Cash-free Canada, Communist robots, sewage-to-fuel, pirates (arrr!)…

• 1 – Will Canada be the first cashless society?
  Intriguing article. Link via FutureWire.
  (tags: society futurism lifestyle electronic technology economy cashless money Canada)
• 2 – New Orleans Library Reopens with RFID
  Does what it says on the tin.
  (tags: futurism Orleans New books RFID arphid inventory cataloguing libraries)
• 3 – Communist Robot Manifesto
  Not quite what it sounds like, but still very interesting.
  (tags: technocracy utopia futurism abundance economics manifesto robot communist)
• 4 – Did ancient Amazonians build a ‘Stonehenge’?
  More on that Brazilian stone calendar…scientists in ‘primitive people may not have actually been that primitive’ shocker!
  (tags: archaeology history culture ancient astronomy observatory calendar circle stone Brazil)
• 5 – Superfast internet cafe launches
  Only at Goonhilly in Cornwall can you get internet speeds of 100Mbps! Link via GizmodoUK.
  (tags: satellite connection UK speed high cornwall broadband cafe internet)
• 6 – Building new worlds – become the greatest generation
  Brian ‘AdvancedNanotechnology’ Wang calls out for the expansion of humans into space. I’m with you, Brian!
  (tags: science technology system solar expansion colonization futurism race human diaspora space)
• 7 – Turning sewage sludge into gasoline
  The ‘fuel from crap’ meme is spreading swiftly…
  (tags: generation energy fuel gasoline environment ecology technology sewage biofuel Israel)
• 8 – 8 Invaluable Wordpress Plugins!
  A few I’d not heard of before; may have to check them out. Link via Lifehacker.
  (tags: source open utility software tools blogging blog plugins Wordpress)
• 9 – Gliffy.com – Create and share diagrams online.
  Gliffy is a free web-based diagramming tool…flowcharts, all that jazz. Could come in handy. Link via Lifehacker.
  (tags: Gliffy visualization productivity resource application tool diagram software web2.0)
• 10 – The Newbie’s Guide to Detecting the NSA
  Concerned that your net traffic might be going through that NSA/AT&T wiretap room? Here’s how to find out.
  (tags: AT&T detection traffic internet wiretap tracking NSA security privacy)
• 11 – Pirates pursued democracy, helped American colonies survive
  “Blackbeard and Ben Franklin deserve equal billing for founding democracy in the United States and New World, a new University of Florida study finds.” Arrr, surely ’tis the truth!
  (tags: politics piracy pioneers egalitarian culture democracy pirates history America)
• 12 – Big Brother takes a controlling interest in chips
  The Guardian discusses Vernor Vinge, his latest novel, ‘Rainbows End’, and the dystopian future he portrays in it. Read this, then read the book. Because it’s ace.
  (tags: environment hardware secure futurism literature writing books SF scifi fiction science End Rainbows Vinge Vernor)
• 13 – Why We Must Flee the Planet: The Geometry of Earth is All Wrong
  Seth ‘SETI’ Shostak lays down one of the best defenses of Hawking’s call for diaspora that I have read so far. Come on people, let’s dissassemble the moon! w00t!
  (tags: lebensraum System Solar resources population Earth futurism colonization space Hawking)
• 14 – Bad ISPs – AzureusWiki
  Having trouble with your peer-to-peer software, eg BitTorrent? It may not be your fault; here is a list of ISPs who cause problems for p2p clients, and the resons why. Link via FalsePositives.
  (tags: obstacles ISP BitTorrent p2p peertopeer cable broadband bandwidth)
• 15 – Credit card-sized ‘Computer-On-Module’
  Very small computers indeed, for building into ‘embedded applications’. Ubicomp and Everyware are edging closer to reality every moment… Link via OhGizmo.
  (tags: everyware ubicomp technology module microcontroller hardware computer embedded)
• 16 – Monty Python Cow Catapult Deluxe Toy Set
  “Keep your grail safe with this bovine trebuchet!” Indeed…the set includes a Trojan Rabbit for complete Holy Grail re-enactment satisfaction. Now go away, lest I taunt you again! Link via Coudal Partners.
  (tags: set toy trebuchet Grail Holy Python Monty)
• 17 – German Publisher Drops Legal Action Against Google Library Project
  Goooooooaaaaaal!
  (tags: Germany infringement copyright ruling court publisher content online library digitise books Google)
• 18 – Date of First Launch Set for New Mexico Spaceport
  Does what it says on the tin.
  (tags: announcement date Aerospace UP spaceport Mexico New launch rocket space)
• 19 – Researchers Could Eliminate Furnaces From Chipmaking
  Using ultraviolet light would be far more energy-efficient, say UCL boffins.
  (tags: technology process light ultraviolet oven baking etching wafer silicon manufacture chip semiconductor)
• 20 – Powered Shoes – Virtual reality input
  Walk for miles without actually going anywhere! Exercise and play computer games at the same time! (I should have gone into marketing, you know.)
  (tags: technology gadget accessories computer cyber powered shoes reality virtual)
• 21 – Shaking out the last from oil reserves
  We’re so desparate for oil that we’ll consider making fake earthquakes to get access to it.
  (tags: geology increase yield permeability explosions earthquake waves seismic artificial mineral prospecting oil)
• 22 – Ultrasound May Help Regrow Teeth
  Anyone who, like myself, has undergone root canal work (and the associated finacial outlay), will no doubt be somewhat cheered by news of this gizmo.
  (tags: health oral tooth ultrasound device regrowth tissue dental orthodontic medicine)
• 23 – Nothing fishy about smell-recording device
  Wait until the marketing vampires get hold of this little science fiction trope…ads with odours! A whole new sense for commerce to offend!
  (tags: medicine entertainment marketing device recorder odour smell olfactory technology)