Links for 30-08-2006
Monocopter gas turbine jetpack, brainscanning nuns, hotspot Singapore, Creative Commons…
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1 - MonocopterIf there’s any possible explanation for the resurgence of interest in pulp sf styles, it could well be the number of people working on gloriously impractical but strangely elegant ‘personal flight units’ and jet-packs. This is a prime example.
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More useful Firefox-fu from Lifehacker.
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“This study demonstrated that a dozen different regions of the brain are activated during a mystical experience. This type of research became very popular in the United States in the late 1990s.” There are so many levels of weirdness to this tiny story.
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Wired has a wee gallery of geekage from Worldcon, but it doesn’t compare to the excellent blog coverage we’ve been seeing. Wish I’d been able to go.
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Everyone is up in arms about the privacy aspect, but I (for a change) am actually all for this idea - it might put the kybosh on certain households who flagrantly throw away masses of recyclables through laziness.
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Singapore becomes one big wifi hotspot…
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…as do San-Fran buses.
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“An Australian firm has begun using its information-security consultancy to perform RFID system audits, which include probing vulnerabilities.” Finally, an approach to security that makes sense.
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“Microbes discovered by a lake of liquid carbon dioxide under the sea off Taiwan could help us locate life on Mars, researchers say.” That’s what I’d say if I wanted headlines, too…
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Worldchanging in support of CC licences.
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Very interesting and thoughtful piece over at Worldchanging.
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Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
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