This is what keeps The Netherlands dry

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/this-is-what-keeps-the-netherlands-dry/

All our lightbulbs will have IP addresses

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/all-our-lightbulbs-will-have-ip-addresses/#comments

Trading fear for photos on a stricken plane

http://blogs.reuters.com/photo/2011/05/17/trading-fear-for-photos-on-a-stricken-plane/

Implant allows paralysed man to move

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/implant-allows-paralysed-man-to-move/

This spider is 49 million years old

And it doesn't look a day over 30 million! 

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/this-spider-is-49-million-years-old/

Nanotube patch to help heal the heart

http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37610/?p1=A2

China is holding the World’s supply of rare earth metals hostage

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/china-is-holding-the-worlds-supply-of-rare-earth-metals-hostage/