Phoenix Lander sees snow falling on Mars

In this artist conception, the Phoenix Mars Lander, which launched in August 2007 and the first project in NASA’s Mars Scout missions, landed on Mars on May 25, 2008. (UPI Photo/NASA)WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) — The U.S. space agency says its Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from Martian clouds, vaporizing before reaching the [...] continue reading the breaking news

Who Killed The Electric Car?

Documentary about GM killing of the electric car. It has been here since ‘96 but they killed it off.The film features interviews with celebrities who drove the electric car, such as Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, Alexandra Paul, Peter Horton, Ed Begley, Jr., a bi-partisan selection of prominent political figures including Ralph Nader, Frank Gaffney, Alan [...] continue reading the breaking news

Homeland Security Detects Terrorist Threats by Reading Your Mind

Baggage searches are SOOOOOO early-21st century. Homeland Security is now testing the next generation of security screening - a body scanner that can read your mind.Most preventive screening looks for explosives or metals that pose a threat. But a new system called MALINTENT turns the old school approach on its head. This Orwellian-sounding machine detects [...] continue reading the breaking news

Top 8 Large Hadron Collider Videos

The Large Hadron Collider has become fodder for tons of viral videos. Some are hilarious, others are informative, and the best are somewhere in between. Here are our favorites:8. CERN Explained in 3 MinutesA great introduction to the whole European Center for Nuclear Research, not just its highest profile project.7. End of the World Safety [...] continue reading the breaking news

Large Hadron Collider to Be Stalled for 2 Months

The giant Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest and most expensive scientific experiment, will be shut down for at least two months, scientists at the European Center for Nuclear Research, or CERN, in Geneva said today.The shutdown casts into doubt the hopes of CERN physicists to achieve high-energy collisions of protons in the machine before [...] continue reading the breaking news

Pravda: Shocking Menace of Satellite Surveillance (Part I)

Unknown to most of the world, satellites can perform astonishing and often menacing feats. This should come as no surprise when one reflects on the massive effort poured into satellite technology since the Soviet satellite Sputnik, launched in 1957, caused panic in the U.S. A spy satellite can monitor a person’s every movement, even when [...] continue reading the breaking news

Pravda: Shocking Menace of Satellite Surveillance (Part II)

There are various other satellite powers, such as manipulating electronic instruments and appliances like alarms, electronic watches and clocks, a television, radio, smoke detector and the electrical system of an automobile. For example, the digital alarm on a watch, tiny though it is, can be set off by a satellite from hundreds of miles up [...] continue reading the breaking news

The Army’s Totally Serious Mind-Control Project

Army scientists want to cram this array of brain-wave reading sensors into a helmet.Soldiers barking orders at each other is so 20th Century. That’s why the U.S. Army has just awarded a $4 million contract to begin developing “thought helmets” that would harness silent brain waves for secure communication among troops. Ultimately, the Army hopes [...] continue reading the breaking news

The Army’s Totally Serious Mind-Control Project

Army scientists want to cram this array of brain-wave reading sensors into a helmet.Soldiers barking orders at each other is so 20th Century. That’s why the U.S. Army has just awarded a $4 million contract to begin developing “thought helmets” that would harness silent brain waves for secure communication among troops. Ultimately, the Army hopes [...] continue reading the breaking news

Google knows where you at

This week Google announced Mobile Search with My Location, for devices running on Windows Mobile. By either using GPS or cell-ID, Google can tap into your location and deliver location-specific information.Previously, the system returned results based on the last location entered. The new Search with My Location feature will be able to give much more [...] continue reading the breaking news

Google knows where you at

This week Google announced Mobile Search with My Location, for devices running on Windows Mobile. By either using GPS or cell-ID, Google can tap into your location and deliver location-specific information.Previously, the system returned results based on the last location entered. The new Search with My Location feature will be able to give much more [...] continue reading the breaking news

Holographic storage ships next month!

Even since astronaut Dave Bowman disconnected the HAL 9000’s holographic memory in 2001: A Space Odyssey techies have been wondering when we could buy real holographic storage. Now we know: May, 2008.Promising super-high density and excellent media flaw resistance, holographic storage has been an ever-receeding technology for years. You can buy nifty 3D skull and [...] continue reading the breaking news

Hackers claim there’s a black hole in the atom smashers’ computer network

From The TimesSeptember 13, 2008Hackers have broken into one of the computer networks of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).A group calling itself the Greek Security Team left a rogue webpage describing the technicians responsible for computer security at the giant atom smasher as “schoolkids” - but reassuring scientists that they did not want to disrupt [...] continue reading the breaking news

Hackers claim there’s a black hole in the atom smashers’ computer network

From The TimesSeptember 13, 2008Hackers have broken into one of the computer networks of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).A group calling itself the Greek Security Team left a rogue webpage describing the technicians responsible for computer security at the giant atom smasher as “schoolkids” - but reassuring scientists that they did not want to disrupt [...] continue reading the breaking news

English village to be invaded in spybot competition

A village in south-west England will shortly be swarming with robots competing to show off their surveillance skills.The event is the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) answer to the US DARPA Grand Challenge that set robotic cars against one another to encourage advances in autonomous vehicles.Enlarge imageThis village, built for urban warfare training during the [...] continue reading the breaking news

Holographic storage ships next month!

