On Hackaday, Shenzhen demonstrates some proof-of-concept "taser-proof clothing" created by adding carbon fiber to the clothes' lining. The carbon fiber textile can be procured in a variety of forms, including… Read the rest of the article: Make taser-proof clothing with carbon-fiber linings
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Cory Doctorow One year ago today Politely refusing to talk to DHS checkpoints: Top quote: "Am I being detained?" Five years ago today The Economist: the "least bad" way to deal with… Read the rest of the article: This Day in Blogging History: Politely refusing to talk to DHS checkpoints; Economist: legalizing drugs is "least bad" answer; Hidden Mickey on Mars
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Cory Doctorow In this International Labour Office complaint, Miranda Brown, a former employee of the World Intellectual Property Agency, alleges that WIPO Director General Francis Gurry illegally collected DNA samples from WIPO… Read the rest of the article: Complaint: WIPO director illegally collected staff DNA in order to out whistleblower
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Cory Doctorow An Instagram post from cronut creator Dominique Ansel announced his new invention: a milk-tumbler made out of molded, baked chocolate cookie dough intended for serving milk. The "Chocolate Chip Cookie… Read the rest of the article: Chocolate cookie milk shots: milk tumblers made from chocolate chip cookies
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Cory Doctorow Jon sez, "When conjuring up the future, why do writers and filmmakers so often imagine Northern California as an edenic utopia, while Southern California gets turned into a dystopian hellscape?… Read the rest of the article: Why does Hollywood like dystopian LAs and utopian SFs?
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Cory Doctorow Hiland writes, "The auction website Hakes is featuring a bunch of things from the estate of Maurice Sendak. A particular one of note is the miniature Lindbergh Baby kidnapping trial… Read the rest of the article: For sale: Maurice Sendak's Lindbergh kidnapping souvenir ladder
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Cory Doctorow Dave from the Electronic Frontier Foundation sez, "Remember when Rep. Mike Rogers likened opponents of pernicious cybersecurity legislation to 14-year-olds? It turns out that middle-school-age students are also well-prepared to… Read the rest of the article: Middle schooler wins C-SPAN prize for doc about NSA spying
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Cory Doctorow Michael Froomkin writes, "My latest privacy paper, Regulating Mass Surveillance as Privacy Pollution: Learning from Environmental Impact Statements, has a new take on how to regulate mass surveillance in the… Read the rest of the article: Modeling privacy rules on environmental regulations
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Cory Doctorow I've been thinking about the news that Keurig has added "DRM" to its pod coffee-makers since the story first started doing the rounds a couple of days ago. I've come… Read the rest of the article: Why DRM'ed coffee-pods may be just the awful stupidity we need
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Cory Doctorow Jon Lebkowsky writes, "EFF and EFF-Austin, working with the amazing Maggie Duval, put together this celebration of the 90s Internet and cyberpunk memes. On stage: Gareth Branwyn, Bruce Sterling, Cory… Read the rest of the article: Cyberpunk retrofest at SXSW: Saturday night!
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Cory Doctorow Toronto Mayor Rob "Laughable Bumblefuck" Ford flew to Los Angeles for an appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel show. What followed was more than a little awkward. Kimmel is a great… Read the rest of the article: Rob Ford's pitiable moment on Jimmy Kimmel
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Cory Doctorow Senate majority leader Harry Reid gave a hell of a speech in Congress about the agenda of the billionaire Koch brothers, carbon barons who are the prime beneficiaries of Citizens… Read the rest of the article: Harry Reid on the Koch Brothers' agenda
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Cory Doctorow Godaddy has censored a prominent Mexican political site that was critical of the government and a proposed law to suppress public protests. Godaddy says that it suspended 1dmx.org after a… Read the rest of the article: US Embassy and Godaddy conspire to censor dissenting Mexican political site
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Cory Doctorow The DoJ has filed a motion to dismiss charges against Barrett Brown related to republishing a link, an act they had previously characterized as a felony. Brown, a journalist, had… Read the rest of the article: Feds drop link-related charges against Barrett Brown
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Cory Doctorow Canadian artist Clem Chen produced a pair of lovely grotesque sculptures by combining bicycle seats with taxidermy, presently on display at the Hot Art Wet City Gallery in Vancouver.
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Cory Doctorow Thinkgeek have teamed up with Ifixit to create a Game Console & Electronics Refurbishing Kit, with all the tools you need to crack the case on most games consoles, phones… Read the rest of the article: Games console/phone refurbishing kit with specialized case-opening tools
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Cory Doctorow Harold Feld from Public Knowledge writes, "One of the hardest problems I face advocating for more open, shared 'unlicensed' spectrum is trying to explain exactly what 'spectrum' is and why… Read the rest of the article: Video explainer: why open spectrum matters, and why you're about to lose it
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Cory Doctorow Christopher Mitchell, a PhD candidate in NYU's Computer Science program, is building a 1:1 scale model of Manhattan in Minecraft, with faithful, handmade reproductions of each of the island's skyscrapers.… Read the rest of the article: 1:1 scale model of Manhattan in Minecraft
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Cory Doctorow The ACLU and SXSW will host a video chat with Edward Snowden on Monday, during the day's civil-liberties-focused program track. I'll be speaking immediately before Snowden, with Barton Gellman, and… Read the rest of the article: Edward Snowden to speak at SXSW
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Cory Doctorow The Delhi police lost the password for a portal that hosted complaints that had been passed on by the Central Vigilance Commission after an initial vetting. 667 complaints had been… Read the rest of the article: Delhi police lost password for complaints portal in 2006, haven't checked it since