~e; EM news smog

[human being <human@electronetwork.org>]

// quite beautiful, images of fire flame in microgravity...
Floating Flame Balls

Flames do something odd in space: they form tiny almost-invisible 
balls that might reveal the secrets of combustion here on Earth.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/21aug_flameballs.htm



// Wired's title on this is apt, as EM is often depicted
// as being 'the force' in various mythologies (& movies)...
// this is the EM & war section....

US Military Uses the Force // EM shields against grenades
http://wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,54641,00.html

A Battlefield Bot That Won't Die // a very big automaton...
http://wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,54611,00.html



// think there's already been articles sent about this,
// yet, just in case... visual texting...

http://www.nature.com/nsu/020819/020819-5.html
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_medical/story.jsp?story=326515



// on low-power ultrawideband wireless communications.
// sounds like a good way to get data smog/pollution on
// a mass-scale. cannot believe there are still no public
// empirical studies going on in Universities about the
// health aspects of the 'wireless revolution'. it is
// about time to get some empirical data into well-needed
// public debates about the environmental impacts of sci-tech...

Ultrawideband: Promise or Peril?
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/wo_jonietz082102.asp



// interesting comment about how it is cheaper for cyberwarfare
// than nuclear warfare, and the billions in damage that can be
// inflicted on enemies, through computers and networks alone...

White House Officials Debating Rules for Cyberwarfare 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46967-2002Aug21.html



// for those interested in whatever IT is...

Rumors: Segway isn't really Ginger
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-954339.html


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