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New Gamma-Ray Nuke Detector Could Sniff Out Dirty Bombs Without Opening Cargo...
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Homeland Security Application Monitors Crowds' Faces, Races, and Eye...
FAST Crime Department of Homeland Security The Department Homeland Security is developing a system designed to apprehend you before you commit a crime. The Future Attribute Screening Technology, or...
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Borderworld: How the U.S. Is Reengineering Homeland Security
The Crossing The Zaragoza-Ysleta International Bridge in El Paso, Texas, is one of the 300 ports of entry where customs officials inspect the more than 350 million travelers and 100 million vehicles,...
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Make Your Mornings Explosive With a Defusable Alarm Clock
Rude Awakening Users can pull the wires out of their screw terminals instead of cutting them, so the wires don't need replacing every day. Courtesy Michael Krumpus Inspired by the iconic look of time...
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This Laser Can Instantly, Remotely Scan You For Drugs or Explosives
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The Labs That Go Boom: The DHS Center of Excellence Destroys IEDs
Fire in the Hole A mixture of gunpowder and coffee creamer explodes at the University of Rhode Island. JJ Sulin This month, as part of our special on the future of education, PopSci presents 10 labs...
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Keeping tabs on nuclear material is both increasingly important and increasingly difficult these days, but researchers at the University of Maryland have devised a mechanism…
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The Department Homeland Security is developing a system designed to apprehend you before you commit a crime. The Future Attribute Screening Technology, or FAST, is designed to analyze whether a person...
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1. "YOU TURNED AROUND" I was visiting my hometown of Del Rio, Texas, when my grandmother told me she had seen a drone flying over El Indio, a tiny village just east of the…
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Inspired by the iconic look of time bombs in old movies, software engineer Michael Krumpus set out to build an alarm clock that would make his mornings more action-packed.
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That inconspicuous brown box above is reportedly a new kind of laser-based molecular scanner that can collect spectroscopic information from more than 150 feet away. It can…
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This month, as part of our special on the future of education, PopSci_ presents 10 labs where students do serious research (and career training) by blowing stuff up._ Lab: DHS Center of Excellence for...
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Library Will Vote On Giving Patrons Access To Anonymous Tor Browsers
Library Freedom ProjectKilton Public LibraryHiding from surveillance is a good way to get noticed by law enforcement in the US. Tor, is a free browser tool that sends traffic from a users’ computer...
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The TSA Isn’t Keeping Us Safe, Says Inspector General Report
Danpaluska, via Wikimedia Commons CC0 1.0Security screening area at Denver International AirportIn a couple weeks, the Transportation Security Administration, best known as the TSA, will finally be old...
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The DHS Is Getting A Wearable Radiation Detector
Irvin calicut via Wikimedia Common CC BY-SA 3.0Radiation Warning Sign With Arabic WritingThe easiest way to detect nuclear material is typically when it's already too late. By the time seismographs,...
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Homeland Security Company Wants To Sell Hoverboards To The Military
Military Here comes the sky cavalary Hoverboard military.
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Homeland Security Demands Access To Journalist's Phone
Gadgets Privacy doesn't count at the border, even if the border is in an airport Homeland security hates secrets.
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U.S. Officially Accuses Russia Of Hacking To Interfere With The Election
Technology "Only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities" DHS and DNI formally accuse Russia of hacking campaigns to interfere with U.S. election.
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Borderworld: How the U.S. Is Reengineering Homeland Security
Technology Patrolled by Predator drones, radar blimps, dogs, and scanners, the U.S./Mexico border is now a state unto itself: Borderworld 1. "YOU TURNED AROUND" I was visiting my hometown of Del Rio,...
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Make Your Mornings Explosive With a Defusable Alarm Clock
DIY Inspired by the iconic look of time bombs in old movies, software engineer Michael Krumpus set out to build an alarm clock that would make his mornings more action-packed. Inspired by the iconic...
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