• Gadgets

    Video: Taser Tests New Tri-Fire X3 On Their Own Employees

    By John Mahoney Posted on 7.15.2009 34 Comments

    Taser has been breathlessly fanning the hype flames for their newest "less lethal" weapon, the X3. Now, they've sent us the first video of it in action, striking three unlucky Taser staffers who (I can only assume) volunteered for the inglorious task of being guinea pigs.

    7.16.2009 at 05:13pm - Comment by hbtr

    Hey, didnt anyone consider tha fact that using regular fire weapons may harm also innocent people with a "lost bullet"? Or do you really believe that tha "target" will stay imobile in front of the shooter. With a teaser the "wrong" target may not even be reached, because of the range of the weapon, or in worst case, would just be stunned. About the video... Anyone can explain to me why the "guinea pigs" were women only? Does that suggest the possibility that with men, a test could harm the subject more than with women?

  • Science

    What You Need to Know About Voting Machines

    By Jason Daley Posted on 10.30.2008 10 Comments

    After several centuries of casting and counting ballots, it’s shocking that we still haven’t mastered what seems to be a simple task. But anyone who lived through the 2000 presidential election, in which a mishmash of flawed voting machines, contradictory county procedures, and unclear state laws in Florida led to the least reliable outcome in history, knows that 21st century voting is no better than the era when we shouted out our votes at the courthouse steps.

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    11.4.2008 at 09:12pm - Comment by hbtr

    Oh... the machine can be operated by the blind without any assistance, and at the end of the voting, we receive a receipt that confirms that you voted (in Brazil the voting is mandatory), without informing on who you voted, of course. Ps.: Sorry for the "repost"

  • Science

    What You Need to Know About Voting Machines

    By Jason Daley Posted on 10.30.2008 10 Comments

    After several centuries of casting and counting ballots, it’s shocking that we still haven’t mastered what seems to be a simple task. But anyone who lived through the 2000 presidential election, in which a mishmash of flawed voting machines, contradictory county procedures, and unclear state laws in Florida led to the least reliable outcome in history, knows that 21st century voting is no better than the era when we shouted out our votes at the courthouse steps.

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    11.4.2008 at 09:08pm - Comment by hbtr

    How I commented on the photo album, In Brazil all the country wide elections are done, for many years, on a 100% electronic system. The paper voting system is not regularly used anymore, and its used only in case of malfunction of the voting machine, that is something rare to happen. The result of the election of the president, for example, is known few hours after the ending of the voting. All the votes are directed to a country wide network, that informs the total of votes from all the cities and all the states of the country. The best of all the electronic voting system, is the time between the ending of the voting and the final result. Few weeks ago we had elections of the mayors and of the city counclimen of all the cities of the country. In some cities, large ones, the result was informed just a few minutes after the ending of the voting.

  • Science

    A History of Voting Machines

    By Posted on 10.29.2008 1 Comments

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    11.4.2008 at 08:55pm - Comment by hbtr

    The Image 6 is NOT of a Touchscreen Device. That voting machine is a regular Brazilian Voting Machine, that has been used for many years, until now, on all the country wide elections. The tradicional voting system, with paper, was banned for many years from that country, when it is used only in cases of malfunction of the voting machine, that is something rare to happen.



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