Two new studies are offering a sneak peak into the future of the Internet: 24/7 digital surveillance of citizens is about to become affordable for repressive regimes worldwide. Do NOT text a friend about this. READ»
The 9/11 attacks shook up more than the world's psyche, and have led to a raft of new inventions and futuristic tech designed to prevent similar terrorism in the future--from iRobots to full body scanners. These too have an ongoing mission to change our life.READ»
Cisco is about to help China network up to half a million cameras in the city of Chongqing. Ostensibly it's a crime-prevention maneuver, but given China's record, this, and plenty of other tech, could help spy on the populace.READ»
There are reports that the U.S. military used a Global Hawk spy drone to peep inside the damaged nuclear reactors at Fukushima Daiichi in Japan. Here's how this tech could help Japan solve its nuke woes.READ»
Movie theater anti-piracy tech is getting a novel tweak that means it'll watch audiences to see how they react to movies and adverts. The silver screen is set to watch you back.READ»
There's a lot of space debris up there--and we're not talking moon dust: Smashed rocket fragments, dropped tools, flakes of paint even all orbit the planet at dangerous supersonic speeds. There's so much of this detritus, in fact, the ...READ»
Big Brother surveillance technology just got a whole lot more clever, thanks to scientists from UCLA. They've developed a camera system that automatically generates a live text description of what it's seeing for better ...READ»
In the future DARPA's ISIS blimp may be hovering above the horizon near to conflict zones, feeding real time radar data to troops and smart weapons from on high. True to its name, it's also a little more magical than the Goodyear ...READ»
Josh Harris describes his vision of the Wired City, a concept that reaches far beyond the confines of reality TV, and imagines thousands of individuals under constant surveillance, being selectively filtered and exposed to the public. ...READ»
Here's one for the conspiracy theorists among you (you know who you are...and so do the guys in the van out front): That Chinese cyberattack late in 2009, targeting Google and other big names, was enabled by U.S. warrantless search ...READ»
Europeans have been busy choosing new members of the European Parliament, and the Swedes have pulled off a surprising maneuver: They've elected a member of the Pirate Party. For the anti-copyright movement, it's a huge ...READ»
When disaster strikes, rescue and survey teams sprint to the site, trying to find survivors and survey the damage. German scientists have invented a a better, quicker way to do the job: By using a swarm of mini helicopters to ...READ»
