What Future?

Posted by del.icio.us bot at August 6th, 2008

• Coolhunting: Geekhouse Bikes Powder Coating Graphics

  a sublimated powder-coating technique that can recreate virtually any digital design on the surface of a bicycle

  (tags: bike cities wishlist art fashion)

Posted by del.icio.us bot at February 15th, 2008

• CBC: RCMP slammed for storing secret files on Canadians

  60 per cent of the files contained in a database of criminal intelligence information should not have been stored there.

  (tags: politics police security privacy surveillance canada)

Posted by del.icio.us bot at February 14th, 2008

• Charles Fawcett - Telegraph

  charmed everyone he met with tales of swashbuckling intrigue and good deeds.

  (tags: culture history)

Posted by del.icio.us bot at February 12th, 2008

• Rogers ‘unlimited’ cellphone plans draw fire

  plans also do not apply to PDAs or smartphones such as BlackBerry devices and do not cover e-mail, which incurs extra charges.

  (tags: wireless internet canada politics law capitalism)

Posted by del.icio.us bot at February 10th, 2008

• We Must All Do Our Part To Preserve This Climate Of Fear | The Onion

  We can no longer rely solely on our enemies to menace the populace—we must find that horror within ourselves.

  (tags: culture politics security)

Posted by del.icio.us bot at February 6th, 2008

• IEET: Nick Bostrom on Cognitive Enhancement

  Anything that can help our brains deal better with the complex challenges of the twenty-first century is to be not only welcomed but actively sought.

  (tags: cognitiveenhancement lifeextension transhumanism drugs health future)

• FBI wants palm prints, eye scans, tattoo mapping - CNN.com

  the bureau wants to compare palm prints, scars and tattoos, iris eye patterns, and facial shapes.

  (tags: politics privacy identity security surveillance)