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Travis Andrews

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Travis M. Andrews is a Washington, D.C.-based writer who has written for Salon, The Washingtonian, OffBeat Magazine and reported for several newspapers throughout his native Louisiana. Though he's pretended otherwise since before time, his favorite food is the French Fry. It's time the truth came out. For more about Travis M. Andrews, go to www.travismandrews.com.

You can also follow the Metairie native on Twitter @MetairiesFinest. 

DARPA plans to place diagnostic nanochip in soldiers

Travis Andrews
Sunday, May 6, 2012 - 10:45am
 
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which might as well be known as the Science Fiction as Reality Society, has announced plans to create and implant nanochips in soldiers that will monitor their health. As you might have guessed, this plan has raised a little bit of controversy with the fear that this could turn the Earth into Total Recall.

Verizon to launch first text-to-911 service in U.S.

Travis Andrews
Sunday, May 6, 2012 - 7:54am
 
Within the next year, Verizon Wireless will introduce the first text-to-911 service that will do exactly what it sounds like: allow customers to request help from a 911 call center via text messages. Somewhat shockingly, this will be the first text-to-911 service in the United States. Sadly, it only notifies the emergency services, not local superheroes.

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