Going deeper down the rabbit hole, Radiator Labs is exploring some nifty technologies such as an Xbee mesh network, which it's using to evaluate the energy-saving benefits at play.

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U.S. lawmakers might well call for heightened Web surveillance measures, using technologies such as Carnivore and Echelon, the global telecommunication spy network that U.S. officials have long denied exists.

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