Archive for September, 2019
Chinese Scientists Develop Handheld Sonic Weapon for Crowd Control
September 19th, 2019Via: South China Morning Post: China has developed the world’s first portable sonic gun for riot control, the Chinese Academy of Sciences said. The rifle-shaped instrument, which was jointly developed with military and law enforcement, is designed to disperse crowds using focused waves of low frequency sound, the academy’s Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry […]
U.S. Drone Strike Kills 30 Pine Nut Farm Workers in Afghanistan
September 19th, 2019Via: Reuters: A U.S. drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State (IS) hideout in Afghanistan killed at least 30 civilians resting after a day’s labor in the fields, officials said on Thursday. The attack on Wednesday night also injured 40 people after accidentally targeting farmers and laborers who had just finished collecting pine nuts […]
Colt Suspends Production of AR-15 and Other Rifles for Civilians
September 19th, 2019Via: CBS: Gunmaker Colt Manufacturing said Thursday it is temporarily halting production of rifles for the civilian market, including the popular AR-15. In a statement, Colt CEO Dennis Veilleux said the company is not permanently ending production of the semi-automatic weapon, but believes there is already an adequate supply of such rifles on the market. […]
Daimler Won’t Develop Any New Internal Combustion Engines, Focus Is Now on Electric Vehicles
September 19th, 2019Via: Electrek: After reigning in the auto industry as the powertrain of choice for a century, the internal combustion engine is finally dying. Now even Daimler says that it is stopping development of new internal combustion engines to focus on electric cars. The German automaker whose namesake, Gottlieb Daimler, is credited for having invented the […]
Amazon Buying 100,000 Electric Delivery Vans from Rivian
September 19th, 2019Via: Cnet: Online retail and technology giant Amazon said at an event today it plans to be completely carbon neutral come 2040, and electric-vehicle startup Rivian will help it get there. Rivian said Thursday it will design, build and service a new electric van exclusively for Amazon. A representative confirmed with Roadshow this will not […]
Plan to Kill Off Mosquitoes Backfires Spectacularly, Making the Disease-Carriers Even More Resilient
September 18th, 2019Imagine my shock. And Now: “Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Join The Fight To Stop Zika Virus” Woman Behind Effort to Stop Release of Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Found Dead in Swimming Pool Via: New York Post: Life has found a way. In what sounds like the plot to a Syfy channel original movie, a plan to curb […]
An Inside Look at All the Data CBP Collects About Everyone Crossing U.S. Borders
September 18th, 2019Via: Nextgov: Customs and Border Protection collects a wealth of information through the technologies deployed at the ports of entry, all of which is stored in a master crossing record the agency keeps on every individual who enters the country. That record contains information gathered at every crossing: the time, date and port of the […]
Why Is the NY Fed Pumping Billions Into the Money Market?
September 18th, 2019Via: AFP: For the first time in more than a decade, the US central bank this week stepped into financial markets to keep interest rates on short-term lending from popping above its target range. The New York Federal Reserve Bank conducted money market interventions on Tuesday and Wednesday and planned another for Thursday morning, as […]
Last Month, 53 Americans Died in Mass Shootings While 40,000 Died from Obesity
September 18th, 2019Via: The Sun: IN his fascinating book Unnatural Causes, forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd observes how, over the years, the dead bodies he examines have changed. One of the most noticeable is the rapid increase in body fat. He says: “Unless a patient is homeless or has died of cancer or is so old or […]
Kevin Spacey Accuser Dies in Midst of Sexual Assault Lawsuit
September 18th, 2019Via: The Hollywood Reporter: An anonymous massage therapist who claims to have been sexually assaulted by Kevin Spacey has died, according to a notice filed in court by the actor’s attorneys. The individual, suing as a “John Doe,” filed claims in September 2018 with the allegation of being forced to grab the actor’s genitals twice […]
