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The Crisis of Credit Visualized
Posted on February 20th, 2009 No commentsThese two videos take about 11 minutes total to view and explain what’s happening to the economy in a way that’s pretty easy to understand.
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Hang on to your hat.
Posted on February 11th, 2009 1 comment“Predictions are that by 2049, a $1000 computer will exceed the computational capabilities of the entire human species.” …one of the many amazing (alarming?) statistics illustrated in this video that shows how quickly the rate of technological advancement is increasing.
[via Open Culture]
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DIY RFID scanner for $250
Posted on February 5th, 2009 No commentsThis is why putting RFID tags in passports and driver’s licenses is a bad idea. It’s really easy to read the information from them at a distance without the “mark” knowing they’ve been scanned. Hacker Chris Paget explains how this could violate your privacy.
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