Clippings returns after a 2-month world tour with the RepRap 3D printer and
fabricator, which is now capable of replication:
http://reprap.org
Free and Open software for tracking your laptop, should it get stolen:
http://adeona.cs.washington.edu/index.html
Our reliance on China for cheap tech is accounting for up to 33% of China's
carbon dioxide footprint:
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14412-33-of-chinas-carbon-footprint-blamed-on-exports.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn14412
Camera-carrying artificial insects become reality with the DelFly from Delft
University in the Netherlands. 3 grams, 10cm long:
http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-smallest-camera-carrying-micro-aerial-vehicle-takes-flight/9702/
Harvard University develops a way to create knife-like laser beams using
a simple device with no lenses or mirrors called a plasmonic collaminator:
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14404-beam-sharpener-produces-laser-knife.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news8_head_dn14404
And finally. If you find a kid with a broken back lying under a motorway
bridge what do you do? If you're American cops you Taser him of course:
http://rawstory.com//news/2008/Missouri_Police_taser_injured_boy_19_0726.html
News collated from various sources by Vik Olliver for Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. The views presented in this document are the personal opinion of the collator, and should not be taken as any more than that.