OECD to plot internet’s future

Forty government ministers will meet with private business managers in Seoul next month to plan an all-reaching, all-seeing, all-knowing internet, which derives data from RFID tags and other ubiquitous sensors.
Father of the internet and Google chief internet evangelist Vint Cerf (pictured here) will be participating in the OECD meeting.
The ministers says they want to “provide [...]

Scanner pats you down…

… without getting all touchy-feely.

An infrared scanner developed in Woburn, Mass. might replace the bully boys and girls (now wearing new, policeman-like uniforms) feeling around passengers’ bodies for explosives and drugs. The Iscon 1000 can detect slight temperature differences, and is safer, because it does not use X-rays.
ISCON
Iscon1000 scans for temperature differences on the body’s [...]

Anti-gun rampage: Firearms foes cite fringe stories

Who needs numbers when a “macabre” story, this one an apparent suicide, can spark irrational fears?

They are “not an everyday occurrence,” but the shady Freedom States Alliance calls the infinitesimal number of gun club suicides enough to merit action against gun owners and enthusiasts.
Gun Guys
One of the least-discussed aspects of gun violence is one that [...]