~e; EM newsflow

[human being <human@electronetwork.org>]

  [a few things of note: NASA has denied mind-reading technology
  and thus, its printing in a major newspaper brings even more of
  a focus on the line between black-box science and technologies,
  and the indistinguishable line into the realm of magic devices.
  from what's been said, it seems the science is still a ways away,
  and also that the social issues, Nasa stated, would be addressed
  should such a device be in the R&D sluice. apparently it is not.
  also, heard a few weeks back about China's willingness to explore
  alternative energy technologies, most likely related to the issues
  in the article on energy in China today. quoted on the radio a
  representative from China said that, after pollution is figured
  into the energy equation, it is easier and cheaper to go with
  alternative energy technologies, than to deal with known failings
  of today's energy approaches. that is a fairly rough paraphrase.]

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// top story: contempt of court
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VICE PRESIDENT IN CONTEMPT OF ENERGY TASK FORCE COURT ORDER
Refuses to Produce Documents Concerning Energy Task Force

http://www.judicialwatch.org/2429.shtml


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// EV woes (also to Ford's newly discontinued Think! e-car....
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Steal this car!
General Motors wants to take its pioneering electric automobiles off 
the road. But the geeks who drive them won't let go of the steering 
wheel.

http://salon.com/tech/feature/2002/09/04/woe_to_ev1/


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// EM hacking/cracking/security/surveillance
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How hackers can break into a 'secure' wireless net

http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2879081,00.html

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Airwave camouflage to stop drive-by hacking

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992760

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RPT-China satellite clampdown after pirate broadcasts

BEIJING, Sept 5 (Reuters) - China has launched a nationwide clampdown 
on satellite networks in the wake of a string of pirate broadcasts on 
state television by the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement, state 
media said on Thursday.

http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/ns/story.jsp?floc=FF-PLS-PLS&id=405097156&dt=20020905074200&w=RTR&coview=

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Girl to get tracker implant to ease parents' fears
http://www.guardian.co.uk/child/story/0,7369,785073,00.html



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// health and medicine (figuring fluorescence has em properties)
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Tattoo to monitor diabetes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2225404.stm

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Enzyme May Help Brain Clean the Slates

http://www.technologyreview.com/offthewire/3001_2982002_4.asp

With 137 million cellphone users in the U.S., and with more 
radiation-intensive broadband applications in the offing, the time 
for such testing is now.
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/computers/article/0,12543,334192,00.html



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New Process Could Harness Hydrogen Fuel From Plants

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?articleID=000F2A6A-2C3B-1D6D-90FB809EC5880000

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Smooth step to superconducting devices (thanks to *)
Thin films of magnesium diboride could lead to new technologies.

http://www.nature.com/nsu/020902/020902-2.html

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Oil execs debate corporate responsibility

http://salon.com/news/wire/2002/09/04/oil_execs/

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Russia to ratify Kyoto Protocol

http://salon.com/news/wire/2002/09/03/russia_kyoto/index.html

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China Struggles to Cut Reliance on Mideast Oil

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/03/business/worldbusiness/03CHIN.html?todaysheadlines


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// EM art-sci-tech event
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>  SIGNAL TO NOISE (thanks to *)
>  A group exhibition of works in light and sound featuring work by Atsushi
>  Nishijima, Erwin Redl, Laureie Spiegel and Heather Wagner.
>  http://www.location1.org

"In SIGNAL TO NOISE the artworks act as translators of sound waves to 
light waves (or vice versa) in elegant, sometimes quite low-tech and 
simple examples of this phenomenon."


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// ephemera
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Laundry going online at colleges

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3966674.htm

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Online Bullies Give Grief to Gamers
  Internet: Troublemakers play to make their peers cry, driving away 
customers and profit.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-grief2sep02005045.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology

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