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Re: DHS Wants Cell Phones to Detect Chemical, Radioactive Material


From: Dave Paris <dparis () w3works com>
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:52:30 +0000

Filed under "What could /possibly/ go wrong?" ::rolls eyes:: DHS needs a brain transplant - obviously the lobotomy didn't work.

-d

Richard M. Smith wrote:
http://public.cq.com/docs/hs/hsnews110-000002524221.html

DHS Wants Cell Phones to Detect Chemical, Radioactive Material
By Rob Margetta, CQ Staff

[...]Cell phone
sensors would continually test the air for harmful compounds and digitally
relay any information to a central monitoring system if they find anything
amiss.
[...]
"Cell phones that are now made have GPS technology," Kelly said. "And, if
you have a cell phone equipped with that, it can transmit the time and place
of an event."
[...]
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