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Was this computer nerd killed after discovering how to murder anyone with a pacemaker?

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Mail Online - Tom Leonard, 8/02/13

 

Mr Jack spent his career demonstrating the dangers posed by unscrupulous hackers combined with computer manufacturers¿ failure to install proper safety devices on equipment

Mr Jack spent his career demonstrating the dangers posed by unscrupulous hackers combined with computer manufacturers¿ failure to install proper safety devices on equipment

 

The 35-year-old — who, unlike many in the business, used his skills ‘ethically’ — had spent his career demonstrating the dangers posed by unscrupulous hackers combined with computer manufacturers’ failure to install proper safety devices on equipment.

Jack thought it highly plausible that a terrorist could hack into someone’s pacemaker and speed up their heartbeat until it killed them.

More: DailyMail.co.uk

Implanted Electrodes ~ Controlling The Brain?

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Scientist Interview: Implanted Electrodes Reboot
Brain out of Intractable Depression

Scientific American - Gary Stix, 10/03/13

 

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An image that surgeons use to prepare for implanting a deep brain stimulator (enlarged here) in the medial forebrain bundle, nerve fibers involved in depression

 

NSA Targets Tor: Leaks Show US Weakens Privacy Tools It Pays To Build

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CNN Money: Jeff John Roberts, 10/04/13

 

(gigaom.com) -- A top secret slide show by the National Security Agency shows how the US government has been trying to compromise the Tor network, a tool that allows people to communicate anonymously on the internet.

The slide show, published by the Guardian is the latest in a series of leaks from ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden. The Tor technology it describes was, ironically, largely paid for by the US government as a way to provide a private communication system for the military and for dissidents to escape surveillance.

More: Money.CNN.com

Giant Squid Washes Ashore In Cantabria, Spain (VIDEO)

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Huffington Post - 10/04/13, Jeanna Bryner

 

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Giant squid, Architeuthis dux. Source: MarineBio.org

 

A giant squid, whose oversized eyes and gargantuan blob of a body make it look more mythical than real beast, washed ashore Tuesday (Oct. 1) at La Arena beach in the Spanish community of Cantabria.

The beast measures some 30 feet (9 meters) in length and weighs a whopping 400 pounds (180 kilograms); and according to news reports, it is a specimen of Architeuthis dux, the largest invertebrate (animals without backbones) on Earth.

Video and more: HuffingtonPost.com

 

 

Zapping the Brain Makes People Obey Social Norms

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LiveScience - Tanya Lewis, 10/03/13

 

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Electrically stimulating the brain can make people comply with social rules more or less, depending on whether they could be punished.Credit: Human brain image via Shutterstock

 

"The complexity of human interactions is so big, so independent, that our society wouldn’t function without norms, said study researcher Christian Ruff, an economics professor at the University of Zurich, in Switzerland. "Even though humans are very good at following norms, we're always tempted to break them. We need punishment threats to follow correctly," Ruff told LiveScience.

Gambia pulls out of 'neo-colonial' Commonwealth

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PressTV - 10/03/13, MN/AS/MHB

 

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The Gambian government has announced it is withdrawing from the Commonwealth, saying it will "never be a member of any neo-colonial institution."
 

"The general public is hereby informed that the government of the Gambia has left the Commonwealth of Nations with immediate effect," the government said in a statement issued on Wednesday, AFP reported.
 

"(The) government has withdrawn its membership of the British Commonwealth and decided that Gambia will never be a member of any neo-colonial institution and will never be a party to any institution that represents an extension of colonialism," the statement added.

 

Video and more: PressTV.ir

 

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