10.30.2006
Britons could be microchipped like dogs in a decade
Britons 'could be microchipped like dogs in a decade'
From the article:
From the article:
- Human beings may be forced to be 'microchipped' like pet dogs, a shocking official report into the rise of the Big Brother state has warned.
The microchips - which are implanted under the skin - allow the wearer's movements to be tracked and store personal information about them.
They could be used by companies who want to keep tabs on an employee's movements or by Governments who want a foolproof way of identifying their citizens - and storing information about them.
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10.20.2006
Employees at Wal-Mart getting early taste of Manna
Employees at one store in Florida stage a protest---and win a reprieve
Predicted by the book Manna, brought to reality by Wal-Mart. From the article:
- The protest wasn't led by any union group. Rather, it was instigated by two department managers, Guillermo Vasquez and Rosie Larosa. The department managers were not affected directly by the changes, but they felt that the company had gone too far with certain new policies. Among them were moves to cut the hours of full-time employees from 40 hours a week to 32 hours, along with a corresponding cut in wages, and to compel workers to be available for shifts around the clock.
In addition, the shifts would be decided not by managers, but by a computer at company headquarters. Employees could find themselves working 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. one week and noon to 9 p.m. the next. "So workers cannot pick up their children after school everyday, and part-timers cannot keep another job because they can be called to work anytime," says Vasquez.
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10.17.2006
Recording your life
One aspect of Vertebrane as described in Manna is the fact that it records your life. We are seeing glimmers of that now:
Digital age may bring total recall in future
From the article:
Digital age may bring total recall in future
From the article:
- Computer engineer Gordon Bell, a researcher for Microsoft Corp., is working on just such a mechanism. He's trying to devise what amounts to a digital diary, a searchable database that contains digitized versions of nearly everything in his life.
- "The quest is to essentially build a surrogate memory. Something that's as good as my own memory, that I can use it as a supplement, and will remember everything that I should have remembered, that came to my ears, eyes, whatever," Bell said of his experiment.
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10.10.2006
Chinese scientists invent first cooking robot
Chinese scientists invent first cooking robot
There is video (in chinese) that shows what the robot looks like.
There is video (in chinese) that shows what the robot looks like.
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High-tech school security is on the rise
High-tech school security is on the rise
From the article:
From the article:
- Each morning, the 16,000 students in the Spring Independent School District in suburban Houston swipe their ID tags as they climb onto the school bus. A radio frequency tag tracks them, as it does when they arrive at school and as they leave the building.
Nearly 1,000 cameras watch them all day. Every visitor — parents, volunteers, the guy who fills the Coke machine — must surrender his or her driver's license to a secretary who checks it against a national database of sex offenders. This fall, nearly one in three schools literally trap visitors inside a "secure vestibule," a bulletproof glass room, until they're checked out.
Welcome to the brave new world of school security. In an era when deadly school shootings seem to happen like clockwork, schools are hardening up, trying unconventional means to deter violence and keep track of students and adults.
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10.09.2006
Fembot
The rocking motion when she bows is amusing, and sad, and shows how far we have to go with the basics, but the fact is that her face looks real on first inspection.
More Fembot video
More Fembot video
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10.08.2006
Walkbot
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