Even since astronaut Dave Bowman disconnected the HAL 9000’s holographic memory in 2001: A Space Odyssey techies have been wondering when we could buy real holographic storage. Now we know: May, 2008.Promising super-high density and excellent media flaw resistance, holographic storage has been an ever-receeding technology for years. You can buy nifty 3D skull and [...] continue reading the breaking news

Spy Grid Part Of Consumer Technology

Tech savy proponents might think it’s great, meanwhile skeptics and naysayers still deny its existence, but microphones and internal listening devices are being installed in hi-tech hardware, and have been for several years. Motorola released a fact sheet concerning their next generation HD cable boxes and broadband devices and admitted that: This innovative plug-and-play technology [...] continue reading the breaking news

Air-purifying Church Windows Were Early Nanotechnology

ScienceDaily (Aug. 25, 2008) - Stained glass windows that are painted with gold purify the air when they are lit up by sunlight, a team of Queensland University of Technology experts have discovered.Associate Professor Zhu Huai Yong, from QUT’s School of Physical and Chemical Sciences said that glaziers in medieval forges were the first nanotechnologists [...] continue reading the breaking news

Air-purifying Church Windows Were Early Nanotechnology

ScienceDaily (Aug. 25, 2008) - Stained glass windows that are painted with gold purify the air when they are lit up by sunlight, a team of Queensland University of Technology experts have discovered.Associate Professor Zhu Huai Yong, from QUT’s School of Physical and Chemical Sciences said that glaziers in medieval forges were the first nanotechnologists [...] continue reading the breaking news

Mandatory Microchipping In Adopted Pets

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (CBS) - Starting Monday, every dog and cat adopted from the largest animal shelter on Long Island will come with a microchip embedded in its skin. It’s a quick procedure that can help reunite families with their lost pets.Related article: CASPIAN RELEASES MICROCHIP CANCER REPORTSteven Reichert’s dog Sandy became the first to have [...] continue reading the breaking news

Mandatory Microchipping In Adopted Pets

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (CBS) - Starting Monday, every dog and cat adopted from the largest animal shelter on Long Island will come with a microchip embedded in its skin. It’s a quick procedure that can help reunite families with their lost pets.Related article: CASPIAN RELEASES MICROCHIP CANCER REPORTSteven Reichert’s dog Sandy became the first to have [...] continue reading the breaking news

Scientists launch huge particle-smasher experiment

GENEVA (Reuters) - International scientists celebrated the successful start of a huge particle-smashing machine on Wednesday which aims to simulate the conditions of the “Big Bang” that created the universe.Experiments using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the biggest and most complex machine ever made, could revamp modern physics and unlock secrets about the universe and [...] continue reading the breaking news

Farmers See ‘Mark of the Beast’ in RFID Livestock Tags

A group of community farmers, some of them Amish, are challenging rules requiring the tagging of livestock with RFID chips, saying the devices are a “mark of the beast.”Michigan and federal authorities say the radio frequency identification devices (RFID) will help monitor the travels of bovine and other livestock diseases.Related articles: - Mandatory Microchipping In [...] continue reading the breaking news

Farmers See ‘Mark of the Beast’ in RFID Livestock Tags

A group of community farmers, some of them Amish, are challenging rules requiring the tagging of livestock with RFID chips, saying the devices are a “mark of the beast.”Michigan and federal authorities say the radio frequency identification devices (RFID) will help monitor the travels of bovine and other livestock diseases.Related articles: - Mandatory Microchipping In [...] continue reading the breaking news

Scientists launch huge particle-smasher experiment

GENEVA (Reuters) - International scientists celebrated the successful start of a huge particle-smashing machine on Wednesday which aims to simulate the conditions of the “Big Bang” that created the universe.Experiments using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the biggest and most complex machine ever made, could revamp modern physics and unlock secrets about the universe and [...] continue reading the breaking news

Shoppers to use fingerprints or eye scans to pay for goods

Barclaycard has announced it is investing a seven-figure sum in “contactless payment” technology Photo: Getty ImagesThe futuristic systems, like those used by Tom Cruise in the science fiction film Minority Report, are being developed by scientists for Barclaycard.The company has announced it is investing a seven-figure sum in “contactless payment” technology.This allows customers to [...] continue reading the breaking news

Pigs to be bred for transplants

LORD Winston, the fertility expert and Labour peer, is to begin breeding genetically modified pigs in the hope of providing organs for transplant to humans, it was reported yesterday.Scientists in London and California have begun experiments to find a solution to record waits for organ transplants. In Britain around 8,000 patients are on waiting lists.“People [...] continue reading the breaking news

