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Odd Consumer News

Another good one from the Makezine blog: > Solar-powered Wi-Fi networks. Lumin's first-generation product is the LightWave AP-1000 solar-powered access point, which comes in two models, single and dual. The Pearl Street deployment utilizes four dual units, each of which is located out of sight on a well-chosen

Odd Consumer News II

We knew we were spending all that money on space exploration for a reason: tourism. > Space Adventures, a company based in Arlington, Va., has already sent two tourists into orbit. Today, it is to unveil an agreement with Russian space officials to send two passengers on a voyage lasting

Godcasts

> According to Lee, Godcasts - "religious and spiritually themed podcasts" - have become "the most popular use of the new online technology since it debuted less than a year ago". They "range from a daily dose of Scripture to a weekly dose of the

Talking Causes Blindness

> Prolonged use of mobile phones can lead to permanent eye damage including cataracts, scientists believe. > Medical researchers have found that microwave radiation of the type emitted by mobile phones causes eye tissue to "bubble" - a precursor to the formation of cataracts - and can also

The Medium is the Message

To a man with a hammer, the whole world is a nail. To a man with a camera phone, everything is a photo-op: > A man filmed himself jumping to his death on his mobile video phone and beamed the live images to his horrified girlfriend, an inquest heard. Link

Brews You Can Use II

Talk to me, baby! Someone has started a podcast about beer. From the site: > Our podcast is an internet radio broadcast about good beers, good food, good friends, and good fun. We talk with guests from around North America and around the world–brewers, growers, chefs, maltsters, publicans, and

A Mite Severe . . .

. . . but only a mite: > Vardan Kushnir, notorious for sending spam to each and every citizen of Russia who appeared to have an e-mail, was found dead in his Moscow apartment on Sunday, Interfax reported Monday. He died after suffering repeated blows to the head. Link [http://mosnews.com/news/

Odd Consumer News

Man, we don't even own a camera phone yet, much less a tripod for it. When is the first camera-phone art festival? > Cellpod is a quick-attach, quick release tripod for your cell phone camera. Cellpod is a product that is small enough to carry with you all

eBay: Cottage Industry Redux

We like it: > eBay is fast becoming one of the largest employers in America. Of course, it hardly employs anyone, but it enables a lot of people to employ themselves and run their own businesses: 724,000 people are using it as their full- or part-time employment, up 68

Pod Porn

The stuff is like weeds. It just grows and proliferates everywhere. Now, iPods: > Podcasting, that baby medium, is suddenly home to a lot of adult content. Introduced to a mainstream audience just last month, the technology–radiolike programming for your iPod–that was once the chaste province of "