Wang together with a team of researchers discovered security flaws in e-commerce payment systems. Payment systems like in Amazon Payments, PayPal and Google Checkout are among those that are said to have "bugs". This allowed them to purchase products online for FREE or with huge discounts. 

They actually tested buying DVD's and electronic chargers and they successfully cheated the payments systems. But of course they returned the items after the tests has been done. These are the following ways they cheated the system:

1. Add discounts of their choosing

2. Shop for free after paying for one item

3. Purchase an expensive item for the price of the cheapest item

They said that the problem is with the third party services not that payment systems itself. Wang explained the logic of the bugs with a naughty child who wants a piece of candy scenario: "The child tells the mother that the father said it was OK, and then tells Dad that Mom said it was fine. If the two parents aren't communicating effectively, the kid gets the candy."


The said researchers reported the problems to the merchants and closely worked with them to fix the flaws or bugs in the systems. I guess they already fixed the problem so don't bother trying. Read more about this in CNN.


Source: money.cnn.com