Pigs to be bred for transplants

LORD Winston, the fertility expert and Labour peer, is to begin breeding genetically modified pigs in the hope of providing organs for transplant to humans, it was reported yesterday.Scientists in London and California have begun experiments to find a solution to record waits for organ transplants. In Britain around 8,000 patients are on waiting lists.“People [...] continue reading the breaking news

Shoppers to use fingerprints or eye scans to pay for goods

Barclaycard has announced it is investing a seven-figure sum in “contactless payment” technology Photo: Getty ImagesThe futuristic systems, like those used by Tom Cruise in the science fiction film Minority Report, are being developed by scientists for Barclaycard.The company has announced it is investing a seven-figure sum in “contactless payment” technology.This allows customers to [...] continue reading the breaking news

English village to be invaded in spybot competition

A village in south-west England will shortly be swarming with robots competing to show off their surveillance skills.The event is the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) answer to the US DARPA Grand Challenge that set robotic cars against one another to encourage advances in autonomous vehicles.Enlarge imageThis village, built for urban warfare training during the [...] continue reading the breaking news

Large Hadron Collider Rap

Rappin’ about CERN’s Large Hadron Collider!Source: YouTubeImages came from:particlephysics.ac.uk, space.com, the Institute of Physics, NASA, Symmetry, and MarvelThe talented dancers doubled as camera people, with some work by Neil Dixon. Stock footage is CERN’s. continue reading the breaking news

Large Hadron Collider Rap

Rappin’ about CERN’s Large Hadron Collider!Source: YouTubeImages came from:particlephysics.ac.uk, space.com, the Institute of Physics, NASA, Symmetry, and MarvelThe talented dancers doubled as camera people, with some work by Neil Dixon. Stock footage is CERN’s. continue reading the breaking news

Military Robots Ready for ‘Grand Challenge’ War Games

“Expensive toy — but very durable.”Source: AP continue reading the breaking news

Spy Grid Part Of Consumer Technology

Tech savy proponents might think it’s great, meanwhile skeptics and naysayers still deny its existence, but microphones and internal listening devices are being installed in hi-tech hardware, and have been for several years. Motorola released a fact sheet concerning their next generation HD cable boxes and broadband devices and admitted that: This innovative plug-and-play technology [...] continue reading the breaking news

Cell Phone Spying: Is Your Life Being Monitored?

It connects you to the world, but your cell phone could also be giving anyone from your boss to your wife a window into your every move. The same technology that lets you stay in touch on-the-go can now let others tap into your private world — without you ever even suspecting something is [...] continue reading the breaking news

Military Robots Ready for ‘Grand Challenge’ War Games

“Expensive toy — but very durable.”Source: AP continue reading the breaking news

Raytheon tailors ‘Iron Man’ suit for warfighters

U.S. soldiers soon may be suiting up in wearable robotic armorU.S. soldiers soon may be suiting up in Raytheon Co.’s version of an “Iron Man” wearable robotic armor that the company says will give them the ability to lift heavy objects with little effort while still allowing freedom of movement. Raytheon’s futuristic suit, known as [...] continue reading the breaking news

Cell Phone Spying: Is Your Life Being Monitored?

It connects you to the world, but your cell phone could also be giving anyone from your boss to your wife a window into your every move. The same technology that lets you stay in touch on-the-go can now let others tap into your private world — without you ever even suspecting something is [...] continue reading the breaking news

Microwaves ‘cook ballast aliens’

The vast majority of international cargo is transported by sea US researchers say they have developed an effective way to kill unwanted plants and animals that hitch a ride in the ballast waters of cargo vessels.Tests showed that a continuous microwave system was able to remove all marine life within the water tanks.The UN lists [...] continue reading the breaking news

Raytheon tailors ‘Iron Man’ suit for warfighters

U.S. soldiers soon may be suiting up in wearable robotic armorU.S. soldiers soon may be suiting up in Raytheon Co.’s version of an “Iron Man” wearable robotic armor that the company says will give them the ability to lift heavy objects with little effort while still allowing freedom of movement. Raytheon’s futuristic suit, known as [...] continue reading the breaking news

‘Peel and Stick’ Tasers Electrify Riot Control

Pretty soon, cops won’t just be packing stun guns. They’ll be carrying electrically-charged riot shields, zapping their unruly without unholstering their weapons. That is, if the folks at Taser International have their way.The company just introduced the “Taser Shield Conversion Kit featuring the Taser Repel Laminate Film Technology.” The kit “features a peel and [...] continue reading the breaking news

Microwaves ‘cook ballast aliens’

The vast majority of international cargo is transported by sea US researchers say they have developed an effective way to kill unwanted plants and animals that hitch a ride in the ballast waters of cargo vessels.Tests showed that a continuous microwave system was able to remove all marine life within the water tanks.The UN lists [...] continue reading the breaking news

Is Google Turning Into Big Brother?

