DARPA Funding a $50 F-Bomb. No, really! (It's a disposable computer.)

"At the Shmoocon security conference, researcher Brendan O'Connor plans to present the F-BOMB, or Falling or Ballistically-launched Object that Makes Backdoors. Built from just the disassembled hardware in a commercially-available PogoPlug mini-computer, a few tiny antennae, eight gigabytes of flash memory and some 3D-printed plastic casing, the F-BOMB serves as 3.5"-by-4"-by-1" spy computer."

50 Great Russian Rocket Launch Photos

Russian Cargo Ship Dazzles in Launch to Space Station

Russian Cargo Ship Dazzles in Launch to Space StationCredit: Russian Federal Space AgencyA dazzling view of the Oct. 14, 2009 (Eastern Time) launch of the Progress 35 cargo ship to the International Space Station was provided live via the Russian Federal Space Agency.

Spectacularly clear air lets you see the effects of decreasing atmospheric pressure as this rockets ascends to very high altitude.