police officers have begun patrolling the Internet sites where guilty parties sometimes freely admit to committing various crimes without apparent fear of reprisal, such as parties and protests.
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Archive for the ‘technology’ Category
Police; stalkers patrol myspace
Sunday, October 7th, 2007Virtual border fence delayed
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007The Department of Homeland Security announced that the completion of a $20 million “virtual fence†pilot project along the Mexican border near Tucson would be delayed because its cameras and radar were unable to distinguish people and vehicles from bushes and cows.
[not a mexican]
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Run away the ray-gun is coming
Thursday, September 27th, 2007Raytheon unveiled Silent Guardian, a device that radiates unbearable pain which the US plans to use in Iraq. “You don’t have time to think about it,†said an executive. “You just run.â€
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Gov. official uses homeland security to stalk ex
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007A Government official was charged with stalking his ex-girlfriend using homeland security data.
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Scientists develop non-stick gum
Saturday, September 15th, 2007Scientists in Britain made gum that won’t stick to your shoe.
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Google offers $30 mil for moon landing
Saturday, September 15th, 2007Google offered $30m to anyone that lands a robot rover on the Moon.
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Police crackdown on Craigslist hookers
Thursday, September 13th, 2007Police are cracking down on Craigslist hookers. “Technology has worked its way into every profession,†said a Long Island detective, “including the oldest.â€
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S. Korea to build robot land
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007South Korea decided to build robot land.
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New Ipod technology a teeth clencher
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007Japanese researchers have developed head gear that uses infrared sensors and a microcomputer so people can clench their teeth instead of reaching into their pockets to turn on their ipods.
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China enacts controversial citizen tracking program
Thursday, August 16th, 2007China Public Security, a U.S.-financed company contracted by the People’s Republic, was outfitting the city of Shenzen with 20,000 surveillance cameras and issuing identity cards to record each citizen’s name, address, employment status, education, religion, ethnicity, police record, medical-insurance status, reproductive history, and landlord’s phone number. “If they do not get the permanent card,†said a China Public Security executive, “they cannot live here.â€
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Armed robots patrol Iraq
Friday, August 3rd, 2007Robots with machine guns are now patrolling Iraq
[don't move]
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Average worker wastes 2 hours per day
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007The average employee wastes about 20 percent of the workday.
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US use of drones surges over Iraq
Saturday, July 7th, 2007Unmanned aircraft drones now spend more that 14,000 hours a month in the skies of Iraq.
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Scientists figure out how to erase bad memories
Monday, July 2nd, 2007Scientists figured out how to erase bad memories.
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FBI to tech students: don’t go abroad
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007The FBI wants technical universities to impose rules that will stop US university students from working late at the campus, travelling abroad, showing an interest in their colleagues’ work, or have friends outside the United States, engaging in independent research, or making extra money without the prior consent of the authorities.
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Scientists: Fruit makes powerful biodiesel
Thursday, June 21st, 2007Scientists discovered that the sugar found in fruit such as apples and oranges can be converted into a new type of low carbon fuel for cars.
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Device warns you when you’re boring
Friday, June 8th, 2007Scientists developed a device that tells you if you are being boring or irritating.
[bored]
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Scientists invent talking paper
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007Scientists made talking paper. “One interesting idea would be to use it on cigarette packaging,” the head researcher said.
[don't smoke]
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YouTube challenges Pentagon ban
Friday, May 18th, 2007YouTube’s co-founders on Thursday challenged the Pentagon’s assertion that soldiers overseas were sapping too much bandwidth by watching online videos, the military’s principal rationale for blocking popular Web sites from Defense Department computers.
“They said it might be a bandwidth issue, but they created the Internet, so I don’t know what the problem is,”
Chief Executive Chad Hurley said.
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Get slim on the office treadmill
Thursday, May 17th, 2007Scientists made a treadmill with a computer on it for fat people to use at work.
[slimming]
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