Tag Archives: Technocracy

Flight of the RoboBee: Tiny hovering robot creates buzz

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“A robotic fly with a body not much taller than a penny standing on edge has taken to the air, passing its tests with flying colors. The Robobee, as it’s called, is the smallest artificial insect yet flown, according to the team that built it.  The tiny craft’s success – the team that designed it said it was the first such object to fly in a controlled manner – represents a key step in developing insect-size drones that designers say could one day search collapsed buildings for survivors after a disaster, sample an environment for hazardous chemicals before humans are sent in, or pinpoint enemy soldiers or terrorists holed up in urban areas.”

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0502/Flight-of-the-RoboBee-Tiny-hovering-robot-creates-buzz

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Do You Want the Government Buying Your Data From Corporations?

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“Our government collects a lot of information about us. Tax records, legal records, license records, records of government services received– it’s all in databases that are increasingly linked and correlated. Still, there’s a lot of personal information the government can’t collect. Either they’re prohibited by law from asking without probable cause and a judicial order, or they simply have no cost-effective way to collect it. But the government has figured out how to get around the laws, and collect personal data that has been historically denied to them: ask corporate America for it.”

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/04/governments-wont-need-to-issue-ids-data-brokers-will-identify-you-for-them/275431/

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Tiny Device Will Detect Domestic Drones

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“A Washington, D.C.-based engineer is working on the ‘Drone Shield,’ a small, Wi-Fi-connected device that uses a microphone to detect a drone’s ‘acoustic signatures’ (sound frequency and spectrum) when it’s within range.  The company’s founder, John Franklin, who has been working in aerospace engineering for seven years, says he hopes to start selling the device sometime this year. He is using the Kickstarter-like IndieGoGo to finance the project.  The device will cost $69 and will be about the size of a USB thumb drive.  He says he imagines that people will attach the Drone Shield to their fences or roofs to protect their home from surveillance.”

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/05/01/tiny-device-will-detect-domestic-drones

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Dronebusters: Turning Spy Drones into Barney Fife

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“An Oregon company says that it has developed a new technology which will prevent drones from ‘completing their mission.’ It will not say how this technology does this. It does not say what it will cost. But it claims that commercial units will be affordable for private homes. Whether local governments will place restrictions on its use, the way some states have made using car-based radar speed trap detectors illegal, also is yet to be seen.  The important thing is that the company says the technology exists. There will probably be cheap Chinese knock-offs. The creativity of the free market works against the government. So does the basic incompetence of the government.”

http://teapartyeconomist.com/2013/05/01/dronebusters-turning-spy-drones-into-barney-fife/

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France: Report Identifies Most Outrageous Speed Traps

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“The report classified the testimony they collected under ten general types of speed trap. The first, as represented by the camera on the D338 between Tours and Le Mans, relies upon inconsistency. One side of the road has a 90km/h speed limit (55 MPH) the other side has a 70km/h (43 MPH) limit — only the 70km/h side has a speed camera.  The second type of trap is a camera placed where the speed limit is not appropriate. French motorists complained about cameras being stationed on four-lane, pedestrian free, well maintained highway with a limit of just 50km/h (31 MPH). The third trap is the camera stationed at the bottom of a downhill road.”

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/40/4089.asp

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The Tenuous Nature of Borderless Money

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“The G20 has fully endorsed the plan, and its implementation is complete or underway in member jurisdictions. The US is a G20 member, so don’t kid yourself into believing it can’t happen in America. It can and will. The Cyprus event has been carefully framed as an anomaly when in fact it is part of a well-orchestrated script.  Americans are just one financial crisis away from triggering the provisions of the G20-backed FSB financial resolution regime.  And that almost certainly will include restrictions on the movement of capital. Once your money is trapped inside the US, any type of concocted emergency ‘tax’ can be imposed on your wealth.”

http://www.internationalman.com/78-global-perspectives/920-the-tenuous-nature-of-borderless-money

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A New “Global Standard” Takes Shape

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“Financial privacy should not be viewed in a negative light, as it is often portrayed. The Swiss view it as a fundamental human right to preserve dignity, akin to medical privacy. How would you feel if the government snooped into your medical records and automatically shared those records with foreign governments?  While it would appear the primary objective of this new ‘global standard’ is to rake in more money for bankrupt governments, it seems another motive is at play here.  The optimistic estimate for FATCA is that it will bring in around $9 billion over 10 years or $900 million on average per year.  It appears the primary motivation here is control.”

http://www.internationalman.com/78-global-perspectives/919-a-new-global-standard-takes-shape

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Spy, or pay up: FBI-backed bill would fine US firms for refusing wiretaps

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“A US government task force is drafting FBI-backed legislation that would penalize companies like Google and Facebook for refusing to comply with wiretap orders, media report.  In the new legislation being drafted by US law enforcement officials, refusal to cooperate with the FBI could cost a tech company tens of thousands of dollars in fines, the Washington Post quoted anonymous sources as saying. The fined company would be given 90 days to comply with wiretap orders. If the organization is unable or unwilling to turn over the communications requested by the wiretap, the penalty sum would double every day.”

http://rt.com/usa/tech-companies-wiretap-fines-552/

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US Military and Civil Officials Set to Police in Canada

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“In the wake of a dramatic RCMP reveal of two people arrested in Canada in connection with a plot to derail a passenger train, Canadians may have questioned why the United States Department of Homeland Security and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation were involved in the operation. Those who have followed the quiet evolution of Canada-US cross-border policing, however, weren’t surprised. Law enforcement agencies in Canada and the US are now working together in an unprecedented way, says the RCMP—and the two countries are hammering out a plan to let agents in both countries drive back and forth across the border as though it wasn’t there.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/29039/NAU-Redux-US-Military-and-Civil-Officials-Set-to-Police-in-Canada

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Congress proposes adding $4.5 billion to historic highs spent on border security

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“Federal spending on border security is at an all-time high — and it would get even higher under the Gang of Eight’s new plan. The Senate immigration proposal, released last week, would allocate $4.5 billion in the next five years to tighten control of U.S. borders.  The U.S. spent nearly $18 billion dollars on immigration enforcement agencies last fiscal year, more than all other law enforcement agencies combined.  The bill requires buying as many drones as needed to have 24/7 surveillance of the Southwest border. The U.S. has already purchased 10 border drones, which cost $18 million a piece and roughly $3,000 an hour to operate.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/26/congress-proposes-adding-4-5-billion-to-historic-highs-spent-on-border-security/

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