Kinect Augmented Reality hack with Doom 3 character (via KinectHacks)

Fifty years ago I couldn’t sell an extra bike in 20 minutes by posting it on Craigslist. Fifty years ago I couldn’t tweet that I needed a place to stay in NYC for a weekend and within minutes have offers from 5 different friends. Fifty years ago I couldn’t work from anywhere and be just as, if not more effective than if I was in one place. Fifty years ago I couldn’t video chat at a moment’s notice with my family from my mobile phone while traveling around the world. And If I have all these options open to me now, why am I not taking advantage of them?

Neo-Minimalism and the Rise of the Technomads – Boing Boing

Student day of action (by blinkofaneye)

Space junk is such a risk that Russia is also reportedly developing a $2 billion spacecraft that would sweep the orbital space around Earth from satellite debris, according to China’s state-run Xinhua news service and Russia’s Interfax news agency.

“The corporation promised to clean up the space in ten years by collecting about 600 defunct satellites on the same geosynchronous orbit and sinking them into the ocean subsequently,” said Victor Sinyavsky from RSC Energia, Xinhua quoted from an Interfax report.

SPACE.com – Russia Wants Nuclear-Powered Spaceships and Space Debris Shields

– I’d so much rather they salvaged them for parts in orbit. They’d be good for shielding if nothing else.