The Debut of Chrome, Google’s New Browser, May Have Been Quiet for a ReasonWhile we’re transfixed by the presidential election, in the world of high tech another duel between two well-funded, take-no-quarter candidates has just emerged & and in the long run the impact on our daily lives may be nearly as great — and [...] continue reading the breaking news

Scientists get death threats over Large Hadron Collider

Scientists working on the world’s biggest machine are being besieged by phone calls and emails from people who fear the world will end next Wednesday, when the gigantic atom smasher starts up. The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, where particles will begin to circulate around its 17 mile circumference tunnel next week, will recreate energies [...] continue reading the breaking news

Scientists get death threats over Large Hadron Collider

Scientists working on the world’s biggest machine are being besieged by phone calls and emails from people who fear the world will end next Wednesday, when the gigantic atom smasher starts up. The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, where particles will begin to circulate around its 17 mile circumference tunnel next week, will recreate energies [...] continue reading the breaking news

Is Google Turning Into Big Brother?

The Debut of Chrome, Google’s New Browser, May Have Been Quiet for a ReasonWhile we’re transfixed by the presidential election, in the world of high tech another duel between two well-funded, take-no-quarter candidates has just emerged & and in the long run the impact on our daily lives may be nearly as great — and [...] continue reading the breaking news

Environment: Solar plant yields water and crops from the desert

· Green energy glasshouses may transform arid areas· Fresh water will end need to dig wells, say architectsThe Sahara forest project will use seawater and solar power to grow food in greenhouses across the desert. Photograph: Exploration ArchitectureVast greenhouses that use sea water for crop cultivation could be combined with solar power plants to provide [...] continue reading the breaking news

Environment: Solar plant yields water and crops from the desert

· Green energy glasshouses may transform arid areas· Fresh water will end need to dig wells, say architectsThe Sahara forest project will use seawater and solar power to grow food in greenhouses across the desert. Photograph: Exploration ArchitectureVast greenhouses that use sea water for crop cultivation could be combined with solar power plants to provide [...] continue reading the breaking news

Massive floating generators, or ‘eco-rigs’, to provide power and food to Japan

Battered by soaring energy costs and aghast at dwindling fish stocks, Japanese scientists think they have found the answer: filling the seas with giant “eco-rigs” as powerful as nuclear power stations. The project, which could result in village-sized platforms peppering the Japanese coastline within a decade, reflects a growing panic in the country over how [...] continue reading the breaking news

Massive floating generators, or ‘eco-rigs’, to provide power and food to Japan

Battered by soaring energy costs and aghast at dwindling fish stocks, Japanese scientists think they have found the answer: filling the seas with giant “eco-rigs” as powerful as nuclear power stations. The project, which could result in village-sized platforms peppering the Japanese coastline within a decade, reflects a growing panic in the country over how [...] continue reading the breaking news

Laser Gunship Blasts Beams, Preps for ‘08 Flight Test

Step by step, Boeing and the Defense Department are getting closer to flying a gunship that fires lasers, instead of bullets.After years and years of development, Boeing’s Advanced Tactical Laser, a modified C-130H turbprop plane, last week fired its chemically-powered ray gun “in ground tests for the first time,” the company says in a statement.The [...] continue reading the breaking news

‘Peel and Stick’ Tasers Electrify Riot Control

Pretty soon, cops won’t just be packing stun guns. They’ll be carrying electrically-charged riot shields, zapping their unruly without unholstering their weapons. That is, if the folks at Taser International have their way.The company just introduced the “Taser Shield Conversion Kit featuring the Taser Repel Laminate Film Technology.” The kit “features a peel and [...] continue reading the breaking news

China: Police State 2.0 is Ready for Export

Excerpts from the long but excellent article:“Over the past two years, some 200,000 surveillance cameras have been installed throughout the city. Many are in public spaces, disguised as lampposts.”“The security cameras are just one part of a much broader high-tech surveillance and censorship program known in China as “Golden Shield.” The end goal is to [...] continue reading the breaking news

Laser Gunship Blasts Beams, Preps for ‘08 Flight Test

Step by step, Boeing and the Defense Department are getting closer to flying a gunship that fires lasers, instead of bullets.After years and years of development, Boeing’s Advanced Tactical Laser, a modified C-130H turbprop plane, last week fired its chemically-powered ray gun “in ground tests for the first time,” the company says in a statement.The [...] continue reading the breaking news

Man Builds Electric Car for $4750, Costs $7 For Every 300 Miles

Video: Man Converts Junkyard Car Into Electric Vehicle With gas pushing $4 per gallon, many people are looking for ways to save some green at the pump. One North Texas man found a way to help the environment and commute to work for just pennies a day. David Murray may drive the quietest car in [...] continue reading the breaking news

