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links for 2008-04-21: clone sniffers

BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | S Korea trains sniffer-dog clones Seven puppies have been created using cells taken from a labrador considered by customs officials to be their best sniffer dog.The puppies were born last year after the … more…

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links for 2007-10-10: flying robot spies

Dragonfly or Insect Spy? Scientists at Work on Robobugs Washington Post, already blogged all over the place. Just wanted to fix the date when these things were first seen in the wild. (tags: robot surveillance technology)

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London Transport Museum

Cup Final, by Frederick Charles Herrick, 1924 Poster and Artwork collection from the London Transport Museum Thousands of London Transport posters, going back 100 years. For some reason, however, the poster which has excited the most comment in recent years, … more…

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links for 2007-09-14: surveillance

FUTURE MAP « Continental Drift Or: How the Cyborgs Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Surveillance by Brian Holmes, via nettime looo-ong and interesting (tags: culture technology surveillance cybernetics)

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Bigger, dafter, creepier – Gordon Brown’s ID scheme rescue plan

Substantial and human-readable update on the UK government’s ongoing train-wreck of an ID scheme, on the Register today. Contains much useful back story linkage.

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Shuttle launch cam

The next space shuttle launch – scheduled for October 2nd – will have a webcam attached to the main fuel tank, upwards and to the right of the shuttle vehicle itself. There have been webcams on twenty previous missions, and … more…

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Real-Time Testing of Internet Filtering in China

Real-Time Testing of Internet Filtering in China – apparently this blog is accessible from China. Is yours?

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Girl to get tracker implant to ease parents’ fears

Girl to get tracker implant to ease parents’ fears The parents of an 11-year-old girl are to take the extraordinary step of having her fitted with a microchip so that her movements can be traced if she is abducted… Mrs … more…

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Satellites over Baghdad

chez Saddam: Republican Palace, Baghdad – a satellite view (1056x855px.), dated August 2002. Quoth Bruce Sterling: “Why listen to political blather about the next Gulf War when you can watch it from outer space?”. If we only could, Bruce, if … more…

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New view of Moon

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | New view of Moon The biggest crater in this picture is called Taruntius. It’s 56Km across. Which means it won’t be too long before we’ll be able to read the road-signs on the moon if, … more…

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