Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Human Flesh Search Engines- The Web Goes Vigilante

Human Flesh Search Engines- The Web Goes Vigilante


Human Flesh Search Engines- The Web Goes Vigilante

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Human Flesh Search Engines- The Web Goes Vigilante The New York Times magazine posts a fascinating feature on a Chinese cultural phenomenon known as human flesh search engines. Out of China has borne cyberposses, internet vigilantes, who target everybody from twisted individuals violating social norms to government corruption.

In the tradition of Stephen Chao's America's Most Wanted, the Chinese have put their own twist on the idea of society tra ...more

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Get Sex-Educated: The Great Sperm Race Depicted with Real People

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 12:00 PM PDT

Get Sex-Educated: The Great Sperm Race Depicted with Real People National Geographic's new sex-ed show uses real people to depict the great sperm race: 250 million sperm racing to be the first to reach the egg.

"The story begins in the testicle — depicted as a building that would be 3,000 feet, more than double the height of the Empire State Building, if the sperm were human-sized. Next it's a high-speed evacuation from the skyscraper along a 10-mile, ultra-fa ...more

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Pentagon Searches for Perfect Body Extraction Bot

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 09:15 AM PDT

Pentagon Searches for Perfect Body Extraction Bot Rescuing wounded soldiers in a war zone is extremely dangerous. Again, (previous entry, Futuristic Warefare), the Pentagon turns to scifi technology and robotics for the answer. The current solution is to develop robots that perform as "combat casualty extraction system[s]." And not just one robot to go in and save the day, but an "autonomous EMS crew, complete with an unmanned ambulance and robod ...more

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