Google to launch browser to compete with Microsoft

Chrome intensifies the battle between the tech giants and continues Web software’s drive to supersede the operating system.SAN FRANCISCO — Bidding to dominate not only what people do on the Web but how they get from site to site, Google Inc. plans to release a browser today to compete with the likes of Internet Explorer [...] continue reading the breaking news

Google to launch browser to compete with Microsoft

Chrome intensifies the battle between the tech giants and continues Web software’s drive to supersede the operating system.SAN FRANCISCO — Bidding to dominate not only what people do on the Web but how they get from site to site, Google Inc. plans to release a browser today to compete with the likes of Internet Explorer [...] continue reading the breaking news

China: Police State 2.0 is Ready for Export

Excerpts from the long but excellent article:“Over the past two years, some 200,000 surveillance cameras have been installed throughout the city. Many are in public spaces, disguised as lampposts.”“The security cameras are just one part of a much broader high-tech surveillance and censorship program known in China as “Golden Shield.” The end goal is to [...] continue reading the breaking news

Access To Next Gen Internet May Be Uneven

The lack of high-speed Internet access in some areas of the U.S. has been hotly debated, even as that digital divide has narrowed. But a new, wider gap is being created by technology that will make today’s broadband feel as slow as a dial-up connection.Much like broadband enabled downloads of music, video and work files [...] continue reading the breaking news

Legal bid to stop CERN atom smasher from ‘destroying the world’

The world’s biggest and most expensive scientific experiment has been hit by a last minute legal challenge, amid claims that the research could bring about the end of the world. Opponents fear the machine may create a mini-black hole that could tear the earth apart Photo: PACritics of the Large Hadron Collider - a [...] continue reading the breaking news

Legal bid to stop CERN atom smasher from ‘destroying the world’

The world’s biggest and most expensive scientific experiment has been hit by a last minute legal challenge, amid claims that the research could bring about the end of the world. Opponents fear the machine may create a mini-black hole that could tear the earth apart Photo: PACritics of the Large Hadron Collider - a [...] continue reading the breaking news

Man Builds Electric Car for $4750, Costs $7 For Every 300 Miles

Video: Man Converts Junkyard Car Into Electric Vehicle With gas pushing $4 per gallon, many people are looking for ways to save some green at the pump. One North Texas man found a way to help the environment and commute to work for just pennies a day. David Murray may drive the quietest car in [...] continue reading the breaking news

Atom-smashing lab says experiment to start end-June

European particle physics laboratory CERN is set to launch its gigantic experiment which hopes to throw light on the origins of the universe within a month, the laboratory’s head said Tuesday.If things go according to plan, the greatest experiment in the history of particle physics could unveil a sub-atomic component, the Higgs Boson, known as [...] continue reading the breaking news

Access To Next Gen Internet May Be Uneven

The lack of high-speed Internet access in some areas of the U.S. has been hotly debated, even as that digital divide has narrowed. But a new, wider gap is being created by technology that will make today’s broadband feel as slow as a dial-up connection.Much like broadband enabled downloads of music, video and work files [...] continue reading the breaking news

Telstra chief hosts conference as hologram

Telecommuting … Dr Hugh Bradlow appearing in Adelaide as a live hologram, and right, shaking hands with an executive / AAP HE was slightly flat, a touch blurry and a smidge taller than reality but Telstra chief technology officer Dr Hugh Bradlow made a huge impression on his Adelaide audience today.In an Australian first, Dr [...] continue reading the breaking news

Atom-smashing lab says experiment to start end-June

European particle physics laboratory CERN is set to launch its gigantic experiment which hopes to throw light on the origins of the universe within a month, the laboratory’s head said Tuesday.If things go according to plan, the greatest experiment in the history of particle physics could unveil a sub-atomic component, the Higgs Boson, known as [...] continue reading the breaking news

Weather warfare

‘Climatic warfare’ potentially threatens the future of humanity, but has casually been excluded from the reports for which the IPCC received the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Michel Chossudovsky is a Professor of Economics at the University of Ottawa and an editor at the Centre for Research on Globalization, www.globalresearch.ca_______________________________________________________________________________Beware the US military’s experiments with climatic [...] continue reading the breaking news

Telstra chief hosts conference as hologram

Telecommuting … Dr Hugh Bradlow appearing in Adelaide as a live hologram, and right, shaking hands with an executive / AAP HE was slightly flat, a touch blurry and a smidge taller than reality but Telstra chief technology officer Dr Hugh Bradlow made a huge impression on his Adelaide audience today.In an Australian first, Dr [...] continue reading the breaking news

RFID-tracking at the Olympics to Include Sensitive Personal Data

The Chinese Olympic Committee for the 2008 Games has revealed that all tickets to the opening and closing ceremonies will include RFID-enabled microchips with spectators’ passport information and home and e-mail addresses, among other sensitive personal info.This high-level precaution is in response to the increasingly sensitive security issues surrounding the games, due largely in part [...] continue reading the breaking news

