The End of Crime (Part 7)

A Scenario of the Near Future Let’s say you were robbed at gunpoint at an ATM machine (as I was in October of 2006). The robber escaped long before the police are able to arrive. But using a police dog,…

The End of Crime (Part 6)

Global Photography, Digital Video Storage, Broadband Internet Let’s take the concept of video surveillance a step further. Although now incredibly expensive, it won’t be long before satellite photography gives us the ability to watch virtually every square mile on the…

The End of Crime (Part 5)

Big Brother is watching you! What would people do if terrorists bombed ten major cities in one day? What if the threat of nuclear bombs carried in suitcases capable of killing millions of people became a technological possibility? We would…

The End of Crime (Part 4)

GPS will eliminate domestic terrorism and drug trafficking What if terrorists planned an orchestrated attack on ten major cities in America in a horrible event that would dwarf the significance of 9/11? If the technology were available, I think most…

The End of Crime (Part 3)

Paranoids and Conspiracy Theorists Beware Before going any further with this thesis, I realize from the outset that there are plenty of people who will see the ability to record virtually every square foot of the earth and to track…

The End of Crime (comments)

A few friends have given me some interesting feedback on the complete “End of Crime” article, which I’ll be posting in segments. One wanted to know if my recent robbery experience was the inspiration for this series. Yes, it got…

The End of Crime (Part 2)

Global Positioning Systems In the near future, nearly all cars and vehicles will have, in addition to GPS mapping, a system that will enable law enforcement to track the location of each vehicle in case of an emergency or a…

The End of Crime (Part 1)

The Brave New World of Forensic Technology Within the next ten to twenty years, crime will be virtually non-existent in America. Advances in forensic technologies, including Global Positioning Systems (GPS), infrared photography, digital video systems, gene mapping, DNA ana…

How Not To Be Robbed

I was leaving an ATM machine at 7:54 pm in a well-lit bank parking lot when I looked to my left and saw a young guy with a gun pointed at me. To make a long story short, he wasn’t…

What is a blog feed?

After some months of publishing a blog, I thought I should write a brief explanation on how to subscribe to The Forerunner blog feed. Most blogs have a feed of their content, sometimes known as an RSS or an ATOM…