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Goodyear Eagle-360 Spherical Tire In Development

This story has nothing to do with crime other than being a 100% pure dope concept.

According to Goodyear engineers, a kicked ball shaped tire could be coming our way in the future.

Who would’ve “thunk” it?

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Goodyear thinks if we are going to reinvent the car, we might as well reinvent the tires too.The tire maker has revealed a new concept: spherical rubber tires that can move in any direction. For a self-driving car without a steering wheel, why not try something radically different?

Goodyear (GT) says its Eagle-360 tires would allow self-driving cars to navigate tight spaces, such as parking spots or busy city roads. Instead of axles, they’ll connect to the car using magnetic levitation — potholes would no longer ruin your suspension, since your car would essentially float above its tires. Goodyear said magnetic levitation would deliver a remarkably smooth and quiet ride for passengers.

The spherical tires also have the advantage of having way more surface area than cylindrical tires, so your treads won’t wear out quite as quickly. And the tires could intelligently rotate themselves to provide even greater tread life.

Goodyear also envisions some new tricks embedded within the tires. For example, sensors inside the Eagle-360 tires could communicate weather conditions to the car’s traction control systems. And the tires themselves could stiffen in dry conditions and soften like a sponge in wet weather, adding traction on slippery roads.

Joseph Zekoski, Goodyear’s chief technical officer, said in a statement:

“By steadily reducing the driver interaction and intervention in self-driving vehicles, tires will play an even more important role as the primary link to the road.”

Goodyear acknowledged that the Eagle-360 tires are a far-off-in-the-future concept.

But self-driving cars are already being tested, and industry experts forecast that fully autonomous cars will go on sale by the end of the decade. Today’s cars have intelligence built in, communicating with other cars to sense accidents before they happen.

That’s why Goodyear has developed a near-term tire concept that it believes could become a fixture of cars in the next few years.

Read more and see video | Goodyear Is Working On Spherical Tire

Cyber Thieves Attempt To Pull $1Billion Bangladesh Bank Heist

Thieves attempted to pull off one of the biggest cyber bank heists in history but a spelling mistake foiled the plan.

So far investigators have not found any proof that central bank staff in Bangladesh were involved, one of the officials said, but said the probe was continuing.

Security experts say that if insiders were not involved, the attackers likely had assistance from somebody close to the banking industry. They also may have spied on bank workers over an extended period to gain details about wire-transfer processes and other operations, they said.

It takes somebody with deep knowledge of the banking industry to perform these types of crime,” said Shane Shook, a security consultant who has investigated some of the biggest cyber breaches on record.

The Bangladesh central bank had billions of dollars in its current account, which it used for international settlements, officials have said. The stolen money made its way to various parts of the world.

Some $80 million are believed to have ended in the Philippines, and further diverted to casinos and then to Hong Kong, according to bank officials. One $20 million transaction was directed to a non-profit organization in Sri Lanka.

But the unusually large transaction for the island nation and a misspelling of the NGO’s name raised red flags that helped bring the robbery to light. The transaction was blocked as was another huge payment instruction that was for between $850 million and $870 million.

Wow! Is anything safe anymore?!

Read the entire article | Malware Suspected in Bangladesh Bank Heist

Romanian Woman Claws Off Husband’s Testicles For Not Giving Her A “International Women’s Day” Gift

Well wow! The chicks in Romania is GANGSTA! This brings new meaning to the phrase, “tough as balls!”

Apparently “International Women’s Day” holds major weight in that part of the world because this woman was so furious that she clawed her husband’s ball off for not giving her anything for it.

Crazy part is she said she felt no remorse and that ‘he deserved it.’ Ouch! Poor guy.

I had personally never heard of International Women’s Day until recently (the other day) and had NO idea I was supposed to be collecting gifts for it. I feel so deprived.

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Marinela Benea, 40, tore off her husband’s left testicle after he refused to do the housework on International Women’s Day

According to The Daily Mail:

A Romanian woman tore off her husband’s left testicle after he failed to give her flowers on International Women’s Day and then refused to help with the housework.

Ionel Popa, 39, from Vaslui County in the north east of the country, was rushed to hospital with his scrotum torn open after his wife Marinela Benea, 40, launched a vicious attack.

Mrs Popa grabbed one of her husband’s testicles and pulled violently during the argument.

Mr Popa’s left testicle was left hanging out of his scrotum after the skin was ripped apart.

He was forced to undergo emergency surgery to repair the damage and remains in a stable condition.

Following the incident, Ms Benea said she did not know her own strength, adding that her husband deserved what had happened to him.

She said:

Ionel had been given a bottle of wine for a day’s work instead of getting paid, and had arrived home drunk. When he gets drunk, he changes.

All night he made me keep the fire on because he was cold and I did it to avoid having an argument.

In the morning I opened the curtains and told him to go out and do some work, or at least to help with the household chores but he shouted that I’m not entitled to give him orders.

I told him he was not any kind of man and I grabbed his testicles.

It was not my fault that he pulled away, and that’s when it happened.

I thought maybe that some ice would solve the problem, but he insisted on calling an ambulance.

He was pretty annoyed.

The couple have been married for 15 years and have a 15-year-old son.

The paramedic said:

The man had a severe open wound on his scrotum.

He told us his wife had attacked him because he did not give her flowers for International Woman’s Day.