Now the End Begins – by Geoffrey Grider

The fast food giant is launching a green-bun sandwich for Halloween that the company claims has been scientifically proven to cause nightmares. Hopefully the forest-hued bread won’t also haunt customers the way Burger King’s previous Halloween tinted buns did.

Halloween has long been associated with Satan and the hellish underworld, but in our day it has gone from a subtle and implied association to in-your-face evil. Case in point today is fast food giant Burger King, who is launching their revolting to look at ‘Nightmare King’ Whopper. How bad is it?   Continue reading “Burger King Launches Demonic ‘Nightmare King’ Whopper Scientifically Proven To Increase Your Terrifying Dreams By 350 Percent”

RT

Running out of space to store water contaminated by fuel that escaped during the Fukushima meltdown, the Japanese government is preparing to release it into the Pacific Ocean – despite the presence of radioactive elements.

Currently, 1.09 million tons of contaminated water is stored in 900 tanks near the Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, which suffered a catastrophic release of fuel following an earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. Continue reading “Radioactive, but… ‘safe’? Japan to dump Fukushima wastewater in Pacific despite objections”

DeZeen – by Natashah Hitti

Panasonic‘s Future Life Factory is developing wearable blinkers, designed to limit your sense of sound and sight, and help you focus on what’s directly in front of you.

The prototype device, called Wear Space, is designed to keep people distraction-free when working in busy spaces or open-plan offices by blocking them off from their immediate surroundings.   Continue reading “Panasonic’s human blinkers help people concentrate in open-plan offices”

CBS New York

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The security force of the future is already patrolling several neighborhoods in the Tri-State Area.

The robotic protectors can see what you’re doing and even talk back to you, but the machines created by a New Yorker have prompted serious privacy concerns, CBS2’s Clark Fouraker reported Tuesday.   Continue reading “Robotic Security Forces On Patrol In NYC Prompt Privacy Concerns For Some”

Sputnik

The mayor’s remarks came on the heels of clashes in Portland, in which Antifa members reportedly maced right-wing demonstrators. Left-wing protesters swarmed the city on Saturday after police killed a black man on suspicion of shooting two people.

Ted Wheeler, Mayor of Portland, Oregon, voiced his support to city police who had been widely criticized for insufficient response to Antifa violence in the city last week. Continue reading “Portland Mayor Scolded for Defending Lack of Police Action Against Leftist Mob”

The Next Big Future – by Brian Wang

DARPA OFFSET looks to empower dismounted units by transforming how humans and autonomous swarms interact in dynamic and complex urban operations.

DARPA’s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) envisions swarms of 250 collaborative autonomous systems providing critical insights to small ground military units in urban areas where vertical structures, tight spaces, and limited sight lines constrain communications and mobility. DARPA is soliciting proposals for its third swarm sprint, which will focus on the topics of human-swarm teaming and swarm tactics.   Continue reading “DARPA wants massive drone swarms”