Be generous, save the planet!

The need of action to preserve our Planet is self evident. One interesting aspect of this important endeavor, we all should take part, is that you may help accomplish it by saving money. Imagine this, you taking...

A Jew goes to England

" Israeli actress Iris Bahr has appeared in American television shows Curb Your Enthusiasm, The King of Queens, and Friends. But she's perhaps best known for her extraordinary one-woman show "Dai," in which she plays 11 different characters at a Tel Aviv cafe moments...

Oldest cornea in Norway over 123 years old

Bernt Aune's cornea saw amazing things over its 123 life, and has been confirmed to be the oldest living organ in Norway, possibly the world. The previous record holder in the living organ category was Jeanne...

New spy gear: reflex biometric technology

This is the stuff that spy movies are made of: digital fingerprints, signature recognition, iris scanning software, and so on.  These days, even common laptops can be easily equipped with a fingerprint...

Complaint over MP's gay comments

A Northern Ireland MP has again landed in hot water for deriding homosexuality, this time on a BBC radio program."A complaint has been made to police about comments made by a Northern Ireland DUP MP about gay people. Iris Robinson, the chair of the Stormont health...

Woman Spots Eye Defect Madeleine on Moroccan coast

"A battered and bruised girl bearing "the mark of Madeleine" has been spotted in Morocco. The blonde child was seen by a woman who told detectives she even recognised the distinctive fleck in Madeleine's eye,...

Finger Prints preferred to PIN numbers

"FORGET signatures and PIN numbers - the UK should start using finger prints and iris recognition to prove who we really are, according to new research. An overwhelming 86 per cent of people from our region said they would be happy to swap their chip and PIN keypad for a...

"Stalinist" powers at New Zealand airports

In New Zealand we'll do an "Uncle Sam" style check on you next time you visit us. Proposed legislation to introduce biometric security at our airports is now on the table. The purpose of it is to prevent...

Northern Ireland - The British Army Melted Away, Rather Than Marched Away

Three different sources have been included: "RTE (Republic Of Ireland) UTV (Northern Ireland) ""BBC (The UK)"" ""The Troubles is a term used to describe the latest installment of periodic communal violence...

Public Iris Scanning Device In the Works

This stuff really creeps me out even when I consent to this kind of invasive behaviour...""A public iris scanning device has been proposed in a patent application from Sarnoff Labs in New Jersey. The device is able to scan the iris of the eye without the knowledge or consent...

New Technology At Birmingham Airport Helps Strengthen UK Borders

"5 February 2007 New biometric technology launched at Birmingham Airport today will help boost Britain’s border controls. Frequent travellers can now benefit from a faster, simpler way to pass through immigration control by using the Government’s Iris Recognition...

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