Matters of great concern were raised at the G8 conference

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060717.wharpers17/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20060717.wharpers17

It appears the most important talk arising from Day 1 of the G8 summit is that Harper was nicely colour coordinated with his wife. Apparently it is significant (to the Globe and Mail) that only the Harper couple and the pants Vladimir Putin's wife was wearing were worth of media comment. "Stylish" and "elegant" they called our esteemed leader.

Maybe we can cut a trade deal... Harper and his wife for a dozen cases of Russian vodka?

RFID readers in cell phones

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3333

Apparently the Nokia 3220 cell phone contains an RFID reader so could be modified to hack the new RFID passports the US is releasing in August. The Dutch RFID passports were apparently hacked within 2 hours of their release [Daily Tech].

Fact2fiction articles: July 5 to July 17

Laser-based Airport defense system
Wireless memory chip
Faster image processing using EEGs
Converting urine to oxygen
The next generation in aircraft
New radar is reportedly undetectable
Rubber sidewalks
Magnetism may be key to superconducting materials
Cellulose could act as a simple artificial muscle
microphoneless headset records using bone induction
Projector keypad
Humans and chimps share convoluted evolutionary history
Artificial muscles powered by alcohol and hydrogen
Attaching artificial limbs directly to skeleton