"Nanny State" Arrives In New York
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The mayor of New York must be copying London’s crazyness regarding cameras. New York City is going to install not only more cameras, but also a hi-tech surveillance system to monitor potential terrorists. People do fear that this will not only be directed towards terrorists but also to spy on ordinary people.
The are of interest is the 1.7 sq. miles below Canal Street, which includes the cities most important “potential” targets (Stock Exchange, Federal Reserve Bank, City Hall, major bridges and tunnels.
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Quantum Sleeper: Bulletproof Bed
The Quantum Sleeper is a bed that is also a state of the art refuge designed to protect you from biological and chemical warfare, terrorist attacks, natural disasters, kidnappers, stalkers and of course bullets!
This device also contains enough gadgets to keep you entertained while the rest of the world (who did not buy the Quantum Sleeper, is slowly dying from a chemical attack. So in it you can find a CD player, DVD, even a microwave oven and a cell phone.
See here for more details
Complain Blogs for Public Services
Every day about 2,000,000 people go through the airport security services in America. All those that have been in and out of the US know that courtesy, discretion, and sense of humor are not important for all those civil service people that try to ensure we have a safe flight.
Thus, thousands of people complain for how things work in airports. This was the reason why some people, in the government, decided to create a Blog in which they will log all complaints. Till today they have received a flood of complaints!
I wonder how possible it is to create such blog in other countries, like Greece, where the red tape and bureaucracy are a daily occurrence? 
Concealed weapons scanner by QinetiQ
QinetiQ manage to sell to the US authorities 12 rapid scanners that see beneath our cloths if we are carrying anything illegal. Not sure if this new method of peep-show is in violation of our rights or an excellent security measure, but all this does feel a bit “Big Brother” and makes you wonder how far the authorities will take it to protect us from terrorists.
Nevertheless to protect your privacy you can purchase lead underwear here.
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2008 Dakar rally is CANCELED!
Few hours before the start of the famous Dakar (January 5th) rally across the Sahara Desert, the organizers, Amaury Sport Organization - ASO, canceled the event. This was done due to serious security concerns over possible terrorist attacks in Mauritania. The concerns came from the murder of 4 French tourists in Mauritania (where 8 stages of the 15 rally would take place) along with direct threats possibly from Al-Qaeda.
The 2008 Dakar rally was scheduled to be a 9000 km long race, for the 570 contestants, ending on the 20th of January after passing from 6 countries (Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania and Senegal)
Terrorists Bee-have!
Vapor detection instrumentation is used to detect anything that leaves an odor such as explosives, drugs, cancer etc. Where do bees fit in all this you might ask…well the answer is simple. A company in the UK called Inscentinel trains bees, much like the same way we train dogs, to stick their tongs out (and expect food as a reward) when they smell a “dodgy” chemical compound.
The bees are strapped on to a holder, that is harmless to them, and a camera/image recognition system alerts the operator when they stick their tong out. Each set of bees is trained to a specific scent and the accuracy of the system is improved by using more bees. In fact a system with large number of bees can be used to detect a range of compounds simultaneously. So using a “100-bee detector” the authorities can train 10 bees to detect Semtex, ten for liquid explosives etc, hence getting a clearer picture as to what potential terrorists might be using.
A more commercial version of this sensor system will be available from spring 2008 and may be experimentaly be used in major airports around the world.
In other words…Bee-careful someone is watching you!
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