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Anti-Surveillance Hoodie And Scarf Prevent Drones From Tracking

Posted on January 16, 2013April 26, 2013 by timbatchelder

Anti-Surveillance Hoodie And Scarf Prevent Drones From Tracking You
By Clay Dillow, popsci.com

Or, how to accessorize in Waziristan.

The increasingly vast suite of surveillance tools available to state authorities has certainly given privacy advocates something to bristle at. In an exhibition launching this week, NYC-base…

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The Anti-Drone Hoodie (hoodieblog.com)
Stealth Wear: Drone-proof clothing line (garmentssourcing.com)
Fashion Statement: Designer Creates Line of Drone-Proof Garments to Protect Privacy (scientificamerican.com)

33% of seafood is mislabeled in NYC

Posted on December 24, 2012April 19, 2013 by timbatchelder

Study Finds A Third Of NYC’s Seafood Is Mislabeled, Posing Health Risks
Mary Beth Quirk, consumerist.com

(J Dailey)It isn’t just Los Angeles that is having a problem with mislabeled fish — a new study that tested seafood on menus, at grocery stores and in fancy specialty shops in New York City says plenty of the fish offerings there are frequently…

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Widespread seafood fraud in the U.S. (lasesana.wordpress.com)
59% of the “Tuna” Americans eat is not Tuna (seeker401.wordpress.com)
Mislabelled fish slip into Europe’s menus (bbc.co.uk)

Why you should not build expensive cities near salt water

Posted on November 6, 2012March 31, 2013 by timbatchelder

FYI: Why Does Salt Water Make Hurricane Damage So Much Worse?
By Colin Lecher, popsci.com

The white stuff can stick around and ruin, well, pretty much everything. That puts the officials trying to fix it on a ticking clock.

Sandy crippled the NYC subway system this week, knocking out power, damaging switches, and dumping…

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Salt: Mineral of Tyrants, Explorers and Revolutionaries – Bloomberg (bloomberg.com)
Making Salt Water Drinkable Just Got 99 Percent Cheaper (gizmodo.com.au)
Google Maps Adds Real-Time Transit Data in NYC, Salt Lake City (transportationnation.org)
Google Maps Offers Mass Transit Info for NYC, DC, Salt Lake City (eweek.com)
Coming to Salt Lake City today (craphound.com)
Salt Can Lead to Autoimmune Diseases Study Says (newsy.com)
Lockheed Martin finds way to slash the amount of energy needed to remove salt from seawater (3quarksdaily.com)

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