Last Modified: 19 Oct 2013 00:28 Source: AP Dick Cheney, the former US vice president, said he disabled the wireless function of his heart defibrillator because he feared terrorists would hack it to give him a heart attack. Cheney, George W Bush’s right-hand-man in the so-called “war on terror”, said the device’s function was disabled […]
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The Rise of the Smart Grid
Jul 30
Obama’s plan for a state-of-the-art electrical grid is gaining power bit by digital bit By MICHAEL GRUNWALD | July 26, 2012 http://business.time.com/2012/07/26/obamas-smart-electrical-grid-plan/ Washington, America’s power center, recently experienced life without power—the kind that gets generated, not the kind that gets wielded. After a nasty storm knocked out the Beltway’s electricity for days during a heat […]
Smart Meters on Maui
May 16
SOURCE: Ken Taylor ([email protected]) SUBHEAD: It is surprising to learn that the information collected by Maui smart meters goes directly to the mainland. By Debra Greene on 16 May 2012 via email in Island Breath – (http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2012/05/smart-meters-on-maui.html) Image above: Maui Meadows is above the Piilani Highway in Kihei on the westside below Mount Haleakala. From […]
