~e; EM observations #25b
From
"brian carroll" <human@electronetwork.org>
Date
Mon, 6 Jun 2005 13:26:22 -0400 (EDT)
[keywords] pipeline diplomacy, spammer profile, nanoelectronics,
leukaemia and powerlines, cellphone radiation, bluetooth unsecured,
UNESCO media-podium competition, USB earrings, radiation detectors,
Middle-East and technology philosophy society culture and identity.
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electromagnetic observations -- #25
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* this week many things relate to the word: radiation
radiation: Radiation generally means the transmission of waves, objects
or information from a source into a surrounding medium or destination.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation
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// not sure of the state of arab philosophy surrounding science and
// technology, and culture, though in early industrialization it is
// common to put onto these massive forces historical agency that is
// of an older paradigm of way of perceiving the issues which instead
// are paradigmatically of a different order. thus new abstractions
// can be though to carry on old dynamics but a whole lot of thought
// has gone into this over a century which pretty much defines it as
// a newly predominant experience between humans and our technology.
// the 'agency' of ill-effects can be believed to be god or enemies
// yet much of this 'god-status' changes when one controls the things
// said to be doing harm, achieving 'god-status' or becoming god-head.
// it is a universal condition and people versus machinery and motives
// inherent in these situations are in most every hi-tech movie today.
// especially a film like the 'matrix' for example, where people can
// take power from this machinery and try to influence the populace,
// yet have become one with the machine and are themselves the enemy
// as they seek to stop changes and freedoms humans need to survive.
// this is likely a condition that is held in common by all humanity.
// and the logic of the past does not translate directly to it as it
// is fundamentally different. yet understandable about retaining an
// essence of past truths in relation to the massive transformations.
// it is something most everyone has lost, and all seek to regain...
// and it would be great to know those thinkers around the world who
// are accurately addressing these realities as our common concern...
Assad: Media, tech crushing Arabs // **
Syrian President Bashar Assad has said the media and technological
revolution sweeping the region and the world is helping his country's
foes to undermine and crush the Arab identity.
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/06/assad.syria/
[and] Assad Lashes Out Against Media, Technology (quote)
http://www.elitestv.com/pub/2005/Jun/EEN42a4608f08436.html
'The real objective of Assad's tirade was to put down the west and
America in particular. The availability of the Internet and satellite
television means that the Syrian dictator can no longer limit his
people's access to only state approved media sources.'
[and] Iran web writer jailed for 'insulting' supreme leader
http://drudgereport.com/flash4.htm
'Saminejad, 25, was based in the clerical capital of Qom. His weblog,
or online diary, mainly dealt with sensitive religious and political
issues.' .. 'In Iran, questioning the absolute power of the supreme
leader is illegal.'
India-Pakistan begin gas talks // natural gas pipeline from Iran to
India.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4611209.stm
'Correspondents say India has embarked on "pipeline diplomacy" to meet
its rising energy needs.' .. 'Three pipelines are under consideration -
from Iran through Pakistan, from Turkmenistan through Pakistan and
Afghanistan, and from Burma through Bangladesh.'
A Web of Trouble // tales of highschool dropout spammer ***
http://startribune.com/stories/789/5439175.html
'The golden-haired entrepreneur with a knack for computers was taking
in $2 million a month by the time he was 25, enough to buy a string of
luxury cars, including a Ferrari, a BMW and four Mercedes-Benzes, and
to move into a $1.1 million house in Burnsville, court papers say.' ...
'Across the Web, Chris Smith made enemies...' ... 'During seven months
in early 2003, Smith and his associates transmitted more than 1 billion
spam e-mails to or through AOL's computer system, using Internet
addresses that had been hijacked from a Delaware company, the suit
alleges.'
// reconceptualizing electronics components by way of nanoelectronics.
// plus, will nanobattery technologies enable further nanoization..?
[quote] Nano World: New Cell Phones with Nanotech // ** informative...
http://www.newsfactor.com/news/New-Cell-Phones-with-Nanotech/
story.xhtml?story_id=001000000ROE
'Nanotechnology soon could enhance cell phones Latest News about cell
phones with carbon-nanotube vacuum tubes, microscopic microphones,
liquid lenses, compasses linked with global positioning system
satellites and even electronic noses.' ... 'For the communications
networks underlying the phones, Bell Labs researchers are creating
soccer-ball-sized devices that can handle a petabit -- or a million
billion bits -- of data.' .. '"If everyone with a phone made a phone
call at the same time, that would be about a petabit of data. To switch
a petabit of data, you'd need a city full of electronics powered by a
nuclear powerplant," Bishop said.' .. 'The petabit switch uses
micromirrors created by self-assembly and nano-patterning onto silicon
to handle both laser and electric pulses for many times greater
efficiency and information density.'
