When faced with the daunting task of evaluating the quality of drinking water, scientists in Singapore did the only logical thing and built robotic birds to patrol the reservoirs. While simple submerged sensors would have done the trick, the BBC divulges that government research teams in the island nation completed the tedious and intricate project […]
Washington State Gun Control Battle Warming Up
With nearly 1,000 people on both sides of the gun rights issue listening, Second Amendment advocates, including some retired law enforcement professionals, told a Washington State Senate panel that proposed gun control measures in that state will do nothing to prevent crimes, but only penalize law-abiding citizens. The Senate Law and Justice committee held hearings […]
California Lawmakers Eye Water Source Found On Mars
“If it takes two typists to type two pages in two minutes, how many typists will it take to type eighteen pages in six minutes?” The framework behind the gem quality question of standardized testing logical and mathematical multiple choice problems, is not simply an evaluation tool for prospective college applicants in choosing an educational […]
Will WA Death Penalty Debate be Derailed by Deputy’s Slaying?
Just days after a Pierce County, Washington sheriff’s deputy was killed in a gunfight with at least one of two armed home invasion robbers, a debate has been sparked about whether the newest attempt to ban the state’s death penalty could, or should, be derailed by this crime. Deputy Daniel McCartney was fatally shot late […]
World’s Largest Consumer Electronics Shows Goes Dark
While show organizers and exhibitors did not welcome with open robotic arms and logic circuits, the temporary power outage which afflicted the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Wednesday, the lesson learned from the partial two hour blackout may act as an ominous crystal ball snapshot of the future of humanity and the reliance of […]
2A Groups Ask SCOTUS Review of Cal. Anti-Gun Zoning Case
A trio of gun rights organizations has asked the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to review their challenge of an Alameda County, California zoning ordinance that effectively bans gun stores. The writ of certiorari was submitted by the Second Amendment Foundation, the California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees, the Calguns Foundation, Inc., and […]
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