Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Ugh.


Ugh.

Originally shared by Guy Kawasaki

“If someone calls and asks, ‘Can you hear me?’, do not answer yes,” advised the Better Business Bureau. “Just hang up. Scammers change their tactics as the public catches on, so be alert for other questions designed to solicit a simple yes answer.” http://lat.ms/2nEQlT7

Sunday, March 26, 2017

Unintended engineering.


Unintended engineering.

Originally shared by Colin Sullender

Motor protein traversing a microtubule

Kinesin is a motor protein found in eukaryotic cells that helps transport cargo during critical cellular functions such as mitosis and meiosis. This animation depicts the proposed "hand-over-hand" walking mechanism by which the protein traverses a microtubule while carrying a cargo vesicle. The seesaw motion is caused by conformational changes during the binding and hydrolysis of the high-energy molecule adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Because microtubules are polar, motor proteins are only capable of traveling in a specific direction. Most kinesins move from the center of the cell towards the periphery.

Source: https://goo.gl/jdkgy9 (XVIVO + Harvard)

#ScienceGIF #Science #GIF #Protein #Kinesin #Microtubule #Mobility #Cell #Microscopic #Vesicle #Biology #Cellular #Biochemistry #Filaments #ATP #Cargo #Transport

How to protect yourself from ATM crime


Originally shared by Mike Elgan

How to protect yourself from ATM crime

(Read my column: https://goo.gl/3xVZiL )

ATM crooks are getting super sophisticated. ATM skimmers now use pinhole cameras to steal your PIN, and tiny skimmers that fit inside the ATM's card scanner where they can't be seen and where they don't interfere with its normal operation.

The good news is that starting Monday, all 13,000 Wells Fargo ATMs will enable you to withdraw money without using your card. Later this year, they'll even let you use Apple Pay or Android Pay to access your account at ATMs.

In fact all the major banks are adding better security to ATMs.

It won't stop ATM crime. Here's why:

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3184884/financial-it/how-to-protect-yourself-from-atm-crime.html

#atm #atmskimming #atmshimming

In 1976 (yes, 1976), I heard my professor, one Don Norman, say pretty much the same thing.

In 1976 (yes, 1976), I heard my professor, one Don Norman, say pretty much the same thing. https://www.fastcompany.com/90202172/why-bad-tech...