Start-ups and state secrets: what Silicon Valley can do for homeland security

Vikingod · Sep 11, 2006, 02:02 PM

Source: ars technica
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A while back, Wired ran a fascinating article about a group of researchers from Sandia National Laboratories who had cobbled together a do-it-yourself nuke detector from common, off-the-shelf parts. With their detector fitted to the bow of a boat, this group of private citizens patrols the San Francisco Bay, sniffing for nuclear material that might be hidden in shipping containers almost a mile distant.

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Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Start-ups and state secrets: what Silicon Valley can do for homeland security Source: ars technica _________ A while back, Wired ran a fascinating article about a group of researchers from Sandia National Laboratories who had cobbled together a do-it-yourself nuke detector from common, off-the-shelf parts. With their detector fitted to the bow of a boat, this group of private citizens patrols the San Francisco Bay, sniffing for nuclear material that might be hidden in shipping containers almost a mile distant.