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CERN you should be worried! They are doing things are CERN or the LHC with experiments that are just out of this frickin world. They are bringing in to this reality Demons and other nasty things.

At last everything we already knew is being confirmed. This is not historic because its been a long time coming and so for me, this is a truly sad time. It should of been confirmed a long time ago. CERN is a massive waste of money and time including resources!

I suppose you have to keep "the educated idiots" entertained! The LHC is the most ambitious and powerful particle accelerator built to date. Thousands of scientists from hundreds of countries are working together -- and competing with one another -- to make new discoveries.

Six sites along the LHC's circumference gather data for different experiments. Some of these experiments overlap, and scientists will be trying to be the first to uncover important new information. The purpose of the Large Hadron Collider is to increase our knowledge about the universe. While the discoveries scientists will make could lead to practical applications down the road, that's not the reason hundreds of scientists and engineers built the LHC.

It's a machine built to further our understanding. Considering the LHC costs billions of dollars and requires the cooperation of numerous countries, the absence of a practical application may be surprising. What do scientists hope to find by using the LHC? Keep reading to find out.

Frickin idiots are at CERN.

UK scientists attempting to grow DRONES WITH chemputer

Future Grown Drones

Chemputer growing drones

UK scientists attempting to 'grow' DRONES WITH 'chemputer'. Thanks to BAE Systems. M.O.D Can you chemically "grow" a military drone? It sounds like an idea for a science fiction film, but here in the UK scientists and engineers are spending time and money to see if they can do exactly that. British warplanes are already flying with parts made from a 3D printer.

Researchers are already using that same technology to build drones. The military advantage is obvious - building equipment quickly and close to the battlefield - without long waits and long supply chains - gives you an enormous advantage over any enemy. Chemical reactions But the latest innovation being developed by Prof Lee Cronin at Glasgow University takes 3D printing to another level. With industrial advice from BAE Systems, he is developing something called a "chemputer" which, in theory, would be able to "grow" small scale unmanned aircraft, or drones in a laboratory.

While a 3D printer physically makes the parts for a machine, the "chemputer" speeds up the chemical reactions from the molecular level. Such a breakthrough could mean it would take weeks rather than months or years to build an aircraft from scratch. An animated video of what it might be like is almost a scene out of Star Wars "Attack of the Clones".

Prof Cronin admits that creating even small aircraft out of chemicals "would be very challenging".But he says that by developing an autonomous digital synthesis engine they will be able to assemble "complex objects with minimal human assistance". At least at some point in the future. That still seems a long way off. But another innovation may be much nearer. High speed aircraft A small British company, Reaction Engines Limited, is already developing a rocket that could one day fly at hypersonic speeds.

Hypersonic speed is roughly defined as Mach 5 and above (Mach 1 is about 760mph). BAE Systems has already invested more than £20m in the project. It sees the potential for developing military aircraft that could reach a target much faster than any jet. Flying at high speed and high altitude in space, it could also avoid air defence systems and anti-aircraft missiles.

BAE System has produced an animation that shows such an aircraft delivering swift support to special forces troops thousands of miles away. Rather than bombs, the rocket releases small surveillance drones. But it is clear the defence industry is already looking at their potential use on the battlefield. The advance for commercial flight too is pretty obvious, slashing the time to cross the Atlantic. Before dismissing such ideas as the stuff of nonsense, it is always worth remembering the speed of change.

3D printers are being used widely by the military. I was recently on board a US Navy aircraft carrier which has its own 3D printer. Armed forces across the world are also relying much more on unmanned land, air and underwater vehicles that can work remotely. The US Air Force now trains more drone operators than fighter pilots. In fact its newest aircraft - the F35 - has been called the last manned fighter. As Prof Nick Colosimo of BAE Systems notes, "the world of military and civil aircraft is constantly evolving".

FBI built a massive facial recognition database without proper oversight

The FBI steadily, stealthily compiled a massive facial recognition database without oversight and in disregard of federal law, according to a report released today by the Government Accountability Office. 

The Feds

 The bombshell report reveals that the FBI dipped into driver’s license photo databases from 16 states, as well as passport and visa photo databases from the State Department, feeding its facial recognition with millions of photos of Americans and foreigners who have never been accused of a crime. The FBI has access to a whopping 411.9 million images for use in facial recognition, roughly 30 million of which are mug shots. The sheer number of photos described in the GAO report is staggering, but what’s worse is that the FBI didn't make public disclosures about the program required by law, the report says. The GAO recommended that the FBI make several improvements to its transparency process and assess its past failures. The report instructs that the U.S. Attorney General should determine why the FBI didn't publish legally mandated privacy assessments as it expanded its facial recognition program. The Privacy Act requires government agencies to disclose how they harvest and use personal information like ID photos, but the GAO found that the FBI didn't make the mandatory disclosures.

Facial Recognition System

“There appears to be no internal oversight on this system and that’s remarkable,” Alvaro Bedoya, the executive director of the Center on Privacy and Technology at Georgetown Law, told TechCrunch. Bedoya previously worked for Senator Al Franken, the legislator who has frequently pushed for oversight of facial recognition technology and requested that the GAO audit the FBI’s use of the technology. “Today we found out that they have no idea if they’re misusing it or not,” Bedoya said of the FBI. “They’ve literally never done an audit.” Bedoya pointed out that many Americans don’t expect their driver’s license photos to end up in a federal law enforcement database. “When you turn 16 or 17, you don’t go down to the police station and give them your fingerprints; you go get your driver’s license. Turns out, it’s the same thing as far as the FBI is concerned,” he said. “They might not be storing these photos at Quantico but it has built, in effect, a nationwide biometric database using driver’s license photos. It’s breathtaking.” The GAO report also notes that the reliability of the FBI’s facial recognition technology is virtually untested, and testing it for accuracy is complicated, given that the FBI searches several different state and federal databases for photos. Studies have consistently found facial recognition software to be faulty when identifying minorities, women and young people, and it’s probable that the FBI’s databases are susceptible to similar biases. The GAO made three recommendations to help the FBI test and audit the accuracy of the system and to ensure that the data from other databases is reliable, but the Justice Department argued that the FBI has done sufficient accuracy testing. “This GAO report raises some very serious concerns, and reveals that the FBI’s use of facial recognition technology is far greater than had previously been understood. This is especially concerning because the report shows that the FBI hasn't done enough to audit its own use of facial recognition technology or that of other law enforcement agencies that partner with the FBI, nor has it taken adequate steps to ensure the technology’s accuracy,” Franken said in a statement on the report. The GAO findings come at an interesting moment in the FBI’s push for facial recognition. The bureau has asked that its biometric information be exempt from certain Privacy Act provisions. Nearly 50 organizations have signed on to oppose this exemption, and public comment on the issue remains open until July 6. As the issue of biometric databases and individual privacy continues to grow, so does the FBI’s photo collection. The GAO report reveals that 16 more states are in negotiations with the FBI to provide access to their driver’s license photo databases. By Kate Conger.