Technological Revolution

Bottle bombs being left in yards and mailboxes

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 15:33

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania - August 11, 2011 - Young people are putting Drano, pieces of aluminum foil and a little water in soda bottles and then capping the bottles. They leave the bottles on lawns or and in mailboxes. When you pick up the bottle, if its contents are shaken even just a little, then in about 30 seconds or less it explodes with enough force to remove some of your extremities. The liquid that comes out is boiling hot, too.

Solar storms increase as electric grid braces for impact

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 15:31

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - August 3, 2011 - Storms are brewing about 93 million miles away, and if one of them reaches Earth, it could knock out communications, scramble GPS, and leave thousands without power for weeks or even months.

The tempest is what's known as a solar storm, a flurry of charged particles that erupts from the sun. Under the right conditions, solar storms can create extra electrical currents in Earth's magnetosphere - the region around the planet controlled by our magnetic field.

Dr. Moreau lives: 150 human animal hybrids grown in UK

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 14:46

LONDON, England - July 25, 2011 - Scientists have created more than 150 human-animal hybrid embryos in British laboratories.

The hybrids have been produced secretively over the past three years by researchers looking into possible cures for a wide range of diseases.

The revelation comes just a day after a committee of scientists warned of a nightmare “Planet of the Apes” scenario in which work on human-animal creations goes too far.

Radioactive skeletons found in ancient India

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 14:44

March 16, 2008 - Was there a nuclear fare occurred in ancient India? There were remains found in ancient India that is modern Pakistan, where many of the archeological excavation revealed some bizarre findings. You probably know something of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. The remains of these ancient cities are in modern day Pakistan.

These were the key centers of the Indus Valley civilization. These also appear to have suddenly sprung up with no clear-cut traces of having evolved from primitive beginnings.

Chinese EMP weapons confirmed by intelligence agencies

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 08/03/2011 - 21:18

WASHINGTON - July 25, 2011 - Reports from organizations like the Center for Security Policy have confirmed that Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP)weapons could potentially wipe out the entire infrastructure of the United States in a matter of seconds, the consequences of which may be the death of 9 out of 10 Americans within a period of one year after the blast.

New facial scanners at London airport to check identity of millions

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 08/03/2011 - 21:12

LONDON, England (PNN) - July 22, 2011 - Millions of Heathrow passengers will have their faces scanned starting in September to cut lines and identify potential terrorists.

Every traveler from terminals one and five will undergo the infrared "facial recognition" checks before they board their planes. The data - taken when passengers first hand over their boarding cards - will be stored for up to 24 hours before being destroyed.

Men build small flying spy drone that cracks Wi-Fi and cell data

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 08/03/2011 - 21:08

LAS VEGAS, Nevada - July 20, 2011 - The safety of Wi-Fi networks may be in danger from small threats flying above us. An airplane hobby shop owner and an ex-Air Force official have teamed up to create a drone that cracks into both Wi-Fi and cell phones.

Built by Mike Tassey and Richard Perkins, the Wireless Aerial Surveillance Platform (WASP) is a flying drone with a 6-foot wingspan, is 6-feet in length, and weighs in at 14 pounds.

The small form factor of the unmanned aerial vehicle allows it to drop under radar and; it is often mistaken for a large bird.

Anonymous launches social networking website AnonPlus

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 08/03/2011 - 21:04

SAN FRANCISCO, Kalifornia - July 18, 2011 - Infamous hacker group Anonymous launched Monday its own social network after being rejected by Google's freshly launched online community.

"Today we welcome you to begin anew," the hacker alliance said at the website anonplus.com, which it described as a platform to distribute information.

"Welcome to the Revolution - a new social network where there is no fear...of censorship...of blackout...nor of holding back."

Proposed surveillance scanner database goes too far

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 22:12

BOSTON, Massachusetts - July 21, 2011 - Civil libertarians are raising the alarm over the state’s plans to create a Big Brother database that could map drivers’ whereabouts with police cruiser-mounted scanners that capture thousands of license plates per hour - storing that information indefinitely where local cops, staties, feds and prosecutors could access it if they choose.

“What kind of a society are we creating here?” asked civil rights lawyer Harvey Silverglate, who along with the American Civil Liberties Union fears police abuse. “There comes a point where the surveillance is so pervasive and total that it’s a misnomer to call a society free any longer.”

NSA building artificial intelligence system that can read minds

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 22:09

WASHINGTON - July 20, 2011 - The National Security Agency is working on a computer system that can predict what people are thinking.

"Think of 2001: A Space Odyssey and ITS most memorable character, HAL 9000, having a conversation with David. We are essentially building this system. We are building HAL. The system can answer the question, 'What does X think about Y?'"

These are the words of an unnamed researcher who discussed an amazing artificial intelligence system she was building at the NSA.

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