Weather warfare

‘Climatic warfare’ potentially threatens the future of humanity, but has casually been excluded from the reports for which the IPCC received the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Michel Chossudovsky is a Professor of Economics at the University of Ottawa and an editor at the Centre for Research on Globalization, www.globalresearch.ca_______________________________________________________________________________Beware the US military’s experiments with climatic [...] continue reading the breaking news

Military Recruits Thousands More Warbots for New Unmanned Surge

In December, after all the lawsuits, the private eyes and the backroom deals, iRobot finally wrestled away the biggest ground-robotics contract in military history from its former employee and his secret partner. This “unmanned surge” was worth up to $286 million and 3,000 machines. And it didn’t look like it would be topped any time [...] continue reading the breaking news

RFID-tracking at the Olympics to Include Sensitive Personal Data

The Chinese Olympic Committee for the 2008 Games has revealed that all tickets to the opening and closing ceremonies will include RFID-enabled microchips with spectators’ passport information and home and e-mail addresses, among other sensitive personal info.This high-level precaution is in response to the increasingly sensitive security issues surrounding the games, due largely in part [...] continue reading the breaking news

Computer trained to “read” mind images of words

The predicted fMRI images for celery and airplane show significant similarities with the observed images for each word. Red indicates areas of high activity, blue indicates low activity. A computer has been trained to “read” people’s minds by looking at scans of their brains as they thought about specific words, researchers said on Thursday.REUTERS/Carnegie Mellon [...] continue reading the breaking news

Military Recruits Thousands More Warbots for New Unmanned Surge

In December, after all the lawsuits, the private eyes and the backroom deals, iRobot finally wrestled away the biggest ground-robotics contract in military history from its former employee and his secret partner. This “unmanned surge” was worth up to $286 million and 3,000 machines. And it didn’t look like it would be topped any time [...] continue reading the breaking news

Big Brother CCTV Cameras In Airplanes

CCTV cameras are bringing more and more public places under surveillance - and passenger aircraft could be next.A prototype European system uses multiple cameras and “Big Brother” software to try and automatically detect terrorists or other dangers caused by passengers.The European Union’s Security of Aircraft in the Future European Environment (SAFEE) project uses a camera [...] continue reading the breaking news

Computer trained to “read” mind images of words

The predicted fMRI images for celery and airplane show significant similarities with the observed images for each word. Red indicates areas of high activity, blue indicates low activity. A computer has been trained to “read” people’s minds by looking at scans of their brains as they thought about specific words, researchers said on Thursday.REUTERS/Carnegie Mellon [...] continue reading the breaking news

China Earthquake caused by HAARP weapon ???????

Related Article: Weather warfareSource: You TubeProve of HAARP was used to cause the big earthquake in China.World War III is coming… HAARP???????????????????? ???????????fonett???“??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????4???????SARS???????????????????????????Illuminati?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????,???????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? beijing olympics?????????????????????????!?????!”?fdsaxxx?????????????????????????A comment from a Japanese, id named fonett:“why sichuan? cause theres china’s largest natural gas field, SARS was a biological weapon by these same people.why they do it? start ww3 [...] continue reading the breaking news

Big Brother CCTV Cameras In Airplanes

CCTV cameras are bringing more and more public places under surveillance - and passenger aircraft could be next.A prototype European system uses multiple cameras and “Big Brother” software to try and automatically detect terrorists or other dangers caused by passengers.The European Union’s Security of Aircraft in the Future European Environment (SAFEE) project uses a camera [...] continue reading the breaking news

Children will learn by downloading information directly

Children will learn by downloading information directly into their brains within 30 years, an education expert has predicted.Chris Parry, the new chief executive of the Independent Schools Council, said “Matrix-style” technology would render traditional lessons obsolete.He said: “It’s a very short route from wireless technology to actually getting the electrical connections in your brain to [...] continue reading the breaking news

China Earthquake caused by HAARP weapon ???????

Related Article: Weather warfareSource: You TubeProve of HAARP was used to cause the big earthquake in China.World War III is coming… HAARP???????????????????? ???????????fonett???“??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????4???????SARS???????????????????????????Illuminati?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????,???????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? beijing olympics?????????????????????????!?????!”?fdsaxxx?????????????????????????A comment from a Japanese, id named fonett:“why sichuan? cause theres china’s largest natural gas field, SARS was a biological weapon by these same people.why they do it? start ww3 [...] continue reading the breaking news

Study: Surveillance software revenue to quadruple by 2013

Wi-Fi and other technological advances boosting video surveillance adoptionIn a new study that has potentially Orwellian implications, ABI Research projects that revenue for video surveillance software will quadruple over the next five years.According to ABI Vice President and Research Director Stan Schatt, revenue generated from surveillance software will increase to more than US$900 million in [...] continue reading the breaking news

