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17 NOV 09
Judge Dredd 'Black Box' recorder/spy kit for guns unveiled SAVE
"The idea is that the Black Box electronics would be installed internally in a void space such as the pistol grip of an assault rifle. (It "fits in any weapon type", apparently.) The gadget would run on a non-replaceable battery lasting ten years or 100,000 shots - covering the weapon handily between major overhauls.
The initial uses of the Black Box would, according to FN, be in logistics and maintenance. The in-gun shot counter would keep track of how many rounds were being fired, updating a future soldier's digital comm/puter system - Land Warrior or some similar rig - as it went, using some form of wearable networking.
Not only would the soldier then know automatically how many shots he had fired without the need to keep count or look at his magazines and pouches, but so would his team leader - and higher commanders would be warned in advance if their people seemed likely to run out of ammo." ECAWBH.TAGS
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20 OCT 09
Exclusive: U.S. Spies Buy Stake in Firm That Monitors Blogs, Tweets SAVE
PEOPLE
"In-Q-Tel says it wants Visible to keep track of foreign social media, and give spooks “early-warning detection on how issues are playing internationally,” spokesperson Donald Tighe tells Danger Room.
Of course, such a tool can also be pointed inward, at domestic bloggers or tweeters. Visible already keeps tabs on web 2.0 sites for Dell, AT&T and Verizon. For Microsoft, the company is monitoring the buzz on its Windows 7 rollout. For Spam-maker Hormel, Visible is tracking animal-right activists’ online campaigns against the company."TAGS
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12 AUG 09
'Spiderbots' talk amongst themselves inside active volcano SAVE
PEOPLE
"Each has a seismometer for detecting earthquakes, an infrared sensor to detect heat from volcanic explosions, a sensor to detect ash clouds, and a global positioning system to sense the ground bulging and pinpoint the exact location of seismic activity.
Once in place, the bots reached out to each other to form what is known as a mesh network. "It's similar to the internet," says Steve Chien, the principal scientist for autonomous systems at JPL. "You just lay them out, and they figure out the best way to route the data.""TAGS
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15 APR 09
Eyeball spy turns the tables on Big Brother SAVE
"The system uses webcam-style cameras trained on the irises of the CCTV operators. From this, software works out where the operators are looking as they stare at each monitor - and the areas they have not been paying attention to. From this it creates a video of what they missed, for them and their bosses to watch at the end of their shift." This country gets more and more f*cked up by the week.TAGS
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30 SEP 08
Branson space ships to measure greenhouse gas levels SAVE
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"Instruments and sensors will be added to the company's high altitude plane, White Knight Two, and the smaller rocket-propelled SpaceShipTwo, as part of a climate change research project planned by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Colorado." Say what you like, but Branson knows good PR.TAGS
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07 MAY 08
Have you taken your smart pill today? SAVE
PEOPLE
"Once activated, the IEM sends a high-frequency electrical current through the body's tissues. The current is modulated in such a way that it provides a unique marker of the pill." Paranoiacs, start your engines.TAGS
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31 JUL 07
Implantable Biochip Could Relay Vital Health Information SAVE
PEOPLE
"The biochip, about the size of a grain of rice, could measure and relay such information as lactate and glucose levels in the event of a major hemorrhage, whether on the battlefield, at home or on the highway." Snappy copy.TAGS
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23 JUL 07
Walking With A Computer Chip In Your Body SAVE
"The body temperature will be measured during the walking event by means of a chip inserted into a pill. The volunteers will be asked to swallow the chip that will eventually leave the body in a natural way." How prissy? :)TAGS
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25 JAN 07
Tax Takers Send in the Spiders SAVE
PEOPLE
"A five-nation tax enforcement cartel has been quietly cracking down on suspected internet tax cheats, using a sophisticated web crawling program..."TAGS
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19 DEC 06
Auditory Eavesdropping SAVE
PEOPLE
"...IMMI measures individual people and tries to figure out what they're watching (or listening to). They do this through specially designed cell phones that automatically eavesdrop on what's going on in the room they're in..." Uh-oh.TAGS