[SecurityRatty] tag: roadside

Abandoned NASA Trailer wants to be mine.

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:07:40 +0000

Please call me so I can tell you where to deliver this baby too.

Abandoned NASA Trailer Found Roadside, Full of Retro NASA Awesomeness

Since it came about in the 1930s as the Army’s rocket research lab, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory has been a part of just about every major unmanned U.S. space mission to date. JPL also has a somewhat surprising history of running major missions out of modular trailers scattered around their Pasadena HQ, which are packed with all of the stuff you need to, oh, I don’t know, monitor a spacecraft on its way to Mars. Photographer Richard Harrington stumbled upon one of these trailers, abandoned on a dusty lot somewhere between L.A. and Las Vegas, and as you would expect, it’s a retro space-tech dream inside.

Hero is not a good enough word to describe this man.

Mon, 26 May 2008 13:04:11 +0000

My hopes and prayers to him and his family.

clipped from www.chron.com

After defying odds, Marine loses final battle

He endured 100 surgeries after a 2005 roadside bomb in Iraq, stunning doctors with progress

Can game console technology find roadside bombs?

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:00:00 +0000

While it can already be found in some of the most popular handheld devices and video game consoles, Markham, Ont.-based Quanser Consulting hopes to take haptic technology -- which merges tactile sensation and control to interaction with computer applications -- to uncharted terrain with a tour of duty in the Canadian military.

NGO Security Scenario #19 - Roadside Surprise

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:01:00 +0000

You are visiting a project in Afghanistan. Your truck is stopped by U.S. military forces who are in the process of clearing a landslide from the road. A soldier tells you it should be less than 15 minutes before the road is opened. You decide to wait. It's a warm day and you have the windows rolled down. Click the play button below to see what happens next.

What do you do? What threats did you possibly anticipate prior to the incident and what steps did you take to mitigate them when you stopped? Share your thoughts by clicking on COMMENTS below.