The world’s permanent military, intelligence, and diplomatic bureaucracies (“deep states”) together with their perception managers in the Mainstream Media and the education system are hiding a very dark reality from everyone that’s much more nefarious than what the Wizard of Oz hid from Dorothy. The “Deep State” Nothing is ever as it seems, especially when…
The US army has enlisted the help of a leading university to work on bringing Internet of Things technologies to the armed forces. However, the risks associated with such provisions when used by consumers may well still apply in a combat scenario – with far more dire implications. The University of Illinois will lead a six-year program…
The Internet of Things is a buzz phrase for digital monitoring. I am a fan of the IoT with respect to commercial enterprises such as airplane maintenance. But I will not let IoT consumer products into my home. The problem should be obvious. If I can monitor what my appliances are doing, so can the…
CES 2017 The annual godforsaken hypegasm that is the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has given an “innovation award” … to a Wi-Fi-connected microphone-fitted allegedly “smart” hairbrush. A comb through the technical specs of the Kérastase Hair Coach, a snip at around $200, reveals the high-tech hairbrush has sensors that monitor your hand movements…
