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H.R. 845 SHIELD Act Revised – patent litigation Trolls

curb patent litigation by trolls by imposing “loser pays” Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

H.R. 845 SHIELD Act Revised – patent litigation

New House legislation would create financial deterrence measures to curb patent litigation by trolls by imposing “loser pays.” There will be a House hearing on patent litigation on Thursday, March 7. Details below.
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#Privacy Obama and Supremes approve #Warrentless Wiretapping

Sorry Dr. Strangelove You can’t prove that NOT that having your privacy respected by the American Government will harm you.

#Privacy Obama and Supremes approve #Warrentless Wiretapping

Might as well know that it is the exact same thing as living in China.
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14124172-scotus-approves-warrantless-wiretapping
If you’re worried about the United States government tapping your phone or perusing your emails, don’t complain to the US Supreme Court about it. They don’t want to hear it.
Today, the court ruled that citizens cannot challenge a federal law that allows for warrantless surveillance of international phone calls and emails. The ruling was a blow for civil rights activists and lawyers, and a victory for the Obama administration.
The justices voted 5-4, largely along ideological lines, in favor of the law, which was implemented in 2008. They claimed that the citizens represented by the American Civil Liberties Union-including Amnesty International, lawyers, journalists and international human rights activists-could not sufficiently show that they were actually being harmed by the potential surveillance.

Billboard converts desert air into drinking water

Billboard produces water out of air. According to the university, the billboard produced 9,450 liters of drinking water in three months—enough to sustain hundreds of Peruvian families per month.

Billboard converts desert air into drinking water

Feb 25, 2013

Billboard converts air into water.

An advertising agency has created what it’s calling the world’s first billboard that converts air into drinking water.
The billboard—a collaboration between agency Mayo DraftFCB and Peru’s University of Engineering and Technology—was placed in Peru’s rain-starved desert capital, Lima.
Lima gets less than an inch of rain per year on average, but since the city’s humidity hovers around 98 percent, generators attached to the structure are able to capture atmospheric moisture, filter it and produce potable water.
The harvested water is then stored in 20-liter tanks and can be retrieved from taps at the base of the billboard.
“Agua aqui,” a neon display near the base reads.
According to the university, the billboard produced 9,450 liters of drinking water in three months—enough to sustain hundreds of Peruvian families per month.
 
Watch a short video explaining the project below:
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