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Just finished updating my blog
http://leviathan.weblogs.com
With some articles that might interest the list, including first hand evidence of a National Guard member getting an incorrect inoculation, the usual sex scandals, hi-tech laser freeze rays (below) being marketed to police etc.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,40494,00.html
Cops: May the Force Be With You
by Elisa Batista
2:00 a.m. Dec. 4, 2000 PST
The light sabers used by the characters in Star Wars may soon become a real way to fight crime.
HSV Technologies of San Diego, a developer of weapons for police officers and military personnel, just introduced a prototype of a weapon that shoots laser beams to stop criminals in their tracks.
Known either as the "Anti-Personnel Beam Weapon" or "Non-Lethal Tetanizing Beam Weapon," it releases two ultraviolet laser beams with a wavelength of 193 to 248 nanometers that paralyzes the skeletal muscles of people and animals up to 2 kilometers away.
The laser beams, which create a voltage of 10 milliampere and are effective within a few milliseconds after they charge, are strong enough to penetrate clothing but too weak to damage the skin or to be lethal, according to Eric Herr, vice president of HSV Technologies.
Herr says the device has yet to be tested on animals or people, but it is a safer and more efficient way to stop criminals than handguns or "Taser" guns -- which release physically painful darts that can only travel to 20 feet.
"They (law enforcement officials) haven't used our device yet, but they may remember the Rodney King episode," Herr said. "He was struck repeatedly with darts that didn't subdue him. Because the Taser causes painful shots ... for some people that angers them. Our device produces no shock at all, it just immobilizes the person in whatever position they may be in."
Still, the device has its side effects. A suspect's eyes could become irritated if the beams are concentrated on the face for a few minutes.
The device is hefty in both size and price tag. Herr expects initial units to fetch $35,000. Law enforcement officials, and perhaps criminals interested in torturing their victims, would probably opt for cheaper handguns.
"There really isn't anything out there, other than a baton and pepper spray, that can halt a dangerous suspect without doing him or anyone else harm," Herr said. "There is a huge market for this because there are no alternatives to shooting the person in many cases."
"It's a lot better to be simply frozen in position than shot full of holes."
Dialing Around: Czech Finance Minister Pavel Mertlik said the government will discuss a proposal to auction only one third-generation (UMTS) bandwidth license and to sell three licenses for a fixed price to current mobile operators. The opposition party, however, has pushed to auction all four licenses.
Though streaming video is expected to accompany third-generation bandwidth, Britain's mobile phone operators said last week that initial 3G services will offer limited video facilities.
Ericsson plans to create a separate Bluetooth company. Bluetooth is a short radio link that allows wireless devices within 33 feet of each other to communicate.
AT&T Wireless and Cingular Wireless –- a joint venture between SBC Communications and BellSouth -- are about to give their customers higher speed services and more roaming capabilities by adding GSM (Global System for Mobile) communications capabilities to their U.S. networks.
Deutsche Telekom is reportedly in talks to acquire a stake in Belgian state-owned telcoms carrier Belgacom.
Have a Mobile Xmas: Handspring is shipping more than 25 Springboard modules that can transform its Visor into an MP3 player, a digital camera, a global positioning device, an Internet browser or a calculator. The modules can be purchased at Handspring's website or at PalmGear.
UK-based Web usability expert Bunnyfoot plans to release software next week that can be downloaded for free onto a laptop and gives users voice-activated Internet access in the car. A GSM phone is needed to act as a modem.
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