Evolution-on-a-chip; hacking the utility grid; idoru popstars in SL; magnetic sail propulsion; Babbage Engine unboxing pr0n …

• 1 – ‘Darwin chip’ brings evolution into the classroom
  “… an automated device that evolves a biological molecule on a chip filled with hundreds of miniature chambers. The molecule, which stitches together strands of RNA, became 90 times more efficient after just 70 hours of evolution.”
  (tags: science molecule RNA biology evolution)
• 2 – Footers In Modern Web Design: Creative Examples and Ideas
  Does what it says on the tin.
  (tags: webdev layouts inspiration gallery elements design CSS)
• 3 – Experts hack power grid in no time
  “”We had to shut down within hours,” Winkler says, “because it was working too well. We more than proved that they were royally screwed.”" I suspect a degree of FUD, but still nasty news.
  (tags: security engineering social hack compromise infrastructure grid energy)
• 4 – Idoru Popstars Open Immersive, Cinematic Music Isle
  Hello, future!
  (tags: celebrity virtual metaverse culture music pop idoru)
• 5 – Braking into Epsilon Eridani
  “… try riding the flow of charged particles coming out of the Sun by using a magnetic sail generated aboard the vehicle. Velocities of several hundred kilometers per second seem feasible.”
  (tags: sail magnetic intrasystem propulsion probe exploration space)
• 6 – E-government can’t even provide a free school lunch
  “… we’ll see more retreats as contracts for underused e-services come up for renewal and policy makers get more discerning about choosing at precisely which bits of the government machine computer power should be thrown.”
  (tags: policy internet bureaucracy government UK)
• 7 – Steampunk Unboxing: Difference Engine Arrives in Silicon Valley
  OMG awesome! I want one!
  (tags: mechanical history computing unboxing engine Babbage)