UK speed camera hack, Reuters in Second Life, waltzing asteroids, haptic head-radar…

• 1 – Drivers can avoid speeding tickets…by changing lanes
  “A massive flaw in a new generation of speed cameras means [UK] motorists can avoid fines and points on their licence simply by changing lanes.” Good news for those who drive, I guess.
  (tags: loophole lanes change avoidance cameras driving UK fines speeding)
• 2 – The Stow-Away Guitar
  “The Stow-Away guitar features a ‘Clip-Joint’ which allows the neck of the guitar to be easily removed and stowed in a diagonal storage cavity on the back of the guitar.” Nice gimmick, but I’d bet the sound isn’t so hot.
  (tags: invention stow-away music neck removable portable instrument musical guitar)
• 3 – Embryo Zero – Case project with a mind of its own
  More super-sexy case mod action at MetkuMods.
  (tags: computer design gaming geek modding mod case PC)
• 4 – From Our Man In Second Life
  “I note also today that Reuters have embedded a staff reporter in SL [...] They’re not using the term “embedded,” but I am. This is because I am cheap and sensationalistic, and they are Reuters.” Warren Ellis checking in.
  (tags: weirdness business property land Reuters reality virtual worlds synthetic metaverse Life Second)
• 5 – Tattoos make skin less sensitive to touch
  “The tattooing process may disrupt the nerve signals in the skin, the researchers say, although exactly how remains unclear.” Not noticed this effect myself, but there you go.
  (tags: research science tattooing tattoo sensitivity nerves skin biology human)
• 6 – Dancing Asteroid Mapped in Motion
  “A near-Earth asteroid is made of two motley parts that dance around each other like a miniature Earth and Moon, a new study finds.”
  (tags: animation mapping motion astronomy asteroids NEA space)
• 7 – And Now, The Weather: Complex Meteorology On Venus
  “In its relentless probing of Venus’s atmosphere, ESA’s Venus Express keeps revealing new details of the Venusian cloud system.”
  (tags: images formations cloud meteorology science satellite probe Express Venus ESA space)
• 8 – MSN is latest target of Belgian copyright complaint
  “The newspaper group, called Copiepresse, wrote a letter to MSN Belgium earlier this week, asking it to stop posting Belgian newspaper articles to its Web site without permission.” Cutting off your nose to spite your face?
  (tags: dispute legal copyright MSN Microsoft Google aggregation content listings engine search group media Belgium)
• 9 – Harnessing the tides
  “…the UK resource of tidal stream energy accounts for about 15 per cent of the planet’s total … If this is correct, the country would be in a good position to develop a strong tidal energy expertise and capability.” So do it, already!
  (tags: investment futurism green ecology weather coastal generation electricity Swanturbines turbine power tidal energy renewable UK)
• 10 – Boeing: Boeing Begins Flight Tests and Laser Firings for Laser Gunship Program
  “ATL will transform the battlefield by giving the warfighter a speed-of-light, precision engagement capability that will reduce collateral damage dramatically.” Was that ‘reduce’ or ‘redefine’?
  (tags: technology war beam destruction scalable test preliminary Boeing airborne chemical laser aircraft weapon military)
• 11 – Haptic radar system has got your back
  “It essentially works like a giant set of virtual whiskers, or antennas, providing a tactile sensation to the wearer when an object comes within range — the closer it gets, the more intense the vibrations.” Does not ship with Wii-mote, BTW.
  (tags: technology awareness spatial augmented whiskers electronic device interface feedback sense touch haptics)

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