Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Microsoft’s ‘E-Memory’
September 25th, 2009Get warmed up with a couple Microsoft Classics before you read the article below. Via: CNN: For the past decade, Microsoft researcher Gordon Bell has been moving the data from his brain onto computers — where he knows it will be safe. Sure, you could say all of us do this to some extent. We […]
G20 Protesters Blasted by Sonic Cannon
September 25th, 2009Via: Guardian: Only a few hundreds protesters took to the streets of Pittsburgh to mark the opening day of the G20 summit of world leaders, but the police were taking no chances. Sonic weapons or long-range acoustic devices have been used by the US military overseas, notably against Somali pirates and Iraqi insurgents. But US […]
U.S. Army Wants to Send 250 Foot Long Surveillance Airship to Afghanistan
September 24th, 2009Via: Aviation Week: The plan to deploy an autonomous, free-flying, surveillance airship to Afghanistan is gaining, er, buoyancy. A consortium led by the US Army’s Space & Missile Defense Command is scheduled to be established by October 1 and a contract awarded for the Long Endurance Multi-intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) demonstration by the end of December.
“Artificially Intelligent CCTV Could Prevent Crimes Before They Happen”
September 24th, 2009I’d put the chances of this working as described within five years at about 0%. It sounds like a good grant swindle, however, for the people involved with the “research.” How much fun will kids have with gaming this thing? Via: Telegraph: A new generation of Minority Report-style security cameras that can detect criminals before […]
Newly Declassified Files Detail Massive FBI Data-Mining Project
September 24th, 2009This FBI database is nothing compared to whatever it is that the NSA is building: NSA budgeting documents also indicate that the design of the 1-million-square-foot center should be completed by February, with building to begin in June on a project that could mean thousands of construction jobs for a state that, like many others, […]
Microchips Will Make Sure Patients Swallow Their Drugs As Directed
September 22nd, 2009Via: Financial Times: Patients who fail to pop pills on time could soon benefit from having a chip on their shoulder, under a ground-breaking electronic system being developed by Novartis, the Swiss pharmaceuticals group. The company is testing technology that inserts a tiny microchip into each pill swallowed and sends a reminder to patients by […]
VERICHIP UP OVER 200%
September 21st, 2009WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. The press release contained the magic combination of letters and numbers: “H1N1.” The volume today is about 320X the three month average volume. This is the PR piece that hit before the open: VeriChip Corporation Granted Exclusive License for Patents Used […]
Pentagon Wants ‘Space Junk’ Cleaned Up
September 21st, 2009What will be cleaned up first? Orbital space junk, or the plastic apocalypse in the Pacific Ocean? Hmm. Via: Wired: The orbit around Earth is a very messy place and the Pentagon’s far-out research arm wants to do something about it. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency put out a notice yesterday requesting information on […]
EU Funding Artificial Intelligence Plan to Monitor Public for “Abnormal Behavior”
September 20th, 2009It looks like 2002 all over again. Also: Did Bush Continue to Secretly Operate Total Information Awareness? Via: Telegraph: The European Union is spending millions of pounds developing “Orwellian” technologies designed to scour the internet and CCTV images for “abnormal behaviour”. A five-year research programme, called Project Indect, aims to develop computer programmes which act […]
The Satellite Link That Keeps Watch on Your Children
September 18th, 2009Via: Daily Mail: Its vivid colour is clearly designed to appeal to youngsters. But this watch is really aimed at their parents. For its key selling point is a satellite positioning system that locates the wearer to within ten feet. The makers claim the GPS tracking device will offer anxious parents peace of mind and […]
