Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Exposing Bush’s Historic Abuse of Power
July 23rd, 2008Please see my heavily referenced post on MAIN CORE for more “current history” on this matter. The full text of this Salon piece follows. Via: Salon: Exposing Bush’s historic abuse of power Salon has uncovered new evidence of post-9/11 spying on Americans. Obtained documents point to a potential investigation of the White House that could […]
Toy Company Developing Weapon that Fires Variable Speed Bullets for U.S. Military
July 23rd, 2008Via: New Scientist: A gun that fires variable speed bullets and which can be set to kill, wound or just inflict a bruise is being built by a US toy manufacturer. The weapon is based on technology used to propel toy rockets. Lund and Company Invention, a toy design studio based near Chicago, makes toy […]
“Then There Are the Science Fiction-Like Weapons”
July 13th, 2008Ah yes, free speech zones, goo guns and directed energy weapons. It must be (s)Election time in America. Via: CNN / Youtube:
XM1063: The U.S. Army’s Mystery Projectile
July 12th, 2008Via: Guardian: Is the XM1063 a stink bomb, a banana skin, or a bad trip? It’s hard to know. XM1063 is the code name for the US army’s new secret weapon which will “suppress” people without harming them, as well as stopping vehicles in an area 100m square. But is it a violation of chemical […]
U.S. Army Contract for “Internet Awareness Services”
July 10th, 2008Via: Federal Business Opportunities: STATEMENT OF WORK The contractor shall conduct internet awareness services in support of the Governments activities to include Indications and Warning, Force Protection, and situational awareness. The purpose of the services will be to identify and assess stated and implied threat, antipathy, unrest, and other contextual data relating to selected internet […]
Electric Shock for Air Passengers?
July 6th, 2008Please tell me that this is a hoax. Via: Homeland Stupidity: You check in at the airline ticket counter. But instead of a boarding pass, you get shackled with an electronic bracelet which tracks your every move, contains all your personal information, and can shock you senseless. This vision of the future of air security […]
High Density Vertical Growth (HDVG) System
July 2nd, 2008Valcent Products claims to have a system that yields 20 times the normal production volume for many field crops while using only 5% of the water that is normally required. It’s a vertical growth system and they deliver all of the nutrients via solution. Look, I’m agnostic on this. I’m not advocating this, but maybe […]
Photographer Documents Secret Satellites — All 189 of Them
June 22nd, 2008Via: Wired: For most people, photographing something that isn’t there might be tough. Not so for Trevor Paglen. His shots of 189 secret spy satellites are the subject of a new exhibit — despite the fact that, officially speaking, the satellites don’t exist. The Other Night Sky, on display at the University of California at […]
What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
June 11th, 2008This one hits very close to home. Via: The Atlantic: “Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave?” So the supercomputer HAL pleads with the implacable astronaut Dave Bowman in a famous and weirdly poignant scene toward the end of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Bowman, having nearly been sent to […]
Study Secretly Tracks Cell Phone Users Outside U.S.
June 5th, 2008In, Synthetic Environments for Analysis and Simulation, I wrote: We must assume that They are using the full spectrum of surveillance information to try to PREDICT HOW EACH OF US IS LIKELY TO BEHAVE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. Where we go. What we buy. Where we travel. Which routes we take. Etc. All […]
