Arphid tattooing, French National Front annoys the natives in SL, exo-skeleton weight-lifting…

• 1 – Invisible RFID Ink Safe For Cattle And People, Company Says
  “Somark Innovations announced this week that it successfully tested biocompatible RFID ink, which can be read through animal hairs.” Via Warren Ellis, who justifiably predicts that the geek / body-mod set will be all over this like a rash.
  (tags: surveillance technology geek body-mod arphid tagging marking tattoo ink RFID invisible)
• 2 – So What Do You Do, Ken Auletta?
  “The New Yorker’s media writer spills the beans on exactly how he does his job” A great insight into the ‘modus operandi’ of a top-rank journo. His note-taking system alone is a work of obsessive genius.
  (tags: indexing research interviews notetaking advice Auletta Ken lifehacks productivity organising writing journalism)
• 3 – FIGHTING THE FRONT
  A decent piece of Second Life journalism on the recent protests against the French Nationalist party presence in the synthetic world. Weird, but fascinating. This is our future, folks. Where is my pig grenade?
  (tags: politics futurism Nationalist French journalism conflict protest political metaverse Life Second)
• 4 – Red Dwarf Flares and Habitability
  “Only recently has the idea of habitable planets around red dwarf stars taken hold. But it’s a fascinating one, especially if you take a look at the potential window for life to develop on such worlds.” Life, Jim, but not as we know it.
  (tags: flare solar theory biosphere planets habitable stars dwarf red extraterrestrial life space)
• 5 – Novel Chip Architecture Could Extend Moore’s Law
  “Hewlett-Packard researchers have designed a faster, more energy-efficient chip by packing in more transistors–without shrinking them.” Further up and further in.
  (tags: Packard Hewlett topology transistor efficient energy architecture design chip silicon circuit integrated)
• 6 – From bears to bullets – Inventor hopes to sell armour suit to the military
  “Already, he says, the suit has stood up to bullets from high-powered weapons, including an elephant gun. The suit was empty during the ballistics tests, but he’s more than ready to put it on and face live fire.” Sci-fi comes to life.
  (tags: sf scifi fiction science suit tools technology project military invention exoskeleton armour battle)
• 7 – Basics: What is a gene?
  Does what it says on the tin – from the indomitable PZ Myers, who really knows what he’s talking about.
  (tags: definition description basic gene heredity biology science)
• 8 – NBA’s Dallas Mavs Ask Fans to Wiki Every Game
  “The Dallas Mavericks have broken new ground with a wiki that allows fans to catalog every single game. The wiki is powered by MediaWiki – the same software used by Wikipedia.” An interesting development.
  (tags: content generated user statistics game catalog website wiki Mavericks Dallas US fans sports)
• 9 – Exo-Skeleton Weightlifting: Wimps Rejoice
  “If you ever felt inadequate about the size of your biceps or your concave chest, there’s a solution. All you have to do is use your big brain and build an exo-skeleton.” YouTube video of one of the weirdest sports ever.
  (tags: human machine video contest weightlifting exoskeleton robot geek)
• 10 – Tests show ‘artificial sun’ is reliable
  “A series of tests run by Chinese scientists on an experimental thermonuclear reactor have found “the artificial sun” is a reliable energy generating process.” For very short periods at a very high energy budget, though.
  (tags: plasma generation energy results test reactor tokamak fusion China)
• 11 – Your Boss Really is Clueless
  “Your boss and other people in power often really have no idea what you and others feel and think, new experiments suggest.” Science validates common sense and observation once again…
  (tags: inhibition assertiveness empathy influence power science research psychology)