Following the update on the Mosquito story, i.e. that it is to be switched off at a shop in Newport after questions were raised about human rights issues, the BBC story ‘Anti-gang noise box switched off’ carries an astounding quote from Compound Security, the manufacturers:
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Via MAKE – printer cartridge refilling stations are about to become a lot more widespread in major store chains in the US, such as Walgreens and OfficeMax (as opposed to the existing Cartridge World-type refill stores).
Read MoreAn interesting quote for a Friday afternoon, from Ayn Rand’s 1957 Atlas Shrugged:
Read MoreFrom today’s Daily Telegraph: ‘Safety fear swats store’s Mosquito’.
Read More“A supermarket has been ordered to switch off a device aimed at combating anti-social behaviour because of concerns about human rights and health and safety…
The guys at Meme Therapy – incubating the world’s premature ideas have produced a great podcast of last Sunday’s fascinating London Copyfighters event, with interviews, discussion and some of the speeches from Speakers’ Corner, including my own rather spur-of-the-moment rant (about 25 minutes in) in which I didn’t manage to include the phrase ‘architectures of control’ once! P.S. I’m the one in the brown jacket.
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