Thought-Criminal: A look inside the rational mind of a man living in an irrational world. |
Posted: 18 Feb 2008 02:05 PM CST Hey, what the hell are they doing to that kid? It looks faintly like the kind of machine that gives you infinite IQ but then releases the monsters of your id, but the neuroimagery-sensitive among you recognized the helmet as the business end of a magnetoencephalograph, or MEG scanner. |
Report: Nonlethal Weapons Could Target Brain, Mimic Schizophrenia Posted: 18 Feb 2008 02:02 PM CST Of all the crazy, bizarre less-lethal weapons that have been proposed, the use of microwaves to target the human mind remains the most disturbing. The question has always been: is this anything more than urban myth? We may not have the final answer to this question, but a newly declassified Pentagon report, Bioeffects of Selected Non-Lethal Weapons , obtained by a private citizen under the Freedom of Information Act, provides some fascinating tidbits on a variety of exotic weapons ideas. |
'Europeans Hide Behind the Unpopularity of President Bush' Posted: 18 Feb 2008 01:58 PM CST |
State Department drops ban on HIV-positive diplomats Posted: 18 Feb 2008 01:53 PM CST Under pressure from a lawsuit, the State Department is changing rules that had disqualified HIV-positive people from becoming U.S. diplomats. |
More NAU Framework: CANADACOM Canadian Command To Assist U.S. In Emergencies Posted: 18 Feb 2008 01:46 PM CST The United States and Canada have inked an agreement to help one another during civil emergencies. Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and Northern Command based at Peterson Air Force Base, and Canadian Air Force Lt. Gen. Marc Dumais, Canada Command commander, signed the pact last week. |
Iran eyeing rubles to free world of “dollar slavery” Posted: 18 Feb 2008 01:38 PM CST Iran, the world’s fourth-largest oil producer, may use the Russian ruble in trading on its new oil exchange, the country’s ambassador to Moscow said. |
Get ready for a scary new world of life-enriching robot implants Posted: 18 Feb 2008 01:33 PM CST Machines will achieve human-level artificial intelligence by 2029, a leading US inventor has predicted. |
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