Children will learn by downloading information directly

Children will learn by downloading information directly into their brains within 30 years, an education expert has predicted.Chris Parry, the new chief executive of the Independent Schools Council, said “Matrix-style” technology would render traditional lessons obsolete.He said: “It’s a very short route from wireless technology to actually getting the electrical connections in your brain to [...] continue reading the breaking news

The Future Is Now? Pretty Soon, at Least

Before we get to Ray Kurzweil’s plan for upgrading the “suboptimal software” in your brain, let me pass on some of the cheery news he brought to the World Science Festival last week in New York.Do you have trouble sticking to a diet? Have patience. Within 10 years, Dr. Kurzweil explained, there will be a [...] continue reading the breaking news

Study: Surveillance software revenue to quadruple by 2013

Wi-Fi and other technological advances boosting video surveillance adoptionIn a new study that has potentially Orwellian implications, ABI Research projects that revenue for video surveillance software will quadruple over the next five years.According to ABI Vice President and Research Director Stan Schatt, revenue generated from surveillance software will increase to more than US$900 million in [...] continue reading the breaking news

The Future Is Now? Pretty Soon, at Least

Before we get to Ray Kurzweil’s plan for upgrading the “suboptimal software” in your brain, let me pass on some of the cheery news he brought to the World Science Festival last week in New York.Do you have trouble sticking to a diet? Have patience. Within 10 years, Dr. Kurzweil explained, there will be a [...] continue reading the breaking news

Weapons lab develops world’s fastest computer dubbed Roadrunner

WASHINGTON - Scientists unveiled the world’s fastest supercomputer on Monday, a $100 million machine that for the first time has performed 1,000 trillion calculations per second in a sustained exercise.The technology breakthrough was accomplished by engineers from the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the IBM Corp. on a computer to be used primarily on nuclear [...] continue reading the breaking news

Weapons lab develops world’s fastest computer dubbed Roadrunner

WASHINGTON - Scientists unveiled the world’s fastest supercomputer on Monday, a $100 million machine that for the first time has performed 1,000 trillion calculations per second in a sustained exercise.The technology breakthrough was accomplished by engineers from the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the IBM Corp. on a computer to be used primarily on nuclear [...] continue reading the breaking news

Pentagon OKs ‘brainwave binoculars’

THE Pentagon has approved $US6.7 million ($7m) to develop binoculars that would tap a user’s brainwaves to home in on threats.Northrop Grumman Corporation said today it was leading an academic and industry consortium for the project, known as the Cognitive Technology Threat Warning System program, or CT2WS.The plan featured a custom helmet equipped with electrodes [...] continue reading the breaking news

American Inventor Presents an Answer to the World’s Water Crisis

Related article: Water crisis to be biggest world risk(NaturalNews) Dean Kamen is not a new player in the innovator’s arena. He has been inventing and innovating ever since he dropped out of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the 70’s. Since then, he invented such things as the insulin pump, a mobile dialysis system, and an all-terrain [...] continue reading the breaking news

Japanese Invent Car That Runs On Water

Source: Nikkei Business PublicationsGenepax Co Ltd explained the technologies used in its new fuel cell system “Water Energy System (WES),” which uses water as a fuel and does not emit CO2.The system can generate power just by supplying water and air to the fuel and air electrodes, respectively, the company said at the press conference, [...] continue reading the breaking news

The Microchip: Health, Privacy, Civil Rights And Freedom Under Siege

June 22, 2008The Infinite UnknownIntroduction:Governments will microchip……your animals as introduction, to have their foot in the door,…prisoners so that they cannot so easily commit crimes anymore,…your children so that they can be found if something “unexpected” happens to them,…the rich so that they can be protected.They sell this to the people like an insurance agent [...] continue reading the breaking news

Photographer Documents Secret Satellites — All 189 of Them

Artist Trevor Paglen’s time-exposure photographs show the streaks of light left by classified satellites. Photo: Trevor Paglen BERKELEY, California — 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, [...] continue reading the breaking news

MIT group makes low-cost dish to tap solar energy

Spencer Ahrens, a 23-year-old mechanical engineer, was on MIT’s campus last week, holding a wooden plank, surrounded by onlookers.Slowly, he turned that wooden plank before a series of mirrors that had been placed inside an aluminum frame, until the wood caught fire.That was quite a moment, recalled Matthew Ritter, one of the onlookers.“Let’s just say [...] continue reading the breaking news

The Microwave Scream Inside Your Skull

The U.S. military bankrolled early development of a non-lethal microwave weapon that creates sound inside your head. But in the end, the gadget may be just as likely to wind up in shopping malls as on battlefields, as I report in New Scientist.The project is known as MEDUSA - a contrived acronym for Mob Excess [...] continue reading the breaking news

CT Scans Emit Massive Doses of Radiation, Promote Cancer

(NaturalNews) A British government report has called for tighter regulation of private clinics that offer full-body computed tomography (CT) scans, saying that such scans expose patients to a massive and cancer-promoting blast of radiation.Many private clinics offer full-body CT scans to patients who want to search for early indicators of heart disease or cancer. In [...] continue reading the breaking news

Cops to Use “Top Secret” Weapons on Activists During Conventions

Video from CNN’s American Morning, broadcast July 7, 2008. As CNN reports (see video), Congress is forking over $100 million for “security expenses” in Denver and St. Paul this summer. CNN’s Ed Lavendera says the types of weapons being purchased are “top secret” and this does not sit well with the [...] continue reading the breaking news

Want some torture with your peanuts?

