Tag Archives: Technology
Drone Schools Suggest Inevitability Of Drones In Everyday Life
May 20, 2013
This week, the United States Navy launched its drone prototype, the X-47B, from the deck of the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush off the coast of Maryland. The X-47B is the first drone that has proven successful in launching from and landing...
Caribbean Talks Conservation On Branson’s Island
By The Associated Press
In a bid to safeguard biodiversity and the Caribbean’s tourism-based economy, regional political leaders and corporate executives will gather Friday on billionaire Richard Branson’s private island with the aim of protecting 20 percent of the region’s coastal...
Addressing Media Bias, Activists Petition NYT To Revise Coverage Of Chavez
By Mint Press News Desk
In the USA, the former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez continues to be labeled a “dictator,” a “despot” and a “tyrant” who oppressed his country during his 14 years in office. The image is inconsistent with the reports of elections monitors who have declared...
Want To Boycott Monsanto? There’s An App For That
By Trisha Marczak
A new smartphone app is allowing consumers to take a stand against biotech giant Monsanto and the Koch brothers through barcode reading technology that alerts users when a product is associated with either organization.
The Buycott app is the answer to the prayers of food...
ExxonMobil Gears Up For Publicity Battle As US Oil Reserve Estimates Climb
By Trisha Marczak
As America battles the prospect of a 1,700 mile Keystone XL pipeline constructed in the heartland of the nation that would transport more than 800,000 of oil through the U.S. every day, the oil-fracking movement is gaining even more traction with a new report indicating...
Tales of Things to Come: The Spooky Physics Of Quantum Mechanics
By Jeffrey Cavanaugh
“Man has limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock.” – Alvin Toffler
Though written more than 40 years ago, Alvin Toffler’s work on the psychological and social consequences of too much change, too...
Post-Sandy Hook: Bulletproof Whiteboards Used By Schools For Protection
By Trisha Marczak
In 2003, a 17-year-old student in a rural Minnesota community walked into his high school armed with a .22 caliber pistol and hunted down two of his classmates, killing one with a shot to the head and another with a shot to the chest.
Ten years after the carnage caused...
Congress Takes Up Issue Of “Unlocking” Cell Phones With Four Competing Bills
By Frederick Reese
On Jan. 26, a decree from the Librarian of Congress went into effect, making it illegal for users to change the way their cell phones work. During an once-every-three-years review of digital copyright laws, the librarian ruled that “unlocking” is, indeed, a copyright...
Maine Poised To Limit Drones, Police Surveillance
By Mint Press News Desk
With 30,000 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), i.e. “drones,” projected to fly in U.S. airspace by 2020, civil liberties groups and concerned citizens have struggled to preserve privacy rights amidst a booming, multibillion dollar drone manufacturing industry.
For legislators...
High Hospital Bills Go Public, But Will It Help?
By The Associated Press
For the first time, the government is publicly revealing how much hospitals charge, and the differences are astounding: Some bill tens of thousands of dollars more than others for the same treatment, even within the same city.
Why does a joint replacement cost 40 times...
