The International Space Station to become the second brightest object in the night sky with help from Canadarm2 – “Move over, Morning Star. Once Canadarm2 helps install the fourth and final set of solar array wings to the International Space Station later this month, the Station will surpass Venus as the brightest object in the night sky, second only to the Moon…”

Masdar City: Pilot Version of the City of Future Still Proceeding – “A city that will put together, gather real data on a collection of technologies for a more environmentally friendly and efficient city of the future. It will be more efficient with energy. It will be 100,000 people only using personal rapid transit, light rapid transit, segways, bicycles and walking…”

Hackers crack Apple’s iTunes gift card algorithm – “$200 iTunes Gift Certificates are selling for less than $3 in China now that a group of local hackers has circumvented Apple’s algorithm for creating the digital vouchers and built their own gift certificate generators…”

Don’t Tape Me, Bro! Taser Launches Headcam for Cops – “Officers: Are you sick and tired of excessive force lawsuits? Well cheer up. Taser has a plan to give your police department its own CYA reality TV show…”

Philips’ Master LED bulb – “The bulb draws just 7 watts but gives off light equivalent to 40 watts’ worth, and lasts 45,000 hours…”

Clarkson on: the future – “We were trying to be subtle. We were trying to demonstrate that this is the most important car since the car was invented. That, with one stone, Honda has bagged a left and a right on the big problems facing modern society. It addresses the question of what we will do when the oil runs out, and it shuts up those who would have us believe cars are melting the ice caps. In short, and with all the subtlety removed, the Clarity means we can sleep a lot more easily…”

Sprint Testing LTE, But Still Committed to WiMAX. For How Long? – “So, what Mr. Polivka is saying is that they love and that they are fully committed to WiMAX, but this doesn’t mean they cannot test other technologies. Coincidence or not, there is 4G equipment and that is LTE…”

BMW reveals plans for Efficient Dynamics Mk2 – “Employing a thermoelectric generator similar in principle to those developed to power satellites will, according to BMW’s head of development Klaus Draeger, boost economy by some 5% on the combined cycle…”

Sulfuryl Fluoride – Newly Discovered Greenhouse Gas Has 4800 Times The Warming Impact Of CO2 – “Sulfuryl fluoride, a gas used for fumigation, has the potential to contribute significantly to future greenhouse warming, but because its production has not yet reached high levels there is still time to nip this potential contributor in the bud, according to an international team of researchers…”

Why Dreams Are So Difficult To Remember: Precise Communication Discovered Across Brain Areas During Sleep – “By listening in on the chatter between neurons in various parts of the brain, researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have taken steps toward fully understanding just how memories are formed, transferred, and ultimately stored in the brain–and how that process varies throughout the various stages of sleep…”

New Building Design Withstands Earthquake Simulation – “Researchers at the University of Michigan simulated an off-the-charts earthquake in a laboratory to test their new technique for bracing high-rise concrete buildings. Their technique passed the test, withstanding more movement than an earthquake would typically demand…”

Harvard Scientists’ Discovery Opens Door to Synthetic Life – “Harvard University scientists are a step closer to creating synthetic forms of life, part of a drive to design man-made organisms that may one day be used to help produce new fuels and create biotechnology drugs…”

How to Destroy the World with Scientific Experiments – “We have scientists to tell us that we should learn to love – and fear – the Finality, the coming End of All Things, that is darn nigh inevitable, though hopefully removed by a few quadrillion years. But rest assured, science can speed up things considerably in this direction, and here is a short how-to list…”

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