UK Indymedia - UK Technology Newswire Archive

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CCTV mapping meeting monday maelstrom

28-11-2004 11:13

a meeting regarding an on-going CCTV mapping project in leeds is to be held at maelstrom this monday evening

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Indymedia Solidarity with nmap

26-11-2004 00:43

nmap, the ultimate crackin' tool, is now threatened by the feds....

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After GM Food – here comes Nano Food!

24-11-2004 01:04

After GM Food – here comes Nano Food!
UK food regulators challenged to remove Nanotech foods from the shelves.

Publication of new report: “Down on the Farm: The Impact of Nano-Scale Technologies on Food and Agriculture”

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rampART radio

23-11-2004 07:33

support your radio, indtmedia radio rampART needs your listen factor
today ( rough ) schedule...

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pir8 radio 4 actikids

20-11-2004 02:29

This is a new booklet called 'Making Waves' which is written for UK activists as a guide to setting up pir8 radio stations.

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Bayer CropScience drop last 2 GM crop varieties from UK commercialisation

17-11-2004 11:44

Bayer CropScience drop the last 2 GM crop varieties from the UK commercialisation process

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UK's first nanotech action

16-11-2004 02:21

this was the first nanotech action in the UK, and I've not heard of any in other countries..., so maybe the world?

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'Sitefinder' Mobile Phone Base Station Database

15-11-2004 19:19

...Or "Watching Them Watching Us Watching You"...

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Bayer abandon GM crops in India

15-11-2004 14:52

Press release from Coordination Against Bayer Dangers on Bayers withdrawal from GM crops in India

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FURTHER INFO ON NANOTECH ACTION IN LEEDS

15-11-2004 14:27

update and links re: anti-nanotechnology protest in leeds

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NO2ID protest David Blunkett Wed 17th Nov

15-11-2004 11:34

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Nanotech conference disrupted, Leeds

12-11-2004 14:19

Nanotech conference at Leeds' Royal Armouries disrupted at lunchtime today (Friday 12th November)

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More Anti-FIT Police Pictures from Labofii

10-11-2004 10:36

More pictures of the Anti-FIT* / Backwards Intelligence Team

Framing the FIT - Turning the Tables - Watching the Watchers

*FIT = Forward Intelligence Team (the political police unit with lots of nice cameras who specialise in filming, harassing and intimidating people at meetings, demonstrations and actions and who also scribble copious amounts of 'intelligence' in their notebooks and help compile 'watch lists' of activists).

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Armed robots being tested in Iraq

06-11-2004 22:15

The US Army is testing robots armed with shotguns. The robots are called "Packbots" and have already seen some action in Iraq. It also has chemical sensors that detect nuclear, biological, and chemical contaminants.
More info from "Defense Update" magazine:

http://www.defense-update.com/products/p/pacbot.htm

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no2id petition

05-11-2004 11:28

click on the link-

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ASCII reopens on Saturday

04-11-2004 20:11

It was reported some time ago on this IMC that the ASCII computer collective in Amsterdam was evicted last month. (The eviction was broadcast from the inside, via a webcam, but anyway.) The good news is that the boys and girls are reopening this weekend, in a newly squatted building in the Wibautstraat, A*dam.

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Cambridge University buys greener energy!

01-11-2004 11:02

A few weeks ago Cambridge University purchased its new supply contract for electricity for the next two years. They opted to go for a deal with Scottish and Southern which contains 76% Hydroelectric power, 23% Wind/Wave/Solar and 1% fossil fuels. This is a massive improvement over the previous contract of 12% Green energy sources and 88% fossil fuels!

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Contemporary Ideology Forum hosts Dr D. Parr on the Precautionary Principle

29-10-2004 11:37

Dr Doug Parr, Chief Scientist of Greenpeace, will be talking the Precautionary Principle in relation to new technologies, GMOs, nanotechnology and wind power. He will argue that the Precautionary Principle can be applied in all these cases, but this can still lead to differing positions on what to do. This is because underlying some of these judgements is a differing set of values. He will attempt to draw out how this relates to three sets of people: (a) Greenpeace, (b) "the public" and (c) "the establishment" (both scientififc and political). His presentation will also draw out, with examples, how difficult it is for certain arguments to be heard which amounts to little better than censorship.

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Night Watcher

27-10-2004 13:01

Some creatures paid a visit to EDO/MBM last night with a gift of ¼ a tonne of cement left on the entrance so the difficulty of crossing it to their livelihoods might remind ...

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london :: George Orwell was right

22-10-2004 19:09

......Continous Control..................