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Implementing Namebers Using Microchip Implants: The Black Box Beneath The Skin, Katina Michael, M.G. Michael Dec 2011

Implementing Namebers Using Microchip Implants: The Black Box Beneath The Skin, Katina Michael, M.G. Michael

Associate Professor Katina Michael

The use of electronic-based physical access cards to secure premises such as government buildings and large corporate offices has been in operation since the inception of bar code and magnetic-stripe cards in the 1970s. Over time, for secure access control, these first generation card technologies based on optical character recognition (OCR) and magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) were replaced by more sophisticated technologies such as smart cards and biometrics, containing encrypted data and techniques which were more difficult to dupe or to replicate \cite{michael2003a}.

An employee today wanting to gain access to their place of work, typically carries a photo …


Book Review Of: Tracking King Kong: A Hollywood Icon In World Culture, Brian M. Yecies Nov 2011

Book Review Of: Tracking King Kong: A Hollywood Icon In World Culture, Brian M. Yecies

Dr Brian Yecies

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The Social And Behavioral Implications Of Location-Based Services, Katina Michael, M.G. Michael Nov 2011

The Social And Behavioral Implications Of Location-Based Services, Katina Michael, M.G. Michael

Associate Professor Katina Michael

The social and behavioral implications of location-based services (LBS) are only now beginning to come to light in advanced markets where the services have been adopted by just a little over half the market (Microsoft 2011). Depending on one’s definition of what constitutes location-based services, statistics on the level of adoption differ considerably. While it is helpful to provide as broad a list of applications as possible in what constitutes LBS (e.g. everything from in-vehicle navigation systems to downloading a map using a computer), it can also cloud the real picture forming behind this emerging technology. Emerging not in the …


Migratory Navigation In Birds: New Opportunities In An Era Of Fast-Developing Tracking Technology, Tim Guilford, Susanne Akesson, Anna Gagliardo, Richard A. Holland, Henrik Mouritsen, Rachel Muheim, Roswitha Wiltschko, Wolfgang Wiltschko, Verner Peter Bingman Oct 2011

Migratory Navigation In Birds: New Opportunities In An Era Of Fast-Developing Tracking Technology, Tim Guilford, Susanne Akesson, Anna Gagliardo, Richard A. Holland, Henrik Mouritsen, Rachel Muheim, Roswitha Wiltschko, Wolfgang Wiltschko, Verner Peter Bingman

Verner Peter Bingman

The importance of atmospheric odours for homing pigeon navigation in a desert environment was tested using birds from two lofts located in the Sonoran desert near Tucson, Arizona, USA, When released from a familiar training site, experienced control pigeons and pigeons given intranasal injections of zinc sulphate to produce anosmia both displayed good homeward orientation and homed rapidly, When released from two unfamiliar locations, in contrast, the controls continued to display good homing performance while the zinc-sulphate-treated pigeons homed poorly, Significant differences in vanishing bearings, homing time and homing success were recorded, When a group of control and a group …