A Running Shoe For Agent 86?

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Bionic running shoe to hit the road

Bionic running shoe to hit the road 05/06/2004 09:59 AM
CNET May 6 2004 2:43PM GMT

Adidas Trots Out Computerized Running
Shoe

Adidas Trots Out Computerized Running
Shoe 03/27/2005 03:48 PM
ABCNEWS.com Mar 27 2005 7:11PM GMT

FBI Agent: 'Macs Running Mac OS X Can Do
Just About Anything'

FBI Agent: 'Macs Running Mac OS X Can Do
Just About Anything' 01/28/2004 06:40 PM
(MacDailyNews via MyAppleMenu)

Sports Agent Index Offers Agent
Information

Sports Agent Index Offers Agent
Information 10/28/2003 11:09 PM

"They contain not only the names of
nearly every Iraqi intelligence officer,
but also the names of their paid foreign
agents, written agent reports,
evaluations of agent credentials, and
documentary evidence of payments made to
buy influence in t

"They contain not only the names of
nearly every Iraqi intelligence officer,
but also the names of their paid foreign
agents, written agent reports,
evaluations of agent credentials, and
documentary evidence of payments made to
buy influence in t 11/04/2003 06:26 AM

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RUNNING OUT
OF ROOM, RUNNING OUT OF TIME

RUNNING OUT
OF ROOM, RUNNING OUT OF TIME 01/07/2004 01:22 PM

When I was researching the article One Billion Americans?, I got thinking about the implications of the wildly conservative Census Bureau projections of US population, and the embarrassing drastic upward revisions that have been made to them, for global population projections. What made the US projections so wrong (US population peaking at 295 million was predicted as recently as fifteen years ago) was the compound error of underestimating the extent of immigration and overestimating the rate at which immigrants adjust their family size to the average of their new country, or the global average. It's an understandable error -- there's lots of evidence that population growth rates in the developing world are falling quickly. But that's not because third world countries are evolving to two-child-or-less families as infant mortality drops. Rather, it's because those countries are simply unable to sustain more children, so parents are reluctantly, temporarily reducing family size as a result. Give them the option to emigrate to a developed country, and cultural preference, religious dictates, and improved health care will jump their family size (and life expectancy) back up again. And as inevitable ecological and humanitarian catastrophes arise in the 21st century in dozens of third world countries, compounded by the scourges of new diseases, horrendous shortages of clean water, and desertification and crop flooding due to global warming, the pressure to increase immigration quotas by orders of magnitude will be fierce. Back in 1990 when the pundits were predicting US population would peak at 295 million (it passed that level last year and is now expected to peak at between 550 million and 1.2 billion, if it peaks at all), they were saying global population would peak at around 9-11 billion in 2100. But for that to happen with a US population of, say, 900 million instead of 300 million, would mean average third world family size would be much smaller than average US family size. The UN projections, for example, assume annual average growth rate for Africa, Asia and Latin America of 0.5% in the latter half of this century, compared to a current growth rate in those areas (even including China with its already-low birth rate) of 2.1%, and compared to a current US growth rate of 0.9%, which is trending back up to a projected 1.3% rate for most of the current century, thanks to immigration. So the 9-11 billion global peak population just doesn't add up. While it doesn't make sense to get Malthusian and project population will grow indefinitely at current rates (1.3%, i.e. a doubling every 50 years to 24 billion by 2100), it's equally illogical and irresponsible to suggest that the whole world will start immediately radically reducing its fertility rate to achieve in just two generations the low fertility rate that Europe took one hundred generations to reach. If you assume that the levels of immigration now projected by the US Census Bureau will prevail throughout the developed world, that first- and second-generation citizens of developed countries will continue to have considerably larger-than-replacement level families in their new adopted countries, that the prevailing pro-fertility population dogmas of organized world religions will not suddenly be changed, that population pressure in the third world will be eased somewhat by immigration and that modest drops in family size in those countries will be largely offset by longer life expectancy, as has been observably the case in almost every third world country except China, then instead of the 9-11 billion peak the UN is currently talking about, you end up with population soaring past 14 billion in 2100, with no end in sight (left chart above). The curved red line shows the carrying capacity of Earth, assuming a modest annual increase in productivity from the current 30 billion acres (productive-capacity adjusted), assuming average footprint per capita continues to increase by a modest 1% per year, and assuming no land on the planet is reserved for wilderness or natural space for the rest of Earth's creatures. It shows in 2000 that the world could sustain 5 billion humans at the then-prevailing level of consumption. That's a billion humans less than actually inhabited the planet then, possible only by depriving much of the world of a subsistence level of resources, and by taking more from the Earth (in non-renewable resources) than we replaced, essentially stealing the excess from future generations. At the expected global level of per-capita consumption in 2100 (still well below today's North American consumption levels), carrying capacity drops to 2 billion humans. That number is substantiated by a recent C ornell study that says the choice in 2100 is between 2 billion people living a comfortable but not lavish life (achieved by a drastic population reduction) or 12 billion "struggling in misery". And if you want to allow 50% of the planet's surface for other life forms, you need to achieve double that reduction (green line), to one billion people, the level both Jim Merkel and Bill McKibben think we should strive for. That's only achievable, short of coercion, by an average one child family worldwide for the next century. The right chart shows that the increasing average footprint, driven both by North American excess and the surging resource use of China's billion plus people, will drive the aggregate human footprint up even more sharply than aggregate population, from 37 billion acres today (20% more than Earth's carrying capacity) to 210 billion acres in 2100 (six times Earth's carrying capacity). Now remember, these assumptions are much closer to the wildly optimistic assumptions of population levelling that the UN and other global agencies optimistically hope for, than to the Malthusian no-change projections that would see nearly double these numbers. Nevertheless, train wreck ahead. We simply have no choice. We must immediately and aggressively reduce our family sizes worldwide, and we must immediately and aggressively reduce per-capita resource consumption, waste and footprint. That means we must confront religions that don't actively encourage birth control and small families, and show those religions to be socially irresponsible. That means, too, we need to introduce ecological taxation measures to make excessive resource consumption and waste prohibitively expensive, and reward those who tread lightly on the Earth.

