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Isn’t This Pretty Much Why Rome Fell?
The article title is, “Eyelash transplants set to sweep nip tuck world.” “Longer, thicker lashes are an ubiquitous sign of beauty. Eyelash transplantation does for the eyes what breast augmentation does for the figure,” said Dr Alan Bauman, a leading proponent of eyelash transplants. Link
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Jack-o’Lanterns, Klingon-Style
Just in time for Halloween. Behold! By placing a few glowing boulders, ignited red-hot by the blast of a phaser, the klingon lantern comes alive for the first time. (or you can use tea lights). Link (via BoingBoing)
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Jobs of the Future: Virtual World Tour Guide
Synthtravels is a tour operator that arranges for guided visits to virtual worlds like World of Warcraft and Second Life, providing “native guides” for people who want to get the lay of the land. There’s a job description I bet no SF writer ever saw coming.Link (via BoingBoing)
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Complete Works of Darwin Online for Free
About half of Darwin’s works are now online, with the rest slated to be up by 2009. The material includes one of his Galapagos notebooks, stolen in the 1980’s, which has been reproduced from a microfiche copy made several years previously.Link
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Romulan Careers in Science
A team of American and British researchers has made a Cloak of Invisibility. Well, OK, it’s not perfect. Yet. But it’s a start, and it did a pretty good job of hiding a copper cylinder.Scientists create cloak of invisibility
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DNA Computer Masters Tic-Tac-Toe
A computer that uses strands of DNA to perform calculations has mastered the game tic-tac-toe.MAYA-II, developed by researchers at Columbia University and the University of New Mexico in the US, uses a system of DNA logic gates to calculate its moves.Link (via BoingBoing)
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Virtual Economies Attract Real-World Tax Attention
Gamers have long had to worry about virtual death in the form of being eaten by a grue. Now it looks like they may have to worry about virtual taxes. Users of online worlds such as Second Life and World of Warcraft transact millions of dollars worth of virtual goods and services every day, and…
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Beware of Squid
We all know what a pain those pesky road squid can be. Now you can have the international Road Squid warning sign on a T-shirt or coffee mug, thanks to Barry.
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Dammit, Where Are the Flying Cars?
Two pieces on MSNBC today explore predictions about the future that never quite got off the ground. Some predictions about the future remain forever etched in history: Lord Kelvin’s 1895 declaration that “Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible” or Digital Equipment Corp. head Ken Olson’s 1977 statement that “There is no reason anyone would want a…
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Wil Wheaton Reviews ST:TNG
Wil Wheaton (yeah, him) has started doing reviews of Next Generation episodes over at TV Squad. The mood on the bridge is tense. Rumors about the Ferengi are numerous, and include some terrifying suggestions: they eat humans, they’re big and scary, and they have really huge wangs. :::cackle:::Link