Archive for April, 2010
Britain: Plate Reading Cameras Combined with GPS Will Automatically Issue Speeding Tickets; System Calculates Average Speed Between Two Points in ‘SpeedSpike’ Network
April 20th, 2010Via: Telegraph: A new type of speed cameras which can use satellites to measure average speed over long distances are being tested in Britain. The cameras, which combine number plate reading technology with a global positioning satellite receiver, are similar to those used in roadworks. The AA said it believed the new system could cover […]
Digital Photocopiers Might Digitally Store Thousands of Documents That Get Passed on at Resale
April 20th, 2010You’ll love this one. Via: CBS News: At a warehouse in New Jersey, 6,000 used copy machines sit ready to be sold. CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports almost every one of them holds a secret. Nearly every digital copier built since 2002 contains a hard drive – like the one on your […]
Why is FEMA Trying to Cover Up NLE 10?
April 20th, 2010Search and find: National Level Exercise 2010 (NLE 10) Via: Public Intelligence: Public Intelligence has received a request from FEMA to remove a “For Official Use Only” document regarding the National Level Exercise 2010 (NLE 10), which was scheduled for this coming May. The exercise was to be based on National Planning Scenario 1 which […]
Autonomous Rotorcraft Sniper System
April 20th, 2010Via: Wired: Stopping the pirates of Somalia hasn’t been easy. But when the navies of the world have repelled or killed the hijackers, it’s often involved three elements: helicopters, drones and trained snipers. The U.S. Army is working on a weapon which combines all three. It’s called the Autonomous Rotorcraft Sniper System. It mounts a […]
Top Contributors: Presidential Candidate Barack Obama
April 20th, 2010Via: OpenSecrets: This table lists the top donors to this candidate in the 2008 election cycle. The organizations themselves did not donate , rather the money came from the organization’s PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals’ immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates. Because of contribution limits, organizations that […]
Janet Tavakoli: Did Goldman Sachs Commit Fraud?
April 20th, 2010Via: Jesse’s Café Américain: Yes. The only thing that was surprising how long the SEC took to do it. The complaint does not go quite far enough. It was a blatant fraud, more than just a failure to disclose information. And this may be the beginning of a lot of questions about a lot of […]
Cryptogon Reader Signs Up for Hosting with BlueHost
April 20th, 2010Thanks to the owner of technofascismblog.com for signing up for hosting with BlueHost. Cryptogon received $90. All Rise of the Machines, all the time. It looks like a good one!
Elliot Spitzer: “There are no coincidences in this world. None.”
April 20th, 2010Update: AIG-Goldman Sachs Trades Should Be Probed by SEC, Cummings Says Via: Business Week: The regulator suing Goldman Sachs Group Inc. for fraud should widen its probe to determine whether securities backed by bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc. were improperly created, said two lawmakers. It is “not beyond the realm of comprehension” that Goldman […]
Adept Quattro: The World’s Fastest Pick and Place Industrial Robot
April 19th, 2010Via: YouTube / Botjunkie: The fastest pick and place robot in the world, the Adept Quattro, demonstrates its skills versus a user controlled moving platform.
Poll: Four Out of Five Americans Don’t Trust Washington; One Third View Government as Major Threat
April 19th, 2010Via: AFP: Nearly one out of three Americans view the US government as a “major threat” to their freedoms, and four out of five say they don’t trust Washington to solve their problems, according to a new poll out Monday. Just 19 percent say they are “basically content” with the federal government, against 56 percent […]
