Finding out what the future means.
Posted by del.icio.us bot at December 27th, 2008
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Almost all noncitizens will be required to provide digital fingerprints and a photograph upon entry into the United States as of Jan. 18. A notice in Friday's Federal Register, said expansion of the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program (US VISIT) will include "nearly all aliens," except Canadian citizens on brief visits. DHS is working to make US VISIT interoperable with the FBI's databases and make its biometric information available to local law enforcement officials.
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The wearer adjusts a dial on the syringe to add or reduce amount of fluid in the membrane, thus changing the power of the lens. When the wearer is happy with the strength of each lens the membrane is sealed by twisting a small screw, and the syringes removed. The principle is so simple, the team has discovered, that with very little guidance people are perfectly capable of creating glasses to their own prescription.
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Many of these amateurs may have studied biology in college but have no advanced degrees and are not earning a living in the biotechnology field. Some proudly call themselves "biohackers" — innovators who push technological boundaries and put the spread of knowledge before profits.
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As cash-strapped police forces and councils around the UK are forced to tighten their belts in the recession, CCTV cameras around town centres are being left unmanned as they can't afford to pay anyone to watch out for crime as it happens.
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Posted by del.icio.us bot at December 17th, 2008
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We polled teachers on break duty and asked what their three most commonly used phrases were - and then we printed them on these mugs - “The Mugs of Authority!!” - Don't Mess About, Stop Doing That, Put That Down.
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Posted by del.icio.us bot at December 12th, 2008
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researchers at Japan’s ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories have developed a system that can "reconstruct the images inside a person’s mind and display them on a computer monitor."
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Mexican Senate voted to create a registry of cell phone owners to combat kidnappings and extortions in which gangs often use untraceable mobile phones to make ransom demands.
Telecoms would be required to ask purchasers of cell phones or phone memory chips for their names, addresses and fingerprints, and to turn that information over to investigators if requested.
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Posted by del.icio.us bot at December 11th, 2008
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Prescription drugs are regulated as such not for their enhancing properties but primarily for considerations of safety and potential abuse. Still, cognitive enhancement has much to offer individuals and society, and a proper societal response will involve making enhancements available while managing their risks.
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Posted by del.icio.us bot at December 10th, 2008
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seeing the benefits of nanotechnology is consistently linked to more positive attitudes about nanotechnology among less religious respondents, with this effect being significantly weaker for more religious respondents
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Posted by del.icio.us bot at December 9th, 2008
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a third party now monitors every request made to Wikipedia from the six ISPs that participate in the Great Firewall of Britain.
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