1. 23:42 18th Jul 2012

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    What may be the world’s first cybernetic hate crime unfolds in French McDonald’s George Dvorsky, io9.com Steve Mann, the “father of wear­able com­put­ing,” has been phys­i­cal­ly assault­ed while vis­it­ing a McDon­alds in Paris, France. The Cana­di­an uni­ver­si­ty pro­fes­sor was at the restau­rant with his fam­i­ly when three dif­fer­ent McDon­a… I could see this like a scenario out of JG Ballard.

    What may be the world’s first cybernetic hate crime unfolds in French McDonald’s
    George Dvorsky, io9.com

    Steve Mann, the “father of wear­able com­put­ing,” has been phys­i­cal­ly assault­ed while vis­it­ing a McDon­alds in Paris, France.

    The Cana­di­an uni­ver­si­ty pro­fes­sor was at the restau­rant with his fam­i­ly when three dif­fer­ent McDon­a…

    I could see this like a scenario out of JG Ballard.

     
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      I could see this like a scenario out of JG Ballard.
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