Many species have group behaviors without “leaders”. This “anti-authoritarian” behavior has for years attracted the attention of developers in the fields of artificial intelligence and “machine learning”. And their efforts …
No prisoners!
The news is of american origin; it obviously serves american purposes. (The news is that) the chinese army that invests in the technological upgrade of the infantry, has made, among …
Blitzkrieg: the rapid advance of capitalist machines
What does the “average” layperson know about viral infections? What do they know about their treatments? What do they know about vaccines – those that used to be called (and …
Open sesame!
Some people thought that by wearing surgical masks they become unrecognizable. Maybe even invisible. To their friends maybe. But not to biometric technologies! The well-known Japanese NEC group developed and …
The policy of “great borders”
The introduction of digital technologies, within the framework of managing the so-called “migration crisis,” has made these populations “objects of experimentation” (populations of data experimentation). At the same time, they …
Eternal youth (superficial first)…
A South Korean cosmetics company called Amorepacific, in collaboration with a team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), is preparing to support and commercialize the latter’s …
The European bio-fortress
The idea The idea of integrating European databases with data from EU citizens, as well as those coming to the EU (as tourists or migrants), has been on the discussion …
Ηave faith and doubt not
Deception is part of the job; especially when the “job” is to impose massive techno-scientific applications that, at best, would be considered dangerous. Therefore, there is a surplus of kibitzers …
What can biometric technology reveal to employers
In recent years, increasingly advanced technology has emerged for monitoring and supervising employees in the workplace and during working hours – and even more so, outside of these two. Employers …
Close contacts of the known type.
They have their reasons to hide them; or, at least, not to advertise them. The hard core of the (American) state is a very good customer, and it has its …
Genetics, biometrics and the “informatization of the body”
Introduction In a work devoted to biometrics, it might not seem obvious to devote much attention to genetics. Genetics is a very special case within the category of biometric technologies; …
Pharmacovigilance…
A new word, in a handful of similar ones, which have one main purpose: to cultivate the mysticism of power… What exactly is this “pharmacovigilance” that came up for the …
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