Home

GT200

Choices and Chances
Harrison George
2010-02-26 12:56
 

There has been much speculation as to why the Thai military insist on using the GT200 pseudo-bomb-detector, when the Ministry of Science and Technology has run a test that proved it is ineffective. The device has since been disassembled to reveal that it is no more than an empty plastic box and a telescopic car aerial, and its ‘pre-programmed cards’ are un-programmable bits of laminated paper.

Read more »
Alien Thoughts
Only naivete and superstition can explain the GT200 swindle
Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation
2010-02-19 19:19
 

The Bt800-million GT200 hoax is forcing scientists to encourage Thais to become more rational. It is a fair and modest request, because Thai society is bound to benefit from rational thought. 

Read more »
Pick to Post
Two Cautionary Tales of Science
Harrison George
2010-02-19 02:49
 

Tale Number One: Germany, just over 100 years ago.

Wilhelm von Osten, a mathematics teacher and amateur horse trainer, owned a horse called Hans. And he combined his two jobs by training his horse in mathematics. And very successfully.

Read more »
Alien Thoughts
A rose by any other name would smell as much
Harrison George
2010-01-29 10:02
 

It’s been a bad week for the scam artists.

Sorawan Sirisuntarin, who markets under the name ‘Pa Cheng’, has been charged with violating the Pharmaceuticals Act. She had been peddling a panacea called Maha Bambad at 1000 baht a wee bottle and an eye lotion called Jiaranai Petch.

Read more »
Alien Thoughts
Faulty bomb detection device undermines effectiveness of security operations in Southern Thailand
Working Group on Justice for Peace (WGJP)
2009-11-03 10:48
 

The device known as GT200 has been used by the Thai military to detect explosive materials and has drawn greater controversy with time as serious doubts of its effectiveness amount among human rights organizations, civil society, and the scientific community. 

Read more »
News