ARE WE SAFE? As if 2015 weren’t bad enough for the Department of Homeland Security (e.g., in June, internal DHS tests revealed that its Transportation Security Administration failed to stop 67 of 70 guns passing through airport screeners), a U.S. congressman revealed in December that, based on a congressional staff investigation, 72 DHS employees currently appear on the FBI’s … [Read more...] about NOTW: Homeland Security fails, flying cattle and another senseless radio shooting
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NOTW: Mood Dresses, Useless Cops & Rocket Ships To Nowhere
SPIDEY SENSE GETS REAL Among the breakthroughs demonstrated by the computer chip company Intel’s RealSense system is a cocktail dress from Dutch designer Anouk Wipprecht that not only senses the wearer’s “mood,” but also acts to repel (or encourage) strangers who might approach the wearer. Sensors (including small LED monitors) measure respiration and 11 other profiles, and if … [Read more...] about NOTW: Mood Dresses, Useless Cops & Rocket Ships To Nowhere
NOTW: Brits Behaving Badly, New Math and Celebrity Musicals
THE OTHER WORLD SERIES In October, another premier world sports event reached its climax, with one team left standing, rewarded for months of grueling practices, to the cheers of adoring, frenzied fans. The “world series” of professional team computer games was settled on a stage in a packed, 40,000-seat stadium in Seoul before three gigantic TV screens and an Internet … [Read more...] about NOTW: Brits Behaving Badly, New Math and Celebrity Musicals