The secrets of MySpace, Lego chain-gun (genius!), Moore’s Law comes to flash memory, tailored advertising (turn off your Bluetooth)…

• 1 - Cold Shot - locating nuclear contamination
  “If you want to ferret out uranium’s hiding place in contaminated soil, freeze the dirt and zap it with a black light…”
  (tags: environment science detection soil uranium contamination nuclear locate)
• 2 - Wir Hier: The Intelligent Service System
  “From these early findings they felt that it was worthwhile not only to attempt to help people stop taking things for granted, but more importantly, prove to them what was possible when you use what already exists in a better manner.” Interesting stuff at
  (tags: interaction community redesign mind product futurism marketing system service intelligent)
• 3 - What News Corp doesn’t want you to know about MySpace
  If this is all true, I can’t say I’m surprised, but as it’s on Valleywag it may well be completely false. Watch out for flying law-suits.
  (tags: scam PR disinformation illusion spam web MySpace media marketing critique)
• 4 - ULTIMATE Lego Chaingun
  “Unlike commercial hand-wound rubber band Gatling guns, this has a trigger and can be fired both continuously or in short bursts (though I must admit, the desire to empty the entire thing in a single long burst with a cry of “Suppressing Fire” is norm
  (tags: launcher band rubber chaingun minigun weapon Lego DIY howto)
• 5 - Human Activities Found To Affect Ocean Temperatures In Hurricane Formation Regions
  “New research shows that rising sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in hurricane “breeding grounds” of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are unlikely to be purely natural in origin.” Let’s wait for the denial brigade to spin this one…
  (tags: disasters environment ecology formation hurricane action human pollution atmospheric temperature surface ocean change climate)
• 6 - NAND memory capacity doubling every year since 2002
  “This latest development from the market leader in memory chips follows the New Memory Growth Theory that memory density will double every 12 months, which Hwang first presented in 2002.” Moore’s Law for flash drives?
  (tags: devices portable Law Moore’s capacity doubling technology chips memory flash NAND)
• 7 - Hubble’s troubles boil and bubble
  “NASA says it will announce its decision on whether to send one more space shuttle to service and upgrade the orbital observatory in November.” Surely it would be cheaper to fix it than to replace it?
  (tags: shuttle decision NASA upgrade repair orbit telescope Hubble space)
• 8 - EMIEW robot goes with the (traffic) flow
  “To coexist with humans in the real world, robots need to be able to respond to a host of changes that constantly occur in the course of everyday life.” And they’re working on it - but there’s a long way to go yet.
  (tags: technology avoidance collision navigation software hardware detection people robot EMIEW Hitachi Japan)
• 9 - Advertising screen tailors ads to its audience
  “A smart advertising display monitors Bluetooth gadgets in its vicinity, ensuring audiences see only the most appropriate ads, with minimal repeats.” Where are you now, Bill Hicks, when we need you the most?
  (tags: device mobile identification Bluetooth display screen technology marketing advertising tailored)

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