It’s called deepglamour.net and she says: “With tart commentary and probing analysis, we’ll be examining glamour, allure, and the seductive images we find throughout media and culture.”
Great! Looking forward to reading it, Virginia!

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Here is an article and video about Intel’s plan to deliver wireless power. Note that if we can charge a laptop using wireless tech, we can also charge robots etc.

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From the Associated Press:
“Alabama, pushed to second in national obesity rankings by deep-fried Southern favorites, is cracking down on state workers who are too fat.
The state has given its 37,527 employees a year to start getting fit — or they’ll pay $25 a month for insurance that otherwise is free.”

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Nine months after Barack Obama, John McCain has unveiled his own technology plan for America. At last, both candidates can be graded for their long-term friendliness to the tech sector. You can read my analysis here, but the upshot is that Obama has multiple weaknesses, particularly when it comes to taxes, property rights, labor [...]

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Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University in New York City have “stopped the aging process” in livers. They say “the older organs function as well as they did when the host animal was younger.” This seems to show that “lysosome function is a crucial part of the ageing [...]

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Researchers Peter Majewski and Chiu Ping ‘Candace’ Chan in South Australia “have discovered a simple way to remove bacteria and other contaminants from water using tiny particles of pure silica coated with an active nano-material.” Here’s the news story.

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Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) came under fire for making a ruling that many consider outside its authority. Without levying a fine, it charged that Comcast violated federal policy when it interfered with a file-sharing application used by consumers. This new plot twist in the Net neutrality story should remind everyone that when [...]

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This article says it could happen. I doubt it (for a variety of reasons: technology being one of them), but it’s definitely a wake up call. So, stop surfing the Internet and GO WORK OUT NOW!

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This is nice to see, especially given his recent comments about Internet use…

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The Salk Institute’s Ron Evans just released a study where certain drugs trick a mouse’s body into thinking it exercised. Sounds a bit matrix-like to me, but if it could work on humans without side effects, the demand would be overwhelming.
From USA Today:
“Sedentary mice that took the drug for four weeks burned [...]

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Now, this is quite disturbing. As if going through airport security weren’t bad enough, but now officials are authorized to take AND COPY your data. Increase in identity theft, anyone?

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“The 16-hour operation was carried out last Friday on a farm worker who lost both arms in an accident.” Read more here.

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