Thursday, August 7th, 2008
My del.icio.us bookmarks for August 6th through August 7th
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- ‘Fakeproof’ e-passport is cloned in minutes - "In the tests, a computer researcher cloned the chips on two British passports and implanted digital images of Osama bin Laden and a suicide bomber. The altered chips were then passed as genuine by passport reader software used by the UN agency that sets standards for e-passports." I feel safer already.
- Science is like a good friend: sometimes it tells you things you don't want to hear - Many people find bald, unvarnished truths so disturbing, they prefer to ram their heads in the sand and start dreaming at the first sign of scientific reality. The more contrary evidence mounts up, the harder they'll ignore it.
- Over-driven: why our cars guzzle gas, what to do about it - Interesting article explaining why American cars use so much petrol (gas) and their plans to reach an average of 35mpg by 2030. In the UK average fuel consumption was 38mpg a couple of years ago…
