Message #7127

[Mark]

. . . and His Technocratic Global Smart Grid

The dark horse of the New World Order is not Communism, Socialism or Fascism: It is Technocracy. The development and implementation of Smart Grid technology in the U.S. - reinventing the electrical grid with Wi-Fi enabled digital power meters - is proceeding at breakneck speed. Although Smart Grid is the result of years of government planning, the recent kickoff was made possible through massive “green” grants that were quietly included in President Obama’s economic stimulus package starting in 2009. These lucrative grants have drawn in a host of corporate players, from utility companies to digital meter manufacturers to control software vendors. Global companies like IBM, GE and Siemens are putting their full effort behind the “build-out” that will consolidate all of America into a single, integrated, communication-enabled electric delivery and monitoring system, collectively called Smart Grid. Proponents of Smart Grid claim that it will empower the consumer to better manage his or her power consumption and hence, costs. The utility companies will therefore be more efficient in balancing power loads and requirements across diverse markets. However, like carnival barkers, these Smart Grid hocksters never reveal...

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/37806


 . . . and A Way To Monitor Everybody In That Grid

For many years technology prognosticators have warned about the coming onslaught of “biometrics”: a fingerprint instead of one’s credit card at the ATM to draw cash, or a retinal scan at the border to verify one’s identity against one’s passport. Yet with decades of research and development behind the technologies, very few widespread uses of biometrics have found their way into our lives. That is starting to change, however — and if the latest technology is any indication, you can probably expect a lot more biometrics in your life real soon... If the same technology is eventually employed by banks or credit card companies — possibly as a better alternative to ATM PIN codes — suddenly the data output by these systems will be much more valuable. We can only hope that hospitals, banks, and the companies who help them implement these systems use best practices for security and stick to multifactor authentication (e.g., something you have, and something you know) and secure communications. Even then — as recent incidents with hacked credit card terminals at Aldi, Michaels, and other national chains have proven — every complex system is only as secure as its weakest point. In this case, we may be reliant on hospitals to secure our data — something they have proven to not do well so far, with hospitals around the country guilty of losing patient records from clinical trials, epidemiology research studies, and various other programs.

http://howestreet.com/2011/06/onslaught-biometrics/


DNA Microchips For The Department Of Defense

Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. has successfully completed a program to DNA mark microchips for the Defense Logistics Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense. Used systematically, DNA marking could prevent counterfeit microchips, which might be defective and possibly dangerous, from entry at any point in the Department of Defense's supply chain. The initial results were so successful that APDN has already been awarded a follow-on contract of almost $1 million to fully engage one of the government's microchip supply chains. With interim deliverables that must be met, this final phase will include several Original Chip Manufacturers, distributors, board builders, system integrators and the Armed Forces. By including the various supply chain participants, APDN can partner with government and industry to build a forensically secure supply chain from the source to the end-user.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/applied-dna-sciences-successfully-marks-mission-critical-microchips-for-the-department-of-defense-2011-06-22?reflink=MW_news_stmp