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How do you dismantle a nuclear submarine?
BBC Official submarine graveyards are much more visible: you can even see them on Google Maps or Google Earth. Zoom in on America's biggest nuclear waste repository in Hanford, Washington,…
Why Medical Data Is Vulnerable and Valuable to Cybercriminals
Pragati Verma Forbes In an episode of the Showtime thriller Homeland, terrorists used wireless connectivity to remotely disable the vice president’s defibrillator and induce a heart attack. The scenario might not…
7 mass surveillance tools your local police might be using
Center for Investigative Reporting
The Town Without Wi-Fi
Michael J. Gaynor The Washingtonian The residents of Green Bank, West Virginia, can’t use cell phones, wi-fi, or other kinds of modern technology due to a high-tech government telescope. Recently,…
Documentaire (1.17) Dessiner la danse
Vimeo Dans la catégorie "pieds connectés", E-Traces est également un projet fascinant. Il propose des ballerines connectées, qui permettent d'enregistrer une représentation graphique des mouvements de la danseuse. Au delà…
Premier bilan de la loi suédoise de 1999 qui visait les clients des prostituées et non ces dernières. ” Swedish Prostitution Law Targets Buyers, but Some Say It Hurts Sellers”
The New York Times Sweden’s pioneering law criminalizing the purchase of sex while allowing its sale — putting the criminal burden on the buyer, not the prostitute, while providing more…
Les origines de Big Brother
Francine Pelletier Le Devoir L’année : 1972. Le lieu : Santiago. On est un an et demi après l’élection de Salvaldor Allende au Chili, et un expert britannique en cybernétique, Stafford Beer,…
The Troll Hunters
MIT Technology Review A group of journalists and researchers wade into ugly corners of the Internet to expose racists, creeps, and hypocrites. Have they gone too far? (...) Hate is…
How The Photocopier Changed The World
Clive Thompson Smithsonian The first photocopiers weighed half a ton and cost a fortune when Xerox launched them in 1959. They were conceived as a niche product, but they rapidly…