Books with photos that move – Harry Potter-style – may soon be with us. But before that, get ready for boxes of cereal that extol their own virtues via a built-in video display and chocolate bars that flash and flare to attract your attention.

Brad Feld:
Clive Thompson has an outstanding article in today’s New York Times called Meet The Life Hackers. He describes the problem that affects so many people today – the complete overload of digital information and interruptions that makes it difficult to get immersed in any project for an extended period of time.

While other studies have shown that periodic use of marijuana can cause memory loss and impair learning and a host of other health problems down the road, new research suggests the drug could have some benefits when administered regularly in a highly potent form.

The idea is 20 years old and comes from Manfred Hettmer, president Austrian Mars Society: With the help of “Alfven waves”, based on plasma propulsion, the thrust of a rocket can be drastically increased, at the same time the fuel consumption is reduced.