Trigger warning: sexual assault. A controversial DIY rape-kit is rapidly raising concerns across the country. The Brooklyn-based startup, “Me Too Kit,” designed a way for sexual assault victims to be able to “collect evidence in a setting and at the timing of their choice.” According to Marie Solis of Vice News, the kit includes “swabs, a container for a saliva sample, and … [Read more...] about Hawai‘i Attorney General Warns Against ‘Me Too Kit’
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Hawaii makes ‘progress’ in dealing with massive number of untested rape kits
It’s taken years, but the State of Hawaii finally knows exactly how many untested rape kits exist in neighbor island police evidence lockers, the Hawaii Attorney General’s office announced on Sept. 29 (Honolulu PD data isn’t available yet). Rape kits are great ways to collect DNA evidence in rape cases, but without testing, they’re useless. According to the Sept. 29 news … [Read more...] about Hawaii makes ‘progress’ in dealing with massive number of untested rape kits
NOTW: Flaring tempers, Google eyes and one really idiotic sheriff
GOOGLE SEES THE FUTURE Google filed a U.S. Patent Office application on April 28 for a vision-improvement device in liquid form that, once inserted (i.e., injected directly into the eyeball!), solidifies into not only a lens replacement for the eye but an instrument that carries its own storage, radio and wireless power supply. The idea, according to inventor Andrew Jason … [Read more...] about NOTW: Flaring tempers, Google eyes and one really idiotic sheriff