Just when you thought you’ve heard it all…A senior government official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has expressed great interest in a so-called safety bracelet that would serve as a stun device, similar to that of a police Taser®. According to this promotional video found at the Lamperd Less Lethal website, the [...] continue reading the breaking news

Armchair pilots striking Afghanistan by remote control

The Air Force’s new unmanned bomber, the “Reaper,” commutes from Nevada to Afghanistan.CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada (CNN) — From a desert outpost northwest of Las Vegas, elite fighter pilots journey to a war zone in Afghanistan, some 7,500 miles away.It might be the world’s longest commute, except that these armchair pilots at Creech [...] continue reading the breaking news

Game Controllers Driving Drones, Nukes

War really is getting more like a video game, as hardware and software from the gaming industry is increasingly being adopted for military use. The latest sign of this appeared at the Farnborough air show this week, where arms-maker Raytheon showed off its new Universal Control System for robotic aicraft. It’s based on the same [...] continue reading the breaking news

Raytheon: Directed Energy Weapons Set To Go

FARNBOROUGH, Britain - Work on laser, infrared and microwave defensive systems has reached a high level of readiness, with the possibility of deployment close at hand, a Raytheon executive said at the Farnborough Airshow.Development has advanced on products that can protect troops against mortar rounds, guard against shoulder-launched missiles fired at helicopters and airliners taking [...] continue reading the breaking news

Biometric passport chips can be cloned in an hour, researcher warns

Faked document with picture of Bin Laden fooled UN agency, newspaper reportsA British passportNew microchipped passports designed to protect against identity theft by terrorists and criminals can easily be faked, it was claimed today.Tests showed that personal information could be cloned and manipulated within an hour before being inserted into new chips, the Times reported.The [...] continue reading the breaking news

The man with the answer to life, the universe and (nearly) everything

British scientist Peter Higgs dreamt up a theory explaining the tiny particles that make up everything, including you, decades ago. At last he’s set to be proved right.Peter Higgs remembers the day everything suddenly began to make sense. “It was July 16, 1964, when some new research papers arrived. I looked at one, realised what [...] continue reading the breaking news

How to Make a Solar Power Generator for Less Than $300

Using parts easily available from your local stores, you can make a small solar power generator for $250 to $300. Great for power failures and life outside the power grid. Power your computer, modem, vcr, tv, cameras, lights, or DC appliances anywhere you go. Use in cabins, boats, tents, archaeological digs, or while travelling throughout [...] continue reading the breaking news

Star Trek warp drive is a possibility, say scientists

Two physicists have boldly gone where no reputable scientists should go and devised a new scheme to travel faster than the speed of light.Star Trek technology: The realityA brief history of warp drivesWarp Drive - A New Approach [the paper]The advance could mean that Star Trek fantasies of interstellar civilisations and voyages powered by warp [...] continue reading the breaking news

One Nation Under Siege - Full Theatrical Release

From documentary filmmaker William Lewis comes a bone chilling documentary on the spying, tracking and control of the American public.Source: Google Video continue reading the breaking news

Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have set a world record in solar cell efficiency with a photovoltaic device that converts 40.8 percent of the light that hits it into electricity. This is the highest confirmed efficiency of any photovoltaic device to date.The inverted metamorphic triple-junction solar cell was [...] continue reading the breaking news

The Rise Of The Droids

August 11, 2008: The U.S. Air Force is, for the first time, converting a fighter wing from manned (F-16) combat aircraft, to unmanned ones (the MQ-9 Reaper.) The conversion, for the 174th Fighter Wing, has been in the works for three years, and the last combat sorties in manned aircraft were flown last week, by [...] continue reading the breaking news

A ‘Frankenrobot’ with a biological brain

PARIS (AFP) - Meet Gordon, probably the world’s first robot controlled exclusively by living brain tissue.Stitched together from cultured rat neurons, Gordon’s primitive grey matter was designed at the University of Reading by scientists who unveiled the neuron-powered machine on Wednesday.Related article: ‘Brain’ in a dish flies flight simulatorTheir groundbreaking experiments explore the vanishing boundary [...] continue reading the breaking news

Uncle Sam Wants Your Brain

Drugs that make soldiers want to fight. Robots linked directly to their controllers’ brains. Lie-detecting scans administered to terrorist suspects as they cross U.S. borders.These are just a few of the military uses imagined for cognitive science — and if it’s not yet certain whether the technologies will work, the military is certainly taking them [...] continue reading the breaking news