What is/are the relationship(s) between the technologies pictured here? We’re not trying to be unfair, so we’ll explain that one image is of a pilot climbing into an F-16, and the other is of a whistle. They differences, of course, are intuitive: The F-16, while still being manufactured for export to selected countries, is no [...]
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In one of those amazing discoveries that makes one appreciate the thousands of years of human information (and other) technology that have led us to the internet, which, admittedly has its share of chaff, it also has some golden wheat: in this case RF Cafe, an amazing reference website which will be of great use [...]
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An unfortunate reminder that in counterterrorism and response preparations, we need to focus on more than just commercial aviation: ROME (Reuters) – A bomb exploded in front of a school in southern Italy on Saturday, killing a 16 year-old girl and wounding at least six others, two seriously, authorities said on Saturday. The explosion, near [...]
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Shear Thickening Fluids (STFs) may be “liquid” in a strict sense – but they’re used in fabrics. Developed by Professor Norman Wagner and his research team, including students, of the University of Delaware, as a joint project between the University of Delaware Center for Composite Materials and the United States Army Research Lab. They’re amazing [...]
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While this is alarming, please bear in mind that this is a discussion of a military technology which, with respect to one feature (GPS), used a civilian-grade component. That the entire system can be easily jammed would, we think, be an unreasonable inference based on the data at hand. By Bob Brewin, writing on NextGov.com: [...]
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Via Airstrike Kills Senior Al-Qaida Leader in Yemen – NYTimes.com. SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials say an airstrike has killed a top al-Qaida leader who was wanted in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole. The airstrike resembled earlier U.S. drone attacks, but the U.S. did not immediately confirm it. Local official Abu Bakr [...]
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The firefighter’s pole – now often omitted from firehouse design for safety reasons – is worthy of our consideration for a number of reasons: They perform their intended function – getting a group rapidly towards its mission in readiness with little notice. In other words, firefighters don’t have to sleep in all of their uniforms, [...]
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The FBI has offered a $1 million reward for information about the well-being and whereabouts of Bob Levinson. Follow this link for details about the FBI’s reward offer.
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Florida’s WSVN-TV reports that, although still missing, Bob Levinson is still in the thoughts of his family, who still hope for his speedy and safe return. As do we. Bobby, there are still a lot of people thinking about you every day. Excerpted from Son of missing man looks in stands for father COCONUT CREEK, [...]
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Editor’s note: since al-Qaeda and its allied forces claim that pornography is sinful, and that Westerners are obsessed and debased by it, isn’t a flash drive which appears to contain pornography the very first object immoral investigators would examine while conducting a search? Apparently Germany’s intellligence and law enforcement agencies aren’t so easily distracted. From [...]
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Excerpted from Assam Ferry Sinking on WikiNews: On 30 April 2012, a ferry capsized in the Brahmaputra River in the Dhubri district of Assam state in north-eastern India. Incident According to officials, the incident occurred when a packed steamer carrying over 300 passengers was caught in a storm and subsequently capsized. The incident occurred near [...]
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New York City politics is often about real estate value, and distance is often measured in travel time. A hospital three miles away in suburban or rural Arizona might be reachable, on a flat straight road with no traffic, in an ambulance with lights and sirens running, in well under three minutes. Not in New [...]
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This Football-Sized Robot Sub Handles Law Enforcement’s Underwater Beat From inspecting cargo ships in NYC Harbor to searching for missing persons in South Texas, law enforcement is increasingly supplementing its human divers with these football-sized remote submersibles. The VideoRay Pro 3 GTO is a tethered, remotely-controlled micro-submersible. The eight-pound machine can dive as far as [...]
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We’ve got a few reasons for publishing this image: Kristarella, an outstanding web designer and software developer, is also a fabulous photographer, and we encourage you to check out her Photoblog for page after page of images which will capture your curiousity, imagination and awe. But that’s not, strictly speaking, on-topic. These reasons are: We’re [...]
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Ryan Sibley of the Sunlight Foundation, which does outstanding work in making government documents, including statutes, accessible, understandable, and making government itself transparent, has used some of the Foundation’s electronic search tools and concluded that a number of states – at least ten – adopted language identical to the Florida statute which may govern prosecution [...]
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The same messages can be communicated by signalling the letter "K" in Morse code via signal lamp. (While a proper signal lamp may be ideal, a flashlight, probably best employing red LEDs, will certainly fit the bill).
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