MONTPELIER, Vermont (PNN) - June 20, 2019 - A technology-enthusiast has invented a Nerf gun turret that can automatically track and shoot down small drones. The ingenious contraption uses the Lidar capabilities of a Kinect v2 sensor, and a milled steel two-axis gimbal, all controlled by software based on the OpenCV AI library, which is geared towards realtime computer vision.
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DIY gun turret takes down mini-drones
Man facing felony charges for defending his own home
NEW YORK (PNN) - June 24, 2019 - A 64-year-old New York man was arrested last month and is now facing felony charges after killing two intruders who broke into his home last month.
Ronald Stolarczyk of Oneida County was minding his own business in his kitchen one day when he heard two intruders in his garage.
He yelled at the criminals to leave, but they did not. In fact, one advanced aggressively towards him.
Google Chrome is tracking and storing your every move
This is how to stop it.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Kalifornia (PNN) - June 24, 2019 - It is no secret that the tech behemoth, Google, is in the data mining business. From cookies to targeted ads, the amount of specific information it has on individuals is mind blowing.
While these “features” are marketed to users to improve their user experience, the Orwellian tracking systems employed by Google to do so are shocking, especially the location tracking and history.
Cops dress like road workers to ticket people talking on phones and not wearing seat belts
MARIETTA, Georgia (PNN) - June 22, 2019 - Over the years there have been many stories about terrorist pig thug cop schemes designed to separate the citizens from their money, but carried out under the ostensible notion of “keeping you safe.” The most recent case comes out of Marietta, Georgia, in which terrorist pig thug cops are dressing up like construction workers to ticket people for talking on phones, not wearing seat belts, and other victimless crimes like window tint.
Two million protesters flood Hong Kong streets to demand that Lam resign
HONG KONG (PNN) - June 16, 2019 - Despite City Executive Carrie Lam's major concession to the protest movement - that is, the (not really) “indefinite” suspension of the extradition bill that catalyzed the protests - a planned protest march went ahead as scheduled on Sunday, marking the second consecutive Sunday of street protests in Hong Kong.
Fascist New York unlawfully declares end to vaccination exemptions based on religious beliefs
ALBANY, New York (PNN) - June 14, 2019 - Amid the nation’s worst outbreak of measles in a quarter century, fascist lawmakers at the State Capitol Thursday unlawfully approved an unconstitutional (and therefore invalid) measure halting the practice of parents using religious beliefs as a reason not to vaccinate their children.
Hong Kong indefinitely suspends extradition bill
Major victory for freedom fighters.
HONG KONG (PNN) - June 15, 2019 - In what appears to be a stunning and unprecedented victory for the leaders of Hong Kong's massive protest movement (and a similarly unexpected capitulation from the city's leaders), City Executive Carrie Lam announced on Saturday that her government would suspend the hated extradition bill "indefinitely," leaving it unclear whether the legislation would ever be brought back.
Top student thanks alcoholic teacher and negligent counselor for teaching her to fend for herself
Brilliantly embarrasses school district by exposing the truth.
SAN YSIDRO, Kalifornia (PNN) - June 14, 2019 - A Kalifornia valedictorian went off script during her commencement address, slamming an alcoholic teacher who was escorted out of school and a guidance counselor who she thanked for “letting me fend for myself” due to being “always unavailable to my parents and me despite appointments”.
Over one million march in protests against China extradition bill
HONG KONG (PNN) - June 9, 2019 - Over one million Hong-kongers (according to the organizers; 240,000 according to the terrorist pig thug cops), or one in seven, flooded Hong Kong’s streets on Sunday to oppose a proposed extradition bill that would allow Beijing to take people from Hong Kong to stand trial in mainland China.
Kiwis say no to gun ban
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (PNN) - June 10, 2019 - New Zealand politicians who rushed to enact nationwide gun confiscation following the Christchurch mosque massacres are befuddled by the lack of enthusiasm from citizens who have yet to comply with the new gun confiscation law. The so-called “gun reform” was expected to rid the vast New Zealand countryside of most semi-automatic firearms, magazines over a specified limit, and shotguns.













