Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
After you’ve spent more than 20 years hunting for an alien signal, you think you’d be celebrating if you noticed a mysterious pulse suddenly rising up on your computer readouts. A regular pulse, amid the random clatter of the cosmos, suggests that someone very smart at the other end is sending a [...]

 Shoppers in the future will be able to ‘harvest’ fruits and vegetables from supermarket shelves
Supermarket shoppers in the next decade will be able to pick fruit and vegetables from plants still growing on the shelves, according to a report into the future of retailing.

A different kind of Lego connection
This Lego USB hub combines two of my favorite things: Lego bricks and USB hubs that allow me to use multiple peripherals on a computer that has a limited number of USB ports.

Optimus Prime no Optimus Slime
Trains are the most efficient way to move lots of big stuff over land, but the rail lines don’t always go to where the goods need to be. With a special combination wheel design that can quickly convert from rail to road use, the Chiron transporter looks like something Optimus Prime [...]

 
Whats in your water
We’re not popping government-issued Soma tablets yet, but a new study out of Japan suggests a decidedly Brave New World approach to mental health.

Obviously there is no age limit to twittering
Ivy Bean has become the UK’s oldest Tweeter after signing up for the micro-blogging site at the age of 104.

No more fighting over washer space
Ever thought your relationship with your laundry machines would be just perfect if only they were a bit more chatty? Welcome to life at Wheelock College, where the washer and dryer not only do laundry, they text and e-mail.

Pueblitos are small defensive sites constructed by the Navajo peoples in the northwest corner of New Mexico
Archaeologists and volunteers armed with special flares will fan out over part of the Four Corners region on Saturday to study how early Navajos could have used smoke signals to warn against invaders.

The Smart Memory Bra contains a specially designed foam that heats up on contact with the body and grows or changes shape to change the form 
The next time you want a man to know that you desire him – just let your “smart memory bra” do the talking.

Example of a BioWall 
We’ve all seen them in action (sort of), so now it is time to check them out on a new level and get at least a cursory look at the different off-the-shelf options out there for living walls. A few select companies are offering systems that are available to North American buyers [...]