Matrix Cam Spies Flying Bullets

I used to be secure in the knowledge that, if I was driving fast enough, traffic cameras would be unable to capture my license plate. This is a troubling development indeed!"An Air Force contractor has developed the first high-speed camera that can follow speeding bullets...

Expensive Mooninites: US Firms Pay $2M for Stunt Scare

The Mooninite flap continues. Glossed over in the mainstream accounts of this event is that the Lite-Brite Mooninites were placed in several cities (Boston, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, to my knowledge),  of which only Boston worked itself...

State of Massachusetts Keeps Calling Mooninite Ads "Hoax Devices"

"Here's a press release I[Mark Frauenfelder] received from the office of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley. She insists on called the ATHF signs "hoax devices." I assume that's because the case against the two young men who placed the signs around Boston depends...

The Dream Machine

Harry Martini and The Dream Machine At first glance the Dream Machine appeared to be an over sized Hippie, Lava lamp from the early 1960’s. Harry had remembered, seeing similar devices in the ‘Head Shops’ lining the streets of, Greenwich Village. Then DonJon...

Two Arrested Over Mooninite Ad Campaign

While the pros and cons of guerilla marketing are open to debate, there is no legitimate reason for Turner Broadcasting System to apologize for Boston's paranoia. The arrests are clearly an attempt by the city to legitimize their own skittishness."Authorities have arrested...

Easy-to-Make Nanosensors For Cancer & Other Bioterror Attacks

"One of the most compelling promises of nanotechnology are tiny detectors that could instantly screen for hundreds of toxins or pathogens. Bundled into small handheld devices, these sensors could provide fast alerts of bioterror attacks. They could also be used to quickly and...

Boston devices a cartoon publicity ploy

More than 10 blinking electronic devices planted at bridges and other spots in Boston threw a scare into the city Wednesday in what turned out to be a publicity campaign for a late-night cable cartoon. Most if not all of the devices depict a character giving the finger.

Bomb-sniffing robots on way to troops in Iraq

"U.S. troops deployed in Iraq will soon receive help in the form of explosive-detection robots, which can sniff out deadly improvised explosive devices, more commonly known as IEDs. More than 100 PackBot robots provided by iRobot Corp. will be fitted with the sniffing...

What to expect from Microsoft's Vista

"The task is daunting: Make a product that works with tens of thousands of devices and software programs, and will be used by perhaps 800 million people or more. Anticipate their needs and wants now and years in the future. Prepare to be attacked by haters and hackers. Oh,...

Military short of armored vehicles in Iraq

Heavy equipment, such as armor for Humvees, used to protect US soldiers could have been ordered before the War but was not.Soldiers are facing a large shortage of equipment and protection long promised by their Commander & Chief.  This report speaks heavily towards...