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A Japanese team is experimenting with storing data on fingernails with one possible use being storage of identification information - in other words, a replacement of smart cards. While that may make it a bit easier to misplace, I'm not sure it would do much to reduce theft - might make it a bit more painful than handing over a card - and is probably just as likely to be able to be forged. Still and all, there's the whole set of issues surrounding unique identification and how it can be used against you.

Braaaaiiiinnnnnnsssss...

This is your brain on film. Okay, a cat brain, really. And it's not on film - what the cat brain sees is on film. Of course, the brain doesn't sit in a petri dish and fly jet planes, but not all of us are rats (which of course refers to my post on Out of Body Flying.)

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From Slashdot: Japanese develop 'female' android - of course, the song I'm listening to on the Eurythmics Greatest Hits as I write this up is quite ironic...

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From Slashdot once again: Fiber Optics Bring the Sun Indoors...

This would be an interesting addition to some of my ideas for alternative energy sources... which I mentioned some time ago I would write about here and have yet to do... many ideas rattling around, just need to shake them out... on that point, a recent article about some thin-film solar collectors shows that the state of things might be at the point where some of my ideas become more reasonable and likely to succeed.