SIL-Shoe-1.18

SIL-Shoe-1.18 06/10/2004 06:13 AM

Shoe tune

Shoe tune 04/13/2005 02:50 PM
Creepy, catchy, strange music for an Adidas commercial with Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O.

Have You Rebooted Your Shoe Lately?

Have You Rebooted Your Shoe Lately? 03/28/2005 06:00 AM
First revealed nearl y a year ago, Adidas has finally launched its computerized running smart shoe, which will cost you a mere $250 and the constant nagging question of what will you do when it crashes on you? The shoe is designed with a microprocessor that will constantly measure the pounding you're giving the shoe and will try to adjust the cushioning to protect your knees for another day. It still seems like a fairly niche market -- but it could become much more interesting if other devices learn to make use of the spare cycles in your shoes. Think of it as bodily distributed computing.

Operation Shoe Fly

Operation Shoe Fly 06/16/2004 02:43 PM
Operation Shoe Fly • From Afghanistan, Sgt Hook writes, "So my esteemed friends of the blogosphere...I announce the beginning of Operation Shoe Fly in an effort to shoe the children with no shoes on their feet. If you can collect the shoes, used or new, boys' and girls' (age 14 and under), and send them to me, my crewdogs and I will fly them out to the Afghani kids who so desperately need them."

Iraq In My Shoe

Iraq In My Shoe 04/14/2004 02:10 AM
We need to keep something straight: the Bush administration’s adventures in Iraq have no connection to 9/11. On and on and on these suck the same breath for no reason. The question nobody has the nerve to ask is “Can you clearly explain, Mr. President, the explicit, direct relationship between the ‘War on Terror’ and our invasion and occupation of Iraq?” May I elaborate, Mr. President? Everyone’s serious about responding to 9/11....

