• Gadgets

    Border Security to Become Copyright Police?

    By Posted on 5.30.2008 19 Comments

    As if the security in airports and controls at border crossings weren't slow and intrusive enough, governments around the world are quietly passing laws to allow them to search the contents of your laptop and other electronic devices, like iPods and cellphones. A United States court last month gave border agents carte blanche to hold a laptop for days and even copy its entire contents. The UK government has given its agents authority to search computers at its borders for pornography. But in what may be the most baffling and cumbersome move of all, the US, Canada, UK, and other EU nations are working behind closed doors on a new trade agreement which could turn border agents into the copyright police.

    6.1.2008 at 12:14pm - Comment by TheNewGuy

    The Goverment just want to make the public unhappy.

  • The Environment

    Eco Alert: Sunscreen Causes Coral Damage

    By Posted on 5.30.2008 6 Comments

    Climate change, urban and industrial pollution, mining and overfishing are just some of the threats to coral reefs worldwide. A recent European Commission study now adds sunscreen lotions to that list. The paper states that up to ten percent of the world’s coral reefs—composed of marine organisms with external skeletons—are subject to bleaching due to chemicals in the sunscreens worn by beach-going tourists.

    5.31.2008 at 03:54pm - Comment by TheNewGuy

    We humans are simply bad for the planet. But it's not just humans, animals do there part to cause trouble too like cows that fart. The Earth gives us life but it also gives every lifeform the ingredients to cause trouble for Earth.

  • Science

    The Zero-Emissions One-Wheeled Motorcycle

    By Posted on 5.28.2008 53 Comments

    Uno Cost to Develop: $45,000 Time: 2 years Prototype | | | | | Product Just before his plane dipped into the clouds above Beijing International Airport two years ago, Ben Gulak caught the last clear view of the sun that he would see for two weeks. On the ground, the 17-year-old, who was on a family trip to China, quickly spotted a source for much of the thick haze hanging over the city: smog-spewing motorbikes. Thousands of them, everywhere. “Right then,” he says, “I decided that I wanted to create an alternative mode of transportation, something clean and compact.”

    5.31.2008 at 10:45am - Comment by TheNewGuy

    I like this because for once it dose not look stupid, it actually looks stylish. Inventions like this inspire the world to be a greener place. Smart lad!



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