Body scanners currently in use in many airports, particularly in Britain, have come a under a great deal of flak for various reasons. These scanners offer a complete body scan, more than many people would like. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has said that using these scanners could break the privacy, race relations and discrimination laws in UK. (more…)

Youngsters are known for being technologically more in sync with the times and the spy video trakr is an application enabled toy which has been made keeping this in mind. The Spy Video TRAKR is in the form of a remote controlled vehicle, that digitally transmits color video, audio and data and allows users to create, download and share custom programs.

It comes with three pre-installed apps so can be used immediately. More free apps will be available for download. The kids can then customise them and share them with others. All the programs and codes needed for this process will be available for free download. (more…)

The BBC reports that the chip and pin in credit and debit cards may have a serious security flaw. It is no wonder then that though millions of people think they safely use their cards for purchases, they are also at times victims of fraud, even though the cards may not have left their possession. The cards are also used by merchants and banks – in fact everywhere.

A team of computers scientists at Cambridge have discovered a simple method whereby the communication between the pin terminal and the card can be hacked into to garner sufficient information in order to create a cloned card. The person using this cloned card would not even need to know the pin – the system would be ‘tricked’ into assuming that the pin has already been verified. (more…)

Armatix, a German firm, has introduced a new gun with an electronic safety. It is wirelessly connected to a custom wrist watch and unless the gun is near the watch, it will not fire. It is only when the watch sends a signal to the gun giving it a real ‘green’ LED light to fire.

At €7,000 this piece is expensive. As a safety mechanism and a hi-tech one at that, the watch seems to be a great idea. There are both pros and cons to this kind of gun. One of the pros is that if you are keeping it at home, nobody can accidentally use it without the watch. Another one is that if a criminal (or anyone) is trying to wrest it from you and is successful, he still cannot fire it. So the wristwatch makes it a smart gun. (more…)