Is It Possible To Build A Disaster-Proof Nuclear Power Plant?

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/03/is-it-possible-to-build-a-disaster-proof-nuclear-power-plant/

 Is it? – Not prior to 1996 according to Gizmodo.  The industry that promised "electricity too cheap to meter" in the fifties, safety at Three Mile Island, Windscale (subsequently renamed Sellafield – only the names have been changed to protect the guilty), Chernobyl & until now Fukushima, promises that post 1996 reactors are safe.  Anyone else seeing a pattern?

Is It Possible To Build A Disaster-Proof Nuclear Power Plant?

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Ken Burns' On The 5th Anniversary Of Twitter

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/ffb605f06a/twitter-celebrates-it-s-5th-anniversary?playlist=featured_videos

CSIRO To Demonstrate 12Mbps Wireless NBN Tech Next Week

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/03/csiro-set-to-demonstrate-12mbps-wireless-nbn-tech-next-week/

Eye Controlled Laptop

Positive review of an eye controlled laptop on engadget. My first thought was a risk of doing something accidentally because I looked away from the screen. The review indicates this was not a problem in their testing.

Something for RSI sufferers?

http://m.engadget.com/default/article.do?artUrl=http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/01/tobii-and-lenovo-show-off-prototype-eye-controlled-laptop-we-go/&category=classic&subCategory=featured&type=featured&icid=eng_art_photo_bck

Facebook, Single Identities, & The Right To Be Anonymous

Interesting piece from engadget on anonymity & privacy on the Internet:

http://m.engadget.com/default/article.do?artUrl=http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/07/editorial-facebook-single-identities-and-the-right-to-be-anon/&category=classic&subCategory=featured&icid=eng_featured_art&type=&postPage=2