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