one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog

One of the report's most striking scenarios involves the use of devices called brain-machine interfaces to connect people's brains directly to military technology, including drones and other weapons systems.

Neuroscience could mean soldiers controlling weapons with minds

Flying People in New York City

There is no law in France, it turns out, against the improvement of clocks

The New French Hacker-Artist Underground

tele-present water

ink&paper

Are urban bicyclists just elite snobs?
How doctors die. It's not like the rest of us, but it should be.
Why a group of longtime vegetarians and vegans converted to the idea that flesh and other food from animals can be healthful, environmentally appropriate, and ethical.

Looping state of mind

I don't talk much about music here, but I had to point to Looping state of mind by The Field.

I've had it on repeat practically since release.

It's relaxing while still having a beat, slowly getting layered with loops until you're hit with an amazing wall of atmospheric sound.

Grab it at Boomkat.

Murmuration

Faces

Imagine for a minute that, instead of discovering a diamond planet, we'd made a breakthrough in global temperature projections.

Planets, climate and the scientific method

Glass Beach

China has riots more serious than England's every week?

With the loss of personal identity and the feeling that they are not identifiable, they lose their social responsibility and engage in antisocial behaviours

Why respectable people turned to looting

Ms. Mohammedi's uncle visited her in jail to say she had shamed the family, and promised that they would kill her once she was released

In Afghanistan, rage at young lovers.

Paris ghostriders

I was there when acid house hit london and this is how it felt

Abandoned Six Flags New Orleans Tour

Randsburg. The living ghost town.

Paging all the nimby shopkeepers who go mental as soon as a single parking spot gets removed: Bicycle Infrastructure Is Good For Business.

The Las Vegas Neon Boneyard

Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange

Britons unmoved by cycling campaigns.