by Leroy Hurt | Jan 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Boing Boing: The valuable trend in surveillance, Whiting says, is toward this data-driven analysis (even when much of the job still involves old-fashioned gumshoe work). “It’s the data,” he says, “And cameras now are data. So it’s all...
by Leroy Hurt | Jan 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Boing Boing and Guardian: This is Camover, a new game being played across Berlin, which sees participants trashing cameras in protest against the rise in close-circuit television across Germany. The game is real-life Grand Theft Auto for those tired of being...
by Leroy Hurt | Jan 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Inside Higher Ed: Research presented here by researchers from Wabash College — and based on national data sets — finds that there may be a minimal relationship between what colleges spend on education and the quality of the education students receive....
by Leroy Hurt | Jan 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Wired: …shipboard testing is underway. Klunder wouldn’t elaborate, but he said that there have been “very successful” tests placing laser weapons on board a ship. That’s not to say the first order of business for naval laser weaponry will be all that taxing: In...
by Leroy Hurt | Jan 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Business Insider: …results — published by the National Bureau of Economic Research — concluded that the popular kids received two percent in higher wages compared to their peers. This difference is nearly half of how much an additional year of education would earn...
