"...this drug has the potential of enabling humanity to dwell upon the surfaces of "radiation friendly" worlds." That and most of the rest of space, too - if it works.
"The camera can lock on to and track a single face from 500ft above, which can then be scanned and matched against a database of known criminals or terrorist suspects." This country is f*cke
"Fortifying food with specially developed proteins could make our bodies more resistant to the ageing process, according to a former Oxford University scientist." Mmm, deuterium burgers.
"So for the 3 weeks or so before the forgers can find a way around this technique I guess they’ll have to rely on ripping off the thousands of companies who don’t immediately adopt this printing
"Why is design for hackability the same as design for long lifetime? Because the things a hacker wants to do to a device today [...] are the same things required to keep a device from getting obs
"The tiny £1,800 cameras ... will be fitted onto the side of the officers' headgear. Police say the clearly visible cameras will act as a deterrent, as well as an evidence gathering tool." H
"'If necessary, Russia's rocket-manufacturing complex can create the means in space to repulse asteroids threatening Earth,' Remishevsky said, without giving further details."
" [It] will be sold with a wireless ID card that fits inside a wallet or handbag and lets the phone detect when its owner moves more than a few metres away." Genius - that'll be real hard to
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"Seven cameras in Middlesbrough town centre have a facility, which allows operators to bark orders at those involved in anti-social behaviour." The Beeb picks up the story.
"...the first flexible display panel to be embedded into an ISO-compliant payment card..." This could be an interesting development in the anti-fraud battles.
Unfortunately, they cost a packet and don't work so well. Maybe removing the things that incite terrorism (y'know, like imperialist foreign policies) might be the way to go instead? Just a thought.
Why GeoDetector? According to a survey by CyberSource Corp, online credit card fraud cost US businesses over $3 billion in 2006 (a 7% increase over 2005)...