Talking points: Hacking a plane, misreading emotions, fainting genetics

What else can your Android smartphone do?

Hack into planes, apparently. A German researcher named Hugo Teso found he could hack into an airplane’s navigation system with his Android smartphone. He presented his findings at Hack In The Box, a security conference held in Amsterdam. He said he could send radio signals to planes that would cause them to execute arbitrary commands such as changes in direction and speed. International air officials say Teso’s claims are false and that it wouldn’t work on actual planes.