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China’s first robot police start working in the city of Handa
China’s first batch of traffic robot police started working in Handan, North China’s Hebei Province. The Handan Public Security Bureau announced the use of three types of traffic robot police in a ceremony on Wednesday. Equipped with intelligent cameras, the robots can spot traffic violations, give offenders verbal warnings, and take photos of incidents. The…
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As if the Aventador craze wasn’t enough, Dubai police now spoiled with Ferrari FF!
What’s with the fine folk at Dubai? Either they have some really speedy criminals or their cops are just too cool to reckon with. We’d like to think the latter because soon after the police force was decked with Lamborghini Aventadors as their mounts, the force has also been considering the Ferrari FF! That’s pretty…
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Man serves six months in jail for pointing modified Wii controller at police officers!
Amusing as it may sound, a Dutch man recently got sentenced to six months behind those iron bars for pointing a modified Wii controller at Wii controller. The 29-year-old had cleverly modified his Wii controller to look like a Sniper rifle. Turns out, his modification looked so true-to-life, that it resulted in him landing behind…
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Russian police begins tossing shuttlecocks at unruly protestors!
Calming down unruly public gatherings in Russia isn’t as easy as it sounds. Given the fact that tear gas can turn potentially harmful and stunning devices are known to cause heart arrests, Russian authorities choose to stay well away from these mediums. Also, Russia’s weather simply does not permit using water cannons, given that protesters…
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Dr. Who Tardis USB Hub houses four USB ports
If you happened to be a Dr. Who freak, you would relate to this USB hub better. It’s that nostalgic phone booth design that works all the magic. Of course, it comes with the sublime provision of four USB ports to justify its functionality of being a hub and not just a showcase piece. What’s…
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Wheel-chaired hostage taker surrenders to robo-cop, bomb disposal robot
It was only very recently that news reports were talking about a wheel-chaired man who took people hostage in small town Virginia. The individual, named, Taylor, ‘held up’ a group of people at the local post office. He apparently had no demands except for a Pizza. Every hear of take out buddy, Pizza companies take…
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Head-mounted video cams for San Jose Police make for better COPS episodes
Trust the Californians to come up with an innovative ‘out-there’ way to maintain discipline in the streets. The police down in San Jose, aside from their regular field kit, will soon be equipped with head mounted camera’s that neatly sit over their ears. The captured footage will be uploaded to a central server, but there’s…
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After the army, Facebook and Twitter to be used by cops
We had earlier seen how Twitter and Facebook were used by various factions of the marines posted in Afghanistan to communicate directly with the people and share their media and first person war experiences. This seems to have inspired the police force of Pineville where officers are turning to Facebook and Twitter updates of citizens…
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Gullibility of cops costs the UK a total of £1 million
The world economy is crumbling. Period. And to make it worse, we have some intellectually renowned nations that manage to blow away a million bucks (pounds, in this case) on stupid mix-ups at gas stations. Till date, over a period of three years, UK cops have put in the wrong fuel into their cool cop…
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Supercar Bugatti Veyron gets slapped for overlooking parking rules
Law doesn’t make exceptions and isn’t bias to the rich. At least this is the case in Slovakia. The police there are just and don’t hesitate to execute their rightful authority over the owners of million dollar supercars too. Recently they slapped a boot on one of the two Bugatti Veyrons from Europe for violating…
