it shines purble not green. oh my, my favorit halobacterium salinarium didn't get the nobel prize. would have loved to listen to robert birge, oesterhelt, stoeckenius and lyna chekulayeva (if they are all still alive) talking about bacterio-rhodopsin. but no ;(

i still remember moskwa, tasting rhodopsin, listening to the professors of the academy of science, telling me, they will try to sell it as hand cream. perestroika aftereffect. i have to dig in my archive ...

edit: us patent 6461594 hm. i am not sure if i would like to work on a story about cosmetics, though. no need to do so. thanks.

news of today was the nrc report, concluding: data mining is not the answer | nyt or fuzo

anyhow, two universities published their optimistic yet futuristic ideas on surveillance by - well, call it "image mining":

Concordia University, Montrea: Computer Imaging to Read Face to Detect Threat
It said this system will help take and analyse photos of individuals, potentially in areas of high traffic where security is a primary concern, such as an airport. | national post

more of the same

University of Bradford: increase security at border controls by developing a computer system capable of detecting guilt | alpha galileo

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