Archive for April, 2013
DARPA Developing Alternative to GPS; Doesn’t Depend on Satellites
April 25th, 2013Via: AFP: To that end, researchers at DARPA and the University of Michigan have created a new system that works without satellites to determine position, time and direction, all contained within a eight-cubic-millimeter chip. The tiny chip holds three gyroscopes, three accelerometers and an atomic clock, which, together, work as an autonomous navigation system. DARPA […]
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Unarmed When Barrage of Bullets Hit Boat
April 25th, 2013Via: Washington Post: Although police feared he was heavily armed, the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing had no firearms when he came under a barrage of police gunfire that struck the boat where he was hiding, according to multiple federal law enforcement officials. Authorities said they were desperate to capture Dzhokhar Tsarnaev so he […]
Israel Airport Security ‘Allowed to Read Tourists’ Email’
April 25th, 2013If you think this is good, why not go for the bonus round: Israel Cloned Travelers’ Passports to Carry Out Assassination. Via: AFP: Israeli security officials at Ben Gurion airport are legally allowed to demand access to tourists’ email accounts and deny them entry if they refuse, the country’s top legal official said on Wednesday. […]
IBM Robotic Coworker Will Help Engineers Fix Broken Systems
April 25th, 2013Via: Network World: When it comes to fixing broken systems, especially in remote locations, engineers could soon turn to a new mobile robotic system IBM is developing that could help them more easily find the broken equipment, offer up information about the system and provide real-time visual support from supervising experts. The mobile maintenance, repair […]
Airborne Terrorist Attack Study To Be Conducted In Subways By NYPD, Brookhaven Laboratory
April 25th, 2013Via: Huffington Post: A multimillion-dollar airflow study will be conducted this summer to help authorities better understand the risks of airborne terrorist attacks on New York City and its subway system, including those posed by chemical, biological and radiological weapons. The NYPD and experts from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory will conduct […]
Expatriotism — The New American Dream
April 25th, 2013Via: Zen Gardener: The U.S. is going down the police state tubes so fast it’s hard to follow. All the tricks, frauds, ploys and murderous maneuvers the desperate controllers are constantly working are hard to even keep up with. Never mind the continuous waging of wicked wars, overt and covert, in dozens of countries around […]
‘After Boston, Lawmakers See Case for Use of Drones to Kill Americans’
April 24th, 2013Via: U.S. News and World Report: In the aftermath of the Boston bombing standoff that ended last Friday, lawmakers have changed their tune on whether a drone should ever be used to target an American citizen on U.S. soil. The use of drones to kill American citizens is not “inherently illegal,” as long as that […]
After Death Experiences: ‘The Data Suggests That Consciousness Is Not Annihilated’
April 24th, 2013Via:Wired: Sam Parnia practices resuscitation medicine. In other words, he helps bring people back from the dead — and some return with stories. Their tales could help save lives, and even challenge traditional scientific ideas about the nature of consciousness. “The evidence we have so far is that human consciousness does not become annihilated,” said […]
U.S. Sues Novartis, Alleging Kickbacks to Pharmacies
April 24th, 2013Via: Reuters: The U.S. government filed a civil fraud lawsuit against Novartis AG on Tuesday, accusing a unit of the Swiss drug maker of causing the Medicare and Medicaid programs to pay tens of millions of dollars in reimbursements based on fraudulent, kickback-tainted claims. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan said Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp had […]
Top French Lawyer Olivier Metzner’s Body Found Near Private Island
April 24th, 2013Via: Guardian: One of the giants of the French legal system was found dead near his private island in Brittany on Sunday morning. A suicide note was discovered at his home nearby. Olivier Metzner, 63, nicknamed the “gangsters’ lawyer”, was a larger-than-life figure known for his spirited defence of high-profile and controversial defendants including the […]
