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"Augmented Reality" coming closer to everyday use...

This presentation from the wonderful TED series (http://www.ted.com/) is interesting. While it starts out a bit slowly-stiffly-formally, the demo illustrates another significant milepost in technology's ubiquity and impact into our daily lives. The possibilities for the future are amazing via "augmented reality" (360 degree location data + still + video, both historical snapshots and live, all streaming wirelessly via 4G)!

Extraction and refining heavy oil from Canadian tar sands will have increasingly devastating impacts on migratory bird populations, according to a new study. The cumulative impact of developing Canadian tar sands over the next 30–50 years could be as high as 166 million birds lost, including future generations.
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Interesting primer of book copyrights vis-à-vis Google Book Search's lawsuit settlement. This article was written by Glenn Fleishman, an excellent tech writer and a partner with Adam Engst in the seminal Macintosh e-newsletter TidBITS.
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The Power Grid Can't Handle Wind Farms

The NY Times reports on the problems of adding wind farms to the power grid. Because of the grid's old design, it can't handle the various spikes that wind farms sometimes have, and there's no efficient way to currently move massive amounts of that power from one section of the country to the other. Further complicating things is the fact that under current laws, power grid regulation is a state matter, and the Federal government has comparatively little authority over it right now. Critics are calling for federal authority over the grid, and massive new construction of "superhighways" to share the wind power wealth nationally. Quoting the article, 'The dirty secret of clean energy is that while generating it is getting easier, moving it to market is not.'

Magpies Are Self-Aware

Mirror test shows magpies aren't so bird-brained 19 August 2008 NewScientist.com Alison Motluk Self-recognition, once thought to be an ability enjoyed only by select primates, has now been demonstrated in a bird.
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Octopuses have six "arms" and two "legs"

Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:02pm EDT BERLIN (Reuters) - Octopuses' eight tentacles divide up into six "arms" and two "legs", a study published by a chain of commercial aquariums said on Thursday.
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Affordable 3-D Printing

A rapid-prototyping service opens up technology to hobbyists and designers. By Duncan Graham-Rowe July 31, 2008 A new online service aims to bring customized manufacturing to the masses by allowing consumers to submit digital designs of products that are then printed, using 3-D printers, and shipped back.
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