10 Things
From the “Inconvenient Truth” web site, a list of 10 things to help solve the climate crisis (don’t print it, though!)
http://images.rodale.com/readthetruth/pdfs/readthetruth-checklist.pdf
Weird treadmill may help stroke survivors
via MSNBC.com: Health on Aug 06, 2007
A weird treadmill is pushing people at a Baltimore research hospital into sloppy versions of Michael Jackson’s moonwalk, in hopes of training stroke survivors and others with brain injuries to walk normally again.
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Art Masterpieces Stolen in France
via washingtonpost.com – World News and Analysis From The Washington Post by Molly Moore on Aug 06, 2007
PARIS, Aug. 6 — Five armed, masked thieves sprinted into an art museum on the French Riviera during opening hours Sunday afternoon, snatched a Claude Monet and three other masterpieces off the walls, stuffed them in bags and made their get-aways by motorcyle and car, French authorities said Monday. Visit the original item
A 3-D View of the Brain
via Slashdot by CmdrTaco on Aug 06, 2007
Jamie found a nifty story about Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital coming up with new 3D Brain Imaging Software. The interesting bit is that it merges data from MRIs as well as various other types of brain scans to create a single visualization for your noodle.
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Social Networking Sites Full of Security Holes
via Slashdot by CmdrTaco on Aug 06, 2007
athloi writes “Social networking Web sites such as MySpace.com are increasingly juicy targets for computer hackers, who are demonstrating a pair of vulnerabilities they claim expose sensitive personal information and could be exploited by online criminals.”
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Recycle Old Lightbulbs Into Salt and Pepper Shakers
via TreeHugger on Jul 31, 2007
Readymade has instructions for converting old incandescent bulbs into salt and pepper shakers using old bottle caps and a little wax.
Swaptree: New Online Trading System for Books
via TreeHugger on Jul 31, 2007
We have a lot of books, and getting rid of them is tough. We have tried eBay, garage sales and Freecycle, but books are different, They are the ultimate “long tail” product; somebody is interested in it but how do you find them? Jeff Bezos knew this. There are more books than any store could stock, or that one neighbourhood could aborb. Books are small and dense, catalogued by a universal numbering system and relatively easy to ship; he built Amazon around them and the rest is history. That is what is so interesting about Swaptree, a new trading system for books, CD’s and DVD…
http://www.swaptree.com/
Fairfax is Now a “Cool” County
Fairfax County, located in Northern Virginia outside of Washington, DC, has signed the “Cool Counties” declaration:
Fairfax County is helping to lead a national effort for counties to reduce global warming emissions 80 percent by 2050, an achievable average annual reduction of 2 percent. The Cool Counties Climate Stabilization Declaration also urges the federal government to adopt legislation requiring an 80 percent emissions reduction by 2050 and calls for fuel economy standards to be raised to 35 miles per gallon within a decade.
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