FOR THE WEEK OF FEB 18, 2013Googling for a lawyer while under arrest is a right, rules Canadian judge (The Verge)
UVA Students Build & Test 3D Printed Unmanned Aircraft (3ders.org)
First Retinal Implant For Rare Eye Disease Approved By FDA (Medical News Today)
Facebook to Partner With Acxiom, Epsilon to Match Store Purchases With User Profiles (AdAge.com)
SD College Tests Fingerprint Purchasing Technology (AP)
DAILY TECH NEWS-TEAM YANGTZE -
Access to internet is part of a detainee’s reasonable opportunity to contact legal counsel
Every police station should have computers and internet at the ready for such situations.
SAM
GOOGLING FROM JAIL? Case: Christopher McKay, 19, arrested for impaired driving. Placed one phone call and gave up.
Ruling: McKay was not given reasonable opportunity to access a lawyer.
“We are at an unprecedented time in human history…the vast majority of individuals born after the year 1980 first look to the virtual world for information.”
WHAT NEXT?
February 19, 2013
ANDREA
UVA STUDENTS BUILD & TEST 3D PRINTED UNMANNED AIRCRAFT
February 17, 2013
Advancements needed to reduce manufacturing times
Potential to create Weapons and drones used for killing and spying
• 3D industry can spark manufacturing revolution in U.S.
• Currently best suited for prototyping and custom tailoring
• Household 3D printers in the next 5 – 10 years
• Print your own shoes or clothes
• Technology is equivalent to PC’s in the mid-1980s
NATERETINAL IMPLANTS: A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Blind due to retinitis pigmentosa
Recent FDA clearance of Argus II. Functions through camera
February 15, 2013
Retina Implant AG Currently in second phase of clinical trials. Microchip replaces light-sensitive cells
Implant absorbs light entering eye and transforms light into electrical energy, stimulating the optic nerve
Research subjects now have ability to read, decipher objects such as telephones, and see facial features
Argus II
Retina Implant AG
MIKE
FACEBOOK TRACKING OFF-LINE PURCHASES
Facebook has partnered with consumer data tracking companies
Sells brands targeted ad space on individual profiles.
Matching data such as email addresses and phone numbers between loyalty programs and Facebook accounts, and selling the matched data to companies.
WHAT ABOUT CONSUMER PRIVACY?
February 22, 2013
45 campaigns have been tested and proved that Facebook marketing is effective
HILLARY
SOUTH DAKOTA COLLEGE TESTS FINGERPRINT PURCHASING TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF MINES & TECHNOLOGY
Pilot program at South Dakota School of
Mines & Technology
Spanish-based Hanscan Identity
Management patented technology
50 students, 4 faculty, 2 stores
Machine requests birth date, fingerprint,
and pulse
Concerns: PrivacyBig Brother
February 22, 2013
http://media.komonews.com/images/130222_fingerprint_purchases_660.jpg
Possibilities: Fraud protectionStreamline purchasingFoster future innovation
OQUESTI NS
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