Posted on December 10, 2008 by Mark Baard
Scientists based in Oregon have been sampling sewerage through the United States, looking for traces of crystal meth, coke and other drugs, including coffee.
This study (excerpt and link, below), boasts new techniques to give authorities a picture of the levels of drug use in areas of concern to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Not surprisingly, crystal [...]
Filed under: Big Brother, Homeland Security, Privacy, Surveillance | Tagged: drugs, Health, Medicine, privacy.security, public health, recycling, waste | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 4, 2008 by Mark Baard
I’ve been out of the Second Life loop lately, save for this piece, which I wrote for the Boston Globe: Virtual business, for real?
But here’s an interesting development I missed this fall, in the extropian/transhuman community in Second Life: a call for the first-ever “Gender Freedom Day in Virtual Worlds,” with the admirable goal [...]
Filed under: Personal tech, Privacy, Second Life, Transhumanism | Tagged: Internet, Second Life, Sex, virtual worlds, gender, gblt | No Comments »