[and] Scientists utilize molecule as basic transistor // nanoelectronics
Breakthrough could be important for future computers (wired)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/06/02/
MNGUOD1V1P1.DTL
Pylons 'may be a leukaemia risk' // see: 'the study'
Living too close to overhead power lines appears to
increase the risk of childhood leukaemia, researchers say.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4602315.stm
// this is one of those areas where 'potential savings' for possible
// negative effects of risk factors far outweighs any benefits of not
// doing a thing. it could save lives, and billions through prevention
// of future problems. now if only OSHA/DOE/DHHS in the .US would act...
Australia bans [cellphone] masts near schools // thanks *
http://www.cogreslab.co.uk/lv2news/s9.asp
[and] THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF MAGNET THERAPY // thanks *
http://www.cogreslab.co.uk/bimt.asp
[and] Buying an "EMFsafe" property, EM Products // thanks *
http://www.galonja.co.uk/galonja_shop/catalog.asp?g_s_n=crlshop
[and] Permanent mutations in fruit flies by cell phone radiation
http://www.electrosensitivity.org.uk/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=13
'Radiofrequent radiation of cell phones, DECT wireless phones and
radar causes mutations in fruitflies. That its the outcome of research
by Danna Thomas, a 15 year old student of Broadneck High School in
Annapalis MD, United States of America. She exposed five generations of
fruit flies to radiofrequent radiation and counted the amount of
changes of the wings of the fruit flies. She also checked the
chromosomes of the fifth generation and compared them with a not
exposed control group. It came out that 5 percent of the exposed fruit
flies showed mutations, against 1,5 percent of the control group.
Moreover, the changes in the exposed fruit flies were hereditary and
those in the control group not. The mutations happened at radiation
intensities lower than produced by a cell phone or DECT wireless
telephone base. Danna Thomas was coached by Sujata Ives, teacher at
Severna Park High School in Annapolis. She received a Grand Award from
Merck Research Laboratories at the Intel International Science and
Engineering Fair 2005, Phoenix, Arizona.'
[&] Quarterly news bulletin of the Forschungsgemeinschaft Funk e.V.
http://www.fgf.de/Newsletter_PDFs/newsletter04-03e.pdf
CANDLE "DIGITAL CLOCK" // interesting idea. (engadget)
http://www.inhabitat.com/entry_107.php
UNESCO Calls for Proposals of Architectural Design of its Stand at WSIS
in Tunis
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-
URL_ID=19172&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Biggest ever cosmos simulation // virtual universe. (palmaddict)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4600981.stm
'The [Millennium Run] simulation tracked some 10 billion dark matter
particles over roughly 13 billion years of cosmic evolution.'
USB Flash Drive earrings (gizmodo)
http://www.pretec.com/PR/2005/Computex/EarRings01.jpg
http://www.pretec.com/PR/2005/Computex/FashionPretec.htm
the Vintage Synth Explorer -- source of reviews, images, sound bytes
and links for over 500 popular vintage synthesizers and samplers...
http://www.vintagesynth.com/
New hack cracks 'secure' Bluetooth devices // secure sniffer...
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7461&feedId=online-
news_rss20
Radiation Detectors to Scan Calif. Ports (drudge)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/04/
AR2005060400010_pf.html
'About 4.3 million containers are shipped to the dual ports each year.
The Southern California harbor will become the second major U.S. harbor
to have all incoming cargo screened, Chertoff said.' .. 'In April,
officials announced Oakland was the first major harbor to install
enough radiation machines to check all incoming cargo. It has 25.'
[quote] James Lileks: My new glasses, darkly
http://www.startribune.com/stories/389/5436657.html
'I say it's time we figure out a new way to fix eyeballs. Preferably
one that does not involve aiming laser beams into your head.'
Cool Stuff, Made in Taiwan // * hyper-industrialization...
http://www.wired.com/news/gizmos/0,1452,67738,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_11
'[These] tight business relationships are beneficial to both
countries, but they overlook a potentially disastrous complication:
China and Taiwan are technically at war. Not a shooting war,
admittedly, but a civil war in which fighting gradually petered out
decades ago without a peace treaty being signed.'
Pacman comes to life virtually -- A human version of the classic arcade
game Pacman, superimposing the virtual 3D game world on to city streets
and buildings, is being developed by researchers at Singapore.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4607449.stm
'Merging different technologies such as GPS, Bluetooth, virtual
reality, wi-fi, infrared and sensing mechanisms, the augmented reality
game allows gamers to play in a digitally-enhanced maze-like version of
the real world.' ... 'Experts believe AR [Alternate Reality] technology
will revolutionize the gaming experience creating an arena where people
move about, socialising and interacting with each other instead of
being glued to a computer screen.'
Apple shifts to Intel: what is all the fuss about?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/06/apple_intel_analysis/
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[non-em] BEETHOVEN DOWNLOADS // all 9 symphonies, .mp3 late july
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/beethoven/downloads.shtml
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