Long-time Defense Tech readers will be familiar with MATRIX — the data-mining project, run by 10 state governments, that’s eerily similar to Total Information Awareness. Now, the ACLU has a rundown of this creepy program, which combs through credit card transactions, marriage records, and vehicle registration data to find alleged evil-doers. This report based mostly […]
From the monthly archives:
October 2003
One of Darpa’s slickest PR moves in years was to sponsor a robotic road race from Los Angeles to Las Vegas — with a million bucks in cash going to the winner. But now, there’s trouble brewing for Darpa’s “Grand Challenge”, four months before it’s slated to begin. Over 100 teams have signed up to […]
One of the things that has made the guerilla attacks in Iraq so damn scary is that the people behind them has been a mystery. There’s no Osama, no Arafat to blame for the carnage. Now, CNN claims to have found a mastermind: General Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, the northern regional commander in Saddam’s military. “Al-Duri, […]
Tiny flashes of infrared light can play a role in healing wounds, building muscle, turning back the worst effects of diabetes and repairing blinded eyes — on this much, scientists and doctors agree. But what they can’t decide on is why all these seemingly miraculous effects happen in the first place. For more than a […]
Knowledge is the enemy. And the Web is his ally. That’s the clear-cut message the Bush administration is sending. Across the government, previously public information is being taken off-line, Secrecy News shows. Here are three of the most recent examples: — The influential Defense Science Board has removed its list of members. A spokesman cited […]
