Category: Security
Illicit Drug Detector.
Gun being developed for law enforcement that will use UV light to scan for drugs. (via)
Post date: Thursday, July 27th, 2006.
Cell-directed assembly.
Cells placed in a lipid-silica solution use the solute components to build protective shells around themselves. (via)
Post date: Monday, July 24th, 2006.
Skyguard.
LASER-based system that creates a 5-mile shield around airports to protect them from attacks. (via)
Post date: Monday, July 17th, 2006.
Personal Emergency Notification System.
Service that will send you an emergency message to help you get away from a bad date.
Post date: Thursday, April 20th, 2006.
Quantum key distribution.
System that uses particles of light for encrypting information produces “unbreakable” code.
Post date: Tuesday, April 18th, 2006.
Corporate branding.
Video surveillance company is requiring RFID chips to be implanted into its employees. (via)
Post date: Sunday, February 12th, 2006.
Personal car communicator .
System that alerts drivers if there is someone hiding in the back seat of their car. (via)
Post date: Thursday, February 9th, 2006.
Biometrical barcode.
Identification system that uniquely maps the three-dimensional structure of human veins.
Post date: Wednesday, February 1st, 2006.
Doomsday vault.
Post date: Thursday, January 12th, 2006.
RFID implants.
Computer geeks are getting microchips with important passwords surgically embedded into their bodies. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, January 10th, 2006.
Radar Scope.
Handheld military device that can sense movement through 12 inches of concrete. (via)
Post date: Friday, January 6th, 2006.
Glitch in the matrix.
Software company offering anti-hacking network protection for its customers itself gets hacked. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, December 20th, 2005.
Discount code: LINUXRULZ.
Security flaw in Microsoft’s Excel program was being auctioned on eBay. (via)
Post date: Friday, December 9th, 2005.
I saw dead people.
Security guard fired for seeing ghosts. (via)
Post date: Thursday, November 10th, 2005.
Quantum Sleeper.
Bulletproof bed that protects you from terrorist attacks, stalkers, and natural disasters. (via)
Post date: Thursday, October 20th, 2005.
Sin city.
Bankrupt New Orleans may have to start releasing prisoners.
Post date: Friday, October 7th, 2005.
Dry campus.
Siena College in New York bans the drinking of any kind of beverage in a container on campus. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, September 28th, 2005.
Covering your tracks.
How leaving your electronic hotel room key behind when you check out could leave you open to identity theft. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, September 20th, 2005.
Stranglehold.
Ted Nugent is offering his hunting skills to protect Manitoba from bears.
Post date: Tuesday, August 30th, 2005.
City of the Apes.
Monkeys are taking over San Juan, Puerto Rico. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005.
What’s your sign?
When credit fraud is funny, and a little scary. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 21st, 2005.
Nothing to see here.
He looked like a fine, upstanding young man.
Post date: Wednesday, June 8th, 2005.
Those crazy kids.
Be careful who you threaten in your high school yearbook.
Post date: Monday, May 30th, 2005.
Modern Commandments.
A list of 10 things you can do to live longer. (via)
Post date: Monday, May 9th, 2005.
“I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.”
A new way to spell terror: B-U-R-R-I-T-O.
Post date: Saturday, April 30th, 2005.
No habla geek.
In this world of security concerns, put down the Spanish book and bone-up on your geekspeak.
Post date: Wednesday, April 6th, 2005.
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