Modems circa 2008

Remember the old Hayes and USRobotics modems that connected to your serial port?

Nowadays this is what a modem looks like:

http://www.provantage.com/usrobotics-usr5637~7USRR00M.htm

Extreme solar power

Clever idea: magnify the sunlight 2000x to a temperature of 3000 degrees F, making the solar cell very efficient. Then use "nanotech goo" to keep it cool:

http://cleantechnica.com/2008/05/10/solar-power-goes-to-extremes-for-5cents-per-watt/

The evolution of Man

Pretty cool mural:

http://www.funpic.hu/en.picview.php?id=33192&c=-1&s=dd&p=2

JPG here: http://www.funpic.hu/files/pics/00033/00033192.jpg

According to this page, the location is Prato, Italy, not far from Florence.

The woman who remembers everything

Something happened to her brain, and now she remembers everything:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1940420/The-woman-who-can-remember-everything.html

Light bulb lasts 107 years

Still glowing, after 100+ years, in Livermore, California:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lightbulb5-2008may05,0,3217216,full.story

$5000 a month to lie in bed

NASA will pay you $17,000, but you have to stay in bed for 90 days:

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/05/nasa-offers-500.html