Brain scans as court evidence of guilt?

India's use of brain scans in courts dismays critics.

The new technology is, to its critics, Orwellian. Others view it as a silver bullet against terrorism that could render waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods obsolete. Some scientists predict the end of lying as we know it.

Now, well before any consensus on the technology's readiness, India has become the first country to convict someone of a crime relying on evidence from this controversial machine: a brain scanner that produces images of the human mind in action and is said to reveal signs that a suspect remembers details of the crime in question.

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Charlie Potter & the Quest for Romantic Ireland

The next installment from the incomparable Langerland.





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The Arctic becomes an Island

This is the first time in a reportedly 125,000 years the northwest and northeast passages have opened. Shipping companies are already planning to exploit the new route, which would take 4,000 miles off the journey between Europe and Japan.

I'm sure that turning the northwest passage (over Canada) into a shipping lane will cause even more damage to one of our very last "pristine" environments left on the planet.

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Viva la Vida

Quite by accident I ended up going to Coldplay's first concert on their European tour last night.
In the amazing Zenith venue in Strasbourg.

Overall a great atmosphere and some nice surprises, but perhaps a little too short, however for 40euro I can't really complain.

If you like coldplay, then make sure to go.

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