$100,000 Prize For Best Homeland Security Initiative
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Now is your chance to win $100,000, and all you have to do is come up with a novel way to save the country (US) from terrorist attacks. This prize is given by the nonprofit National Security Initiative and it has named this competition “The American Security Challenge“.
The idea is expected to involve the incorporation of innovative technology and business. People like entrepreneurs, academics, and businesses can apply as long as they have less than $1M in revenue.
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Garry Kasparov Attacked By Flying RC Penis
Garry Kasparov is the leader of the Other Russia movement, and a famous chess player. During one of his speeches on Saturday, he was “attacked” by a penis shaped RC helicopter. The 700 people that attended the meeting were shocked when this flying penis started buzzing towards Kasparov.
It is speculated that this joke was conducted by two pro-Kremlin Young Russia activists and meant no harm towards the former chess master”. The helicopter was smacked down by one of Kasparov’s security guards.
See the video below
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OLED Passports By Samsung
Samsung SDI and Bundesdruckerei from Germany, have designed a passport with a 700 ?m polycarbonate data page. This new travel document will feature an active matrix bendable 300 ?m OLED display which will show airport officials info and pictures related to the passport holder.
The ePassport does generate concerns that it can be hacked regardless of Samsung’s claims that its is completely manipulation-proof. This passport will not run with batteries but will work buy induction generated electricity from the airports check point.
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Bicycle Tree Rack Offers Secure Parking
Now this is a novel idea. When design meets security and practicality then you get the bicycle tree rack. All you have to do is slide the bike on the rack and then press the button to elevate it up the pole. The finger print recognition system ensures that only you can remove the cycle from the pole. This rack is designed to take up to 6 bicycles.
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Internet Explorer 8 Beta Now Online
Microsoft has opened the gates for the new Internet Explorer, 8. The first beta edition of this browser is aimed for Web Developers and Designers. In other words unless you have a serious reason do not download it because you might experience some problems.
The Internet Explorer 8 promises better security and faster navigation. It also introduces two new concepts, the Activities and the Web slices.
The activities is a menu with which you can connect a text from the webpage you are watching with external applications (ie you can select and address from the activity menu and go see it on the map).
The Web Slices is a service where you can choose a part of the webpage (ie a list of recent Weberence posts) and monitor this part through the links bar of the i.e.
If you want to have a go at the new browser then go here
A Victory for American Bloggers
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About 10 days ago I wrote an article about airport security in America and a blog which the government created in order for passenger to log complains there. Today I saw, at my surprise, that the airport security people do take seriously those complains.
One of the most common complaint was that passenger were not allowed to carry iPods or any other gadgets in their cabin baggage. Within a few days the people behind the blog investigated on this issue, contacted airports here and there and managed to ensure free passage to all iPods, Blackberries and gadgets.
In the relevant post (titled Hooray Bloggers) it said that there was no direct regulation that banned the iPods and gadgets but this “bad habit” was followed only from some airports.
Its good that this online complain service works in contrast to the old complaint boxes which I always doubted if anyone looked to see what’s inside them!
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