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Mexican Commandos Took Down This Secret Drug Cartel Radio Grid

10:00AM September 15, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Mexico is fighting a war. A brutal, inexhaustible war against rich, powerful, merciless drug cartels. The rich part is key, as they’re able to afford nice toys like a completely private communications network — until government commandos destroyed it. More »

Science

RFID Implants Won’t Work If You’ve Been Kidnapped In Mexico

5:20AM August 23, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Kidnappings in Mexico have worsened in the last five years, sky-rocketing by 371 per cent. So too have the demand for those RFID implants that were said to allow authorities find the victims. Except for one thing: they don’t work. More »

Science

Anti-Nanotechnology Terrorists Are Bombing Professors

12:25AM August 12, 2011 | Casey Chan

Of all the things people could go terrorist for — oppressive governments, etc — there’s a group that chose anti-nanotechnology. I wish I was kidding. They call themselves the “Individuals Tending to Savagery” and have attacked two professors in Mexico with bombs. More »

Cameras

Old Mayan Tomb Finally Photographed With Mini-Camera

2:20AM July 14, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Hidden for 1500 years, this funeral tomb in Palenque, Mexico, was finally glimpsed by human eyes when researchers lowered a mini camera (measuring 4cm x 6cm) through a crack in the ceiling. More »

Geek Out

Discarded Storage Containers Make A Delightful House

12:00PM July 8, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Gabriela Calvo and Marco Peralta wanted to build their dream house in San Jose, Costa Rica, debt-free. Rather than buy into cheap public housing, they snagged two discarded storage containers and let architect Benjamin Garcia work his magic. More »

Mobile

Teens Keeping Dying Languages Alive By Texting

4:40AM July 7, 2011 | Sam Biddle

The loss of indigenous dialects (and their old, rich, associated cultures) is a problem that spans the globe. Luckily, SMS spans the globe as well, and kids in regions where certain tongues are falling off are using tech as conservation. More »

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The TuboHotel: A Home For Mario Lovers

11:20AM July 6, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Can you imagine living inside a concrete tube? Of course you can. The same way T3arc did when they designed the TuboHotel on the outskirts of Tepoztlan, Mexico. It serves as fast and affordable housing for tourists taking in the environment. More »

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Mexican Drug Cartel Builds Its Own Tank

5:30AM May 11, 2011 | Justin Hyde

The war in northern Mexico between drug cartels and the Mexican government has raged for 4.5 years, with little end in sight – especially with the cartels starting to build tanks like this one, nicknamed “El Monstruo 2011“. More »

Mobile

Immigrant Smugglers Using SMS To Avoid Capture

2:20AM May 10, 2011 | Sam Biddle

The path across the border from Mexico is a treacherous, often deadly one. To avoid capture, many paid guides are giving groups of northbound illegal immigrants some tech-omniscience – SMS recon, aimed at helping avoid US patrols and other dangers. More »

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Here’s An Anvil-Shaped Museum In Mexico City

5:20PM April 29, 2011 | Davey Alba

This is the Museo Soumaya, a building by designer FREE Fernando Romero EnterprisE, which has been recently completed in Mexico City – that’s right, this ain’t no render. Sitting in the city’s former industrial district, it’s surprising to see the structure spring up from the ground like some polished monolithic welding tool. It adds to the look that the facade is windowless, and made up of silver hexagonal aluminium tiles. More »