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New Police Drone Near Houston Could Carry Weapons

Via Scoop.it – Demand Transformation CONROE, Texas — A Houston area law enforcement agency is prepared to launch an unmanned drone that could someday carry weapons, Local 2 Investigates reports. Saturday, October 29, 2011.   Its  happening already. Drones in the US. Combine that with the Bush/Cheney/Obama Presidential memos allowing the Gov’t to target US Citizens without Warrents or Judicial…

The man who prints houses | 3D Printer

Via Scoop.it – Creating the FutureThe film, The Man Who Prints Houses, covers Enrico Dini’s visions of revolutionizing the construction process with 3D printing on a massive scale.Show original

Nothing Grows Forever; Why do we keep thinking the economy will?

Via Scoop.it – Creating the FutureThere is a lot of truth in this article’s diagnosis, but like so many other “Limits to growth” arguments, it doesn’t get how transformative Science and Engineering can be. Just like Moore’s Law itself, each step of growth (tech) has a limit, but as that limit aproaches, a new paradigm emerges that allows for another…

I call BULLSHIT: Obama Official Response to Petitions for Legalizing Marijuana

Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationIts clear that Obama and all other Legislators who are attacking otherwise law abiding Citizens are taking money from the only people who are making money from Drugs being illegal: Organized Crime, the DEA, Prison Guards, Beer and Liquor Industries.   If Obama really believes that it was a Health Hazard, he should be busting the…

How Klout Got Klout.com domain name (Hutzpah!)

Via Scoop.it – Creating the Future While everyone is making up their minds about whether Klout is an utterly meaningless service or the divine “standard for influence” the world has been clamoring for, I had an interesting chat with Klout co-founder and CEO Joe Fernandez the other…Show original

Tenn. Protesters To Defy Curfew A 3rd Time

Via Scoop.it – Demand Transformation Tenn.Protesters To Defy Curfew A 3rd Time…   Nashville magistrate Tom Nelson has said there’s no legal reason to keep the demonstrators behind bars and he has released them after each arrest. He has refused each night to sign off on arrest warrants for more than two dozen people taken into custody.Show original