The other shoe drops.

The other shoe drops. 05/04/2004 04:47 PM
The other shoe drops. The L.A. Times releases details from Major General Antonio M. Taguba's findings into prisoner abuse in Iraq, including evidence that convinced him that a U.S. soldier had sex with an Iraqi female.

(Can we all agree that she didn't ask for it...?)

Shoe leather for the Gov

Shoe leather for the Gov 01/03/2004 05:53 PM
It should rain when you canvass for a candidate. Not a downpour but enough of a drizzle that your hair is plastered to your head and your shirt never gets quite dry. And it should be cold. Glove cold. And the first person you meet should definitely not agree with you. Easy virtue isn't worth it. (Accidentally leaving your umbrella, hat, cell phone and lunch at the local campaign headquarters is purely optional, however. Sigh.) I'm home and dry now. My shoes are off and my feet are up. I feel good that I did a little tiny bit...

If the Shoe Fits... (Reuters)

If the Shoe Fits... (Reuters) 08/03/2004 09:23 AM
Reuters - A U.S. sportswear maker has designed shoes that expand to fit a child's growing feet and is trying them out on cost-conscious German shoppers, the company said Tuesday.

Regenerative braking in a shoe

Regenerative braking in a shoe 04/12/2005 08:10 PM
"...this effort has examined devices that can be built into a shoe, (where excess energy is readily harvested) and used for generating electrical power "parasitically" while walking."

Regenerative braking in a shoe for powering small personal electronics, courtesy of MIT's Media Lab. With video. [via Hack A Day]

Shoe on Other Foot Dept.

Shoe on Other Foot Dept. 01/06/2005 10:31 PM
Former Directors of Worldcom agreed to pay $18,000,000 of personal funds to settle claims by defrauded investors. Coverage here. Once upon a time I was the first angel investor in UUNET, which was swallowed by MFS which was swallowed by Worldcom....

UK shoe dumping mystery

UK shoe dumping mystery 03/17/2005 03:56 AM
David Pescovitz: Pairs of shoes are mysteriously being dumped outside a farmhouse in Lincolnshire, England. Since December, more than a dozen have shown up on the side of the road, usually on Sunday. According to the BBC, "some of the shoes are cheap, with price labels of £1.99 attached and some are more expensive designer brands."

The (Foster family who live nearby) have video footage, which shows an elderly couple driving by in a green vehicle depositing the shoes.

Mrs Foster said that although it was scary at first, she was rather hoping some of the pairs might fit.

Lin k (via Fortean Times)

Designing a Smarter Shoe

Designing a Smarter Shoe 05/05/2004 09:28 PM
Adidas's new shoe, named 1, is sleek and lightweight despite its battery-powered sensor, microprocessor and electric motor.

Sgt Hook: Operation Shoe Fly

Sgt Hook: Operation Shoe Fly 06/16/2004 10:17 AM
Sgt. Hook needs you. Go .. Operation Shoe Fly .. wants your help

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Computer-driven shoe

Computer-driven shoe 04/02/2005 04:39 AM
The Province Apr 2 2005 8:03AM GMT

5 Minte Shoe Shine

5 Minte Shoe Shine 04/06/2005 05:30 AM
Hot on the heels of the 'wet shave' it's the five minute shoe shine.

Space Invader shoe

Space Invader shoe 12/29/2004 04:49 AM
David Pescovitz: Anonymous French guerilla artist Invader surreptitiously installs tile mosaics of classic video game characters in high-traffic spots all over Paris and other cities around the globe. In fact, I can see one from the window of my apartment! Now he's released a limited-edition sneaker with a space invader character raised in the tread, enabling the shoe to be used like a stamp. Each step in sand, mud, water, paint, wet tar, etc., leaves an imprint, scoring you points in the ongoing invasion. Li nk (via Cool Hunting)

Another Shoe Drops at CIA (Los Angeles
Times)

Another Shoe Drops at CIA (Los Angeles
Times) 12/29/2004 06:12 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — The head of the CIA's analytic division told her staff Tuesday that she was resigning, becoming the latest high-level departure in an ongoing shake-up of the agency's senior ranks by new director Porter J. Goss.

Waiting for Microsoft's CRM Shoe To Drop

Waiting for Microsoft's CRM Shoe To Drop 03/14/2003 01:28 AM
A moribund economy, a stagnant CRM industry, an underpenetrated small and mid-size market -- and poised for entry is a monolithic software vendor that happens to be on just about every desktop already. Is the perfect storm brewing in the CRM industry?

Facing South: The Other Shoe Will Drop

Facing South: The Other Shoe Will Drop 03/26/2005 05:36 AM
The Other Shoe Will Drop

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Company Trots Out Computerized Shoe

Company Trots Out Computerized Shoe 03/27/2005 10:30 AM
ABCNEWS.com Mar 27 2005 2:12PM GMT

Adidas creates a shoe that thinks on the
run

Adidas creates a shoe that thinks on the
run 05/16/2004 08:01 AM
Chicago Tribune May 16 2004 12:24PM GMT

John Battelle's Searchbl0g: Now That The
Other Shoe Has Dropped

John Battelle's Searchbl0g: Now That The
Other Shoe Has Dropped 04/30/2004 09:20 AM
John Battelle's Searchblog: Now That The Other Shoe Has Dropped .. Open Letter

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CNN.com - Shoe plant workers get up to
$20,000 bonuses - Dec. 15, 2003

CNN.com - Shoe plant workers get up to
$20,000 bonuses - Dec. 15, 2003 12/16/2003 05:30 AM
Nice, feel-good story. Some workers in a shoe factory got $19k bonus checks .. of the horrors of capitalism .. Good will toward men

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'Tennis-shoe glue' sticks circuits to
chips

'Tennis-shoe glue' sticks circuits to
chips 12/08/2003 04:36 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 8 2003 4:08AM ET

BOFH: Wearing the graphite polymer
wobbly shoe

BOFH: Wearing the graphite polymer
wobbly shoe 06/08/2004 06:04 AM
Episode 18 The morning after the night before

Shoe glue banned to stop sniffers
(Reuters)

Shoe glue banned to stop sniffers
(Reuters) 12/24/2004 01:13 PM
Reuters - State legislators have banned the sale of shoe glue in Rio de Janeiro because too many people were sniffing it in the crime-ridden Brazilian city.

Wired shoe helps gambler cheat at
roulette

Wired shoe helps gambler cheat at
roulette 03/22/2005 04:22 PM

Visiting Official Upset About Aussie
Shoe Search (Reuters)

Visiting Official Upset About Aussie
Shoe Search (Reuters) 03/28/2005 01:40 PM
Reuters - Papua New Guinea's prime minister is to complain formally to the Australian government after airport security staff asked him to remove his shoes for a search, the Australian Associated Press reported Tuesday.

Army Plans Assault on Sports Shoe Market
(Reuters)

Army Plans Assault on Sports Shoe Market
(Reuters) 09/16/2004 09:31 AM
Reuters - The British army has poked a toe into one of the world's toughest fields of conflict -- selling sports shoes.

Big foot shoe salesman laments
search-engine change

Big foot shoe salesman laments
search-engine change 01/24/2004 07:14 PM
His 4-year-old e-commerce site _ www.2bigfeet.com _ prospered and was attracting a global clientele until the worlds most popular search engine, Google ...

Website Editor Says Shoe Bomber Story
May Explain AA 587 Eyewitness Reports

Website Editor Says Shoe Bomber Story
May Explain AA 587 Eyewitness Reports 09/24/2004 07:43 AM
Rockawave.com - Fri Sep 24, 08:36 am GMT

MOM Agent on NT4

MOM Agent on NT4 07/05/2004 07:25 PM

Agent-See

Agent-See 05/12/2004 02:39 AM
Agent-See-0.975FINAL Released
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