6 Ways Las Vegas Security Tech Has Entered Daily Life

Las Vegas's gaming industry invests in the best surveillance and behavioral monitoring technology in the world. But casinos aren't the only ones interested in high-tech snooping. Here's who's looking at you. Check out our full feature on Las Vegas surveillance

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NASA’s Contest to Design the Last Shuttle Patch

The space shuttle program is on its way out, but the core of people who built and maintained it will live on. To honor them, NASA gave its employees the chance to design the patch that will commemorate the shuttle program, which is slated to end in September, after STS-133 flies.

From the designs of 85 current and former employees, the Shuttle Program Office has selected 15 finalists. The prospective patches, presented here, will be voted on internally by NASA employees and judged by a small panel.

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Body Scanners Might Violate U.K. Child-Protection Laws

The deployment of body-scanning X-ray machines could violate child-protection laws in Britain and prevent their implementation, according to The Guardian.

British officials were forced to exempt the scanning of anyone under 18 during a yearlong test of the machines at Manchester airport until legal questions could be worked out